Searching The External Versus The Internal

Heart;

-The center of the total personality, especially with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion:
-The center of emotion, especially ascontrasted to the head as the center of the intellect:
-Spirit, courage or enthusiasm.

Physique;

-Physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development.

Lately I have been doing quite a bit of research when it comes to people’s fitness journey, from face-to-face interaction with clients to Facebook, Instagram, blogs and articles the information that I have been receiving is incredible. I’ve recently been motivated by an incredibly humble man named Jay Leone who took a staggering 5th place in his first competition, who at 47 years old he said that he didn’t want to be old, fat and bald and one of my wonderful clients named Elsie who at 91 years old, trains to walk without the assistance of a walker.

Motivation surrounds us if we take the time to look for it.

I have always been the type of person to believe in improvement rather than perfection, that’s why at The Force by Luke I really push my trainers to pass on this message, if we don’t the client has a large potential to feel these unwanted emotions (old, fat, lazy, not good enough, doomed) and not believing in themselves will shut the door on their own success before they have reached the first step of achievement.

The truth is the workouts are always going to be challenging, it’s designed that way, to build your body stronger, faster and more adaptable to the larger goals that you have. If you are not challenged anymore, find a better trainer or a different style best suited to making those challenges more of a motivation to improve rather than get beaten by it.

The other truth is nutrition is not going to be easy! Again, it’s not designed to overwhelm the sense of taste. I teach my clients to find their satisfactory, from splitting meals to those who have appetite issues to finding alternatives for those who prefer taste the important factor to think about is how I feel physically over tastefully.

Believe in oneself and your body will follow.

self-discipline
So with your workouts in check, your nutrition in check how do you feel about YOUR journey this far? If we are all improving are you? If not then why? It is very easy as a trainer to say “dust yourself off and get back on the ball” and feel confident that I have sent the right message as we all fail but is it as easy to receive the message as it was to portray?

Stress, life changes, events and time are something’s that can put a halt in the path, they do from time to time, but the difference between a short cut back to a prolonged stop in the road can the difference between how you feel now and knowing that you have what it takes inside you to accomplish a goal.

If you are not in a temporary bump in the road lets get a bit of a challenge going, why not make an extended goal? One that goes all the way to December this year, when you know the weather is cold, you’re wearing those thick sweaters and pants and know that you’re covered up. Let’s make a goal of being the best this year rather than the other years, knowing that you don’t have to show off your improvement but rather the satisfaction of knowing that all of your hard effort and commitment has paid itself to the one person who truly matters, yourself.

Cheers to improvement you guys, from the one who always believes in the can rather than the can’t.

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No Regrets

re·gret

rəˈɡret/
verb

1.
feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity).
noun
1.
a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.

There are times in your life where you have to admit that you need help, it’s not about failure or not being able to succeed at certain things but asking for assistance to achieve something much greater than you can accomplish on your own.

In October I decided to reach out for help, and I went to the one person I knew could bring the best out of me, Michael Wright.

Our relationship started over nutrition and evolved into him training me, although I have been a personal trainer for over 12 years I had and still have the same mental approach, let him teach me from the beginning, listen to everything that he has to say, apply each method and teaching and give everything that I have, every single time.

So far he has taught me more than I ever would have imagined, he has offered support and encouragement and will never slow down as he trains me, it is this dedication that makes him the best at what he does, I look up to him as a mentor and friend.

2 weeks ago I had a leg session with Michael which brought the idea of this blog, to say that the workout was intense is definitely an understatement…..I can say that within 10 minutes I was fried but he helped me push past my comfort zone, Mike even had some of the members of his gym, Quads in Keller TX, to come help me and encourage me to get through it, which is not only why Mike is the best, but he has the best gym around. Towards the end of the session I could barely stand and I noticed that he was talking with my wife, not knowing what they were saying I pushed past the pain and finished the workout.

What did he say that brought everything back to perspective?

20150504_163628-1He was talking about the fact that when it comes my time to get back on the stage I won’t be thinking about this particular workout, I won’t be thinking of the pain, the loss of breath, the struggle and the strain that it puts on me, but rather the opposite, he said how I will have “NO REGRETS” when I am on stage, how I know that I have put everything that I have into the journey, how I pushed myself beyond what I thought capable and did what was necessary to get the job done. When I heard this it hit me like a brick to the side of the head, this guy believes in ME!

Funny how I never would have thought he would. Funny how while thinking this it was the opposite, I didn’t believe in myself. Funny how I teach, preach, and stand by my own word of believing in each client’s struggle while giving my undeniable support to them I was going through the same struggle that they go through…

So with this teaching that I learned, I ask each of you something, do you believe in yourself? Take a good look at what you have accomplished so far, take a look in the mirror and as yourself if you have regrets, ask yourself if you have reached your limit or are you just starting to accomplish something that you never thought possible? I can tell you from experience that you have so much more to accomplish, you can do so much more than what you currently are doing, just believe in yourself, trust your trainer and go out there and do the work! I believe in each of you, just like I believe in myself now.

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