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The Mental Game

Progress?

August 15, 2008

Self-audit time!
What kind of shape are you in? How strong are you? How lean (or not) are you?
Are you closer to your goals than you were two weeks ago? Two months ago? Last year?
If your training and diet are working, then the answer to the above question should be [...]

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Get Started NOW.

August 4, 2008

“Overthinking.”
“Closet Perfectionism.”
“Failure To Launch.”
“Paralysis By Analysis.”
It goes by many names, but boils down to the same root: You say you’ve got to get in shape; eat healthier; lose weight; but haven’t found the “best” program.  And you can’t start until you know you can do it right.  So you end up talking a lot about [...]

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The Correct Answer is “C”: None of the above.

July 7, 2008

A common question from new clients:
“Which do you think is better: The low-sugar soft drink or the organic kind that’s made with cane syrup instead of high-fructose corn syrup?”
The point that’s unfortunately lost on them – “better” in this case is misleading. It’s still soda.
Truth is, it doesn’t matter if your cookie is milled [...]

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Getting the Ball Rolling.

June 30, 2008

Here is the dirty little secret of fat loss (and athletic success, incidentally):
Nobody likes doing it.
That’s right – those fitness models with perfect 6-pack abs? They still say to themselves, “I’d rather have a waffle” every time they get up in the morning, open up yet another package of cottage cheese and sprinkle on [...]

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A Little Monday Motivation.

June 2, 2008

Ever feel like the world is on your shoulders?

No problem; just lift it.  Have a good Monday workout, all.

    

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Simulacra.

May 27, 2008

My brother is an amazing sight on Rock Band drums.  He can (nearly) flawlessly execute songs on Expert setting (which is akin to playing the actual drum tracks).  And as good as he is, there are a whole host of people who blow him out of the water (like this guy, for example).
Now, it’s interesting to [...]

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One-Armed 600 lb Bench Press.

May 19, 2008

A bit of inspiration for Monday (at least, I know it’s tough for me to drag myself to the gym come Monday).  Mike Hummel bench presses 601 lbs one-armed.
Okay, so it’s not technically “one-armed” since he’s still got part of his arm, but it’s impressive nonetheless.

    

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Training vs. Working Out.

May 13, 2008

“Train, do not aimlessly ‘work out’.”
What’s the difference?
Working out implies lack of purpose.  There’s a randomness inherent to the concept of working out.  “Working out” conjures up the image of a gym goer flitting from one exercise to the next, pumping away five or six sets of biceps curls, reading the paper or a magazine [...]

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The Downside of Productive Exercise.

April 30, 2008

One thing that never fails to surprise new clients is how quickly workouts in a properly organized program become difficult.  It’s all too easy to become disheartened, as if you’ve failed somehow; as what was “easy” for you all of a sudden became alarmingly hard.
“What happened?”, you say, as if you caught a glimpse of physical mastery, [...]

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The Essence of Effort.

April 21, 2008

Exercise is more a matter of quality, not quantity. In other words, it’s not how many exercises you do, or how long of a marathon workout you can sustain, but how much you put into each exercise, each rep.
One thing that often catches new trainees off-guard is the degree of effort required of them [...]

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