A few weeks ago I sent a question out to my email list (HINT – if you haven’t signed up yet, subscribe on the right!) asking what topics they had questions about and wanted to see more blog posts on. Several great questions and suggestions came back. One that was repeated often was the question of motivation – “How do I motivate myself to train more? How do you motivate yourself?”
Here’s my answer to both questions.
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
The potential for greatness lies within us all. We just need to cultivate it. But cultivation requires 2 things: effort and consistency. If you want to pursue your own innate greatness you must DO something every day to bring it closer. Daily effort sharpens the focus, polishes the shine, bringing you one step closer ever day. Continue reading
Sometimes it seems so easy to just give in, give up, and go along with the status quo. Such a relief to just let go and allow yourself to become that proverbial fat, dumb, and happy person.
Carving your own path can be too challenging and fraught with many risks and dangers.
Going with the flow, following the pack, doing what normal people do (whatever that is these days!), is so much less trying. Traveling the well worn path with the masses rather than the road less traveled makes so much more sense to most and requires so little thought and effort. It’s safe. The risks are minimal, the rewards are known. It’s a sure thing. Continue reading
Most days I love training. No secret there. But every once in a while, when I’m not quite feeling it, I catch myself looking for an excuse. At these times the flimsiest, lamest excuse will do. You know what I mean, right? The funny thing about excuses is that to someone outside looking in, they seem to be the most ridiculous and inane things, yet to we who are making them they seem to be perfectly logical and iron clad. Fact is, once we set our minds on an excuse, it takes a huge, overwhelming effort to push it aside and get done what we need to do. Continue reading
The other day as I was running around teaching classes at the gym, working on various upcoming projects, and writing articles, I suddenly found myself running short on time for my own workout. I had planned to have an hour to myself before going to pick up the kids, but somehow it didn’t quite work out that way. As I looked at the clock, calculated how little time I actually had left before having to run out, it didn’t seem possible to accomplish the workout I had planned for the day. Continue reading
Sometimes we all need a little reminder of our own innate greatness. Take a minute to read through the list below and watch the video. Keep these things in mind as you go about your day today. Continue reading
When faced with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in life, you really have only 2 options – go forward or go backward. Backward is to quit, to give up, to walk away. Backward is not a viable option unless you don’t mind living with regret. But regret is a pain that does not go away. It haunts you forever. It’s like dying a little bit each day, over and over again for the rest of your life. No thanks. Not for me. Pass. Continue reading
Comfortably slumbering under the influence of the drug that is modern society, the true power of man lies dormant.
Too much of the wrong foods have made him sluggish and their excesses have made him round.
Too much sitting, whether it be in an office laboring behind a keyboard, or on a couch relaxing from that labor in front of a television, has made him weak and brittle.
Too much time indoors has taken the natural healthy glow and replaced it with a pasty, snow white tan gained under the glare of a fluorescent sun.
Too many worries and stresses about how to have more, or keep it, have robbed him of his real sleep and etched artificial lines across his forehead and bags under his eyes. (Are we still worried about the zombie apocalypse? Hell, it may already be happening and we don’t even know it!) Continue reading
It’s a good question to ask yourself – how capable am I? What are my physical, mental, and spiritual strength limits? How far can I really go? What can I actually accomplish during this all too short ride called life? Continue reading
I never allow my clients to slump, sit down, or lie down crumpled in a heap after an exercise, set, or workout. They know my rationale is partly physical, but mostly mental. You see, it’s critical to never allow the workout to beat you, no matter how tough it feels. Continue reading