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Enjoy The Journey

The fact is that we will spend most of our time on the journey and not at our destination. You can learn to truly enjoy each and every step and challenge along the way. This is important because if you do not enjoy the journey then what is the point?

The happiness that you experience once you reach your goal is temporary and then you are back on the journey again. It makes sense to enjoy the day…

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Setting New Goals

It sure feels great to have an exciting and meaningful goal that you are pursuing. But, what happens once you reach it? Often times, people hit a fitness goal and then they don’t know what to do and may even drift backwards.

The secret is to set a new goal before you reach the first one. This way, you know exactly what you will do after you achieve the first milestone.

Have you ever wondered why…

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Be Happy Now

Why do people want to accomplish goals? Most of the time it comes down to the fact that they believe that it will make them feel better and be happy. This is wonderful. However, you don’t want to wait until your goal is achieved before you allow yourself to be happy.

Remember this:

Success does not lead to happiness, instead Happiness Leads To Success

When you are happy now, everything improves;…

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Help Others

We are all one on this lovely planet. We are all connected and make up the greater whole. When you help someone else, you help yourself. This is why it feels awesome to help and encourage others and it feels terrible to harm and discourage others.

The truly important questions are

In what direction you are going?

What are you causing others to do?

Think about that when you do what you do. Are you…

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Keep A Win List

Keep A Win List

We all feel great when we make a to-do list and then check off the items after we complete them. It gives us a sense of accomplishment.

Let’s use that joy to ingrain new habits and actions.

This is the simplest way to keep track of your new habits. Remember new actions create new results. When you write something down, you are telling yourself that this action or habit is important.

On a simple…

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Be Okay With Not Being Perfect

Be Okay With Not Being Perfect

How many times have anyone not done something that they wanted to do because they were afraid of not doing it well? Maybe they did not want to look bad to themselves or they didn’t want to appear foolish in the eyes of others.

If you want a new sense of freedom, then give yourself permission to not be perfect. This freedom can help you become much better in your life and in fitness.

Some things…

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How Busy Parents Can Increase Fitness.

How Busy Parents Can Increase Fitness.

Many parents are tasked with a large to-do list that seems to never end. It is easy to come up with excuses to not work out on a given day. However, for those who are committed to getting the most out of life and feeling and looking the best they can, working out is a treat and they make sure they have the opportunity to do it. When you train regularly, you are stronger, you think and feel…

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What To Do If You’re Not Motivated To Train?

What To Do If You’re Not Motivated To Train?

What Do I Do on Days I Don’t Feel Like Working Out?

For those who have not yet become addicted to exercise (in a healthy way), this can be an issue from time to time. Here are a couple of examples of thoughts that have helped many others:

Have you ever done a workout or gone for a walk and regretted it?

Have you ever skipped a workout and regretted it?

“You will never regret a workout—only a…

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Eat Healthy While Dining Out

Eat Healthy While Dining Out

You can’t always eat at home or prepare food from home, unless you live like a hermit. Eating out can be a fun way to meet with others or satisfy yourself while out and about or traveling.

Eating out can work for you, as long as you make the correct choices. Choosing the right options is easy, and it feels much better than ordering and consuming an unhealthy meal that leaves you stuffed and…

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How To Diminish Feelings Of Hunger

How To Diminish Feelings Of Hunger

Food’s Effect on Satisfaction

I am sure that we have all had time when we got so hungry that we didn’t care what we ate, we just wanted something fast. This intense feeling of hunger can override judgement and cause someone to overeat or eat unhealthy foods.

Let us discuss how we can use certain foods to keep us satisfied between meals. I will get a little technical here, so please bear with me.

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Use The Buddy System

Use The Buddy System

How would you like to add great fun and motivation to your training? Consider using the buddy system.

Working out with a buddy adds another dimension to your training, your nutrition, and living a healthy lifestyle. It is important to associate with people who support your goals, and what better way to accomplish this than to have one or more training partners? Working out with a buddy or as part…

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Note Your Resources

How would you like even more belief that you will win?

Then simply list out your advantages and resources.

This is similar to making excuses on why you will win.

But now focus on all of the advantages and resources that you have to take you to your goal. This could be other trainers, friends, experts, gyms, fitness equipment, online programs, health food stores, healthy food delivery services,…

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Make Consistent Training Automatic

Make Consistent Training Automatic

If something is important for you to do, like training, then you want to make it as easy and convenient as possible. Sometimes if an action is just a tiny bit inconvenient then you may consider skipping it. Let us make automatic.

First, if you train first thing in the morning then lay out the clothes you will wear for the training session the night before.

Second, develop a ritual of actions to…

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Give Excuses Why You’ll Win

Give Excuses Why You’ll Win

We have all heard people come up with excuses as to why they are not doing what they want to do or what they feel they should be doing.

These people are basically giving themselves permission to be less then their potential. They are doing it to feel better about themselves and/or look better in the eyes of others.

The truth is that excuses will never ever make you feel better in the long term.…

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Know Yourself

One great key to success in fitness and in life is to know yourself and be able to predict what actions or thoughts may happen.

For example what obstacles do you see that could get in the way of you eating right or exercising regularly?

What can you do to stay on track in the event that this happens?

For example, you can write, “If I have to work late (which is the obstacle) then I will go to the…

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Connection Deletes Addiction

It’s common for people who are addicted to unhealthy habits to be missing something else in their life. Many times, the only thing that these people need are connection! When you have a strong bond to others, you feel loved and important. It gives you a sense of being belonging and purpose. How many times have depressed people turned to drugs, alcohol or unhealthy food to make them feel better?

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Speed Up Recovery Part 2

Speed Up Recovery Part 2

Let us add more highly effective methods to speed up recovery and improve your results.

Contrast shower- A contrast shower can be performed with 60 seconds of warm water followed by 30 seconds of cold water repeated for 5-10 minutes. This helps get rid of waste products by constricting the blood vessels with the cold water and dilating the blood vessels with the warm water. Always finish with the…