Archive for the ‘motivation’ Category
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
The Laws are Seven.
Who knows these, understands these and applies these,
holds the keys whose touch all doors of performance fly open.
These are laws. Simple science. There are no chances. There is no chaos. Only order. Only progress. Only results.
After 10 years of practicing the basics, I was finally ready to ...
Posted in willpower, motivation | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
In 1993, I competed in my first World Games. It was quite intimidating to be among so many elite athletes, especially considering it was the Universiade: the Olympics for University athletes. I had trained like a madman, between 4-6 hours a day, had to drop 22lbs to meet my weight ...
Posted in challenges, serenity, courage, accountability, passion, goals, development, patience, toughness, wealth, progress, abundance, empowerment, motivation, inspiration, emotions | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
What's inside the mind of a fighter? I've trained many but the true inner life remains locked private.Within my heart I wonder: what if this were my final competition? How would I be remembered? Would I fight with honor; with valor; with integrity and dignity? Would I be worthy of ...
Posted in challenges, courage, mastery, MMA, passion, USA Team, morale, Sambo, toughness, combat, martial art, empowerment, fighting, competition, motivation, inspiration, success | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
This was the first major transformation I made using exclusively Clubbells. I gained 26 pounds of muscle and lost 6% of my bodyfat without changing my diet.
Over the course of 8 months, I used exclusively density training workout programs I teach in my Big Book of Clubbell Training, to reach ...
Posted in performance enhancement, motivation, chest, hypertrophy, longevity, legs, core, physique sculpting, fascial strength, abs, programming, booty, butt, challenges, bodybuilding, arms, shoulders, clubbells, free-weights, endurance, weight-lifting, conditioning, exercise, strength, stamina, metabolic, injury prevention, pain-free, Webisodes, flat tummy, Circular Strength Training, fat loss, fitness | 30 Comments »
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
The 2 images on the left were from early November 2008, just about to depart for Italy. The 2 on the right were from last week. So, ten months. Not a ten weeks steroid induced swell, BUT I have better range of motion, mobility, functional power, flexibility, mental stamina and ...
Posted in motivation, wellness, chest, leadership, patience, toughness, change, joint mobility, longevity, recovery, hypertrophy, inspiration, performance enhancement, education, physique sculpting, periodization, dyslexia, challenges, accountability, development, back, abs, courage, fascial strength, mastery, active aging, motor development, nervous system, gratitude, mobility, empowerment, core, flexibility, stamina, power, health, energy, Circular Strength Training, endurance, success, strength, exercise, conditioning, weight-lifting, free-weights, clubbells, weight loss, food, pain-free, healing, balance, shoulders, legs, arms, injury prevention, flat tummy, nutrition, diet, immune system, fat loss, progress, fitness | 11 Comments »
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Having trouble feeling motivated to exercise, to face a goal, to chase down a dream? Maybe you're not lazy or meek. Maybe you just you've been watching and listening to others, and as a result have learned ineffective tools for motivation. No wonder, because the motivational tools out there wouldn't ...
Posted in toughness, leadership, TACFIT, courage, challenges, motivation, change, Webisodes, empowerment, inspiration, performance enhancement, progress | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
If you want to succeed in your life, then consider this suggestion: align yourself to universal truth, God-consciousness, innate scientific principles, however you want to couch the term... and you'll guarantee success. Just step into the current of causality, and turn your rudder so that you "go with the flow" ...
Posted in motivation, challenges, change, inspiration, flow, empowerment | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Fantastic coaches or craptastic coaches can really make it easy or hard depending upon their professional effectiveness, but in general I've had more ineffective coaching than effective. Certainly, even now when I'm in a thick encounter or task, the voices of my best coaches resound through my mind, encouraging me ...
Posted in morale, toughness, motivation, inspiration | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Have you ever noticed that what you once valued falls out of attention, only to become valuable to you again? Ideas, trends, fashions, even beliefs... We seem to move from one aspect of practice to another, both in individual periods, and also to a degree, in collective periods.
As your goals ...
Posted in challenges, accountability, social networking, development, mastery, career development, education, change, motivation, leadership, learning | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Have you ever heard the comment about relationships that "it's better to be happy than be right"? It sounds plausible, but it application it's a problematic fantasy. Asking two quarrelsome parties to forfeit trying to prove their point and just acquiesce to the other is like asking wolves to wear ...
Posted in suffering, mastery, gratitude, courage, challenges, toughness, motivation, learning, empowerment, love, change, progress | 6 Comments »