Archive for the 'Motivation' Category

Workout Quote

08Jun08

Photo Credit by Sgt. Gooch

Want a super sexy body?  Follow this quote by Stephen Holt:
“Same Workout = Same Body
Progressively More Challenging Workouts = Progressively Better Looking Body”


I came across this inspirational video of Tony Hawk, professional skateboarder, interviewing a young, blind skater, Tommy Carrol.  The video shows a young skater riding a vert ramp well without any hesitation or excuses.  Actually, he’s rather ambitious and doesn’t want his disability to get in his way at all.  Hope you find it motivating as [...]


 
Photo Credit:  WICKYE’s
It’s only natural to engage in activities that produce more benefits than costs.  Who wants to slave away in a job that pays very little with few rewards?  Who wants to spend tons of hours and energy attaining a college degree and then not even use it later in life?
The same thing applies [...]


If you’re having trouble taking action, it’s probably because you haven’t fully convinced yourself that it must be done.  Once you truly convince yourself, you’ll most certainly make it happen.
Perhaps you think it’s something that is important.  Yet there’s a big difference between thinking it’s important and knowing, without the least bit of doubt, that [...]


 
I’ve always been a proponent of documenting your workouts and keeping a journal of your fitness and nutrition experiences.  It somehow makes you more cognizant of how you exercise, eat, and how you feel, whereas most people just do things unconciously with their daily living habits.
Anyway, I’ve been reading more and more lately about how people [...]


As you start 2008, you need to go for the “shoulds”!
You see, there’s a performance gap in everything you do according to where you are now and where you want the ultimate outcome to be. Closing this gap is the key to obtaining great results in your goals.
Examples of shoulds include:
“I should be doing cardio [...]


I love this quote by Maria Kang (above), one of my blogging friends and fitness colleague. Maria is a fitness professional and personal trainer and has an excellent website devoted to fitness and motivating yourself to reach a higher level. I check it out from time to time and always learn something. Check it out. [...]


Bad Excuses

21Jan08

Last night I was talking to my friend Ledif at a party on the topic of being consistent with your workouts. I told him that sometimes I’ll ask some of my clients at the Y if they completed all of their workouts for the week, and some of them give me a hesitant look and [...]