Let’s Talk About the Real- Real -REAL

Yep that’s a lot of real, why? because I want to keep it real, so real.

We are days into 2023, and where are you on that fitness journey? Are you already about to throw up your hands or are you in the hand clapping group because you are making BIG. gains?

I’ve observed over a few years how easy it is to make those big resolutions or intentions. First be assured you can DEFINITELY make it happen BUT…. How real are you?

You cannot commit to 5 days a week at the gym if you have started for 3 years, and stop after 2 weeks; perhaps you are a candidate for home streaming and if so contact me I can share awesome streaming. Okay back to it, you can probably commit to 2 days a week and set a month when you can increase to 3 days a week and again to 4. See it’s getting the body and mind ready for the change and enjoying the process.
Another break here, you must enjoy the process of working out, if not then find what type of workouts bring you joy and sitting down is not it -NOPE.

Enjoy the workout, commit and increase, never stop; set the pace. Keep it REAL. Remember no comparison, you should be comparing and competing only with yourself. As you progress who knows a competition just maybe in your future, but now it’s just you so…..

Don’t stop, just dial back a bit so those visions will be real only because you were able to KEEP IT REAL

First, GRATITUDE

Still don’t understand?, well just a second for a quick explanation. It is so easy to look at what we need to change especially in the fitness world, but also in our personal and professional life. We critique ourselves that we forget to give ourselves a smile, applaud of GRATITUDE for the day.

Regardless of the changes we are about to implement, we forget about our past and all we’ve thus far accomplished because we are humans. Yep we just forget.

Let’s make it a daily routine, and yes I’m including myself, to give gratitude of where we are today, our bodies, mindset because we are prepared and ready to implement the changes that will raise our GREATNESS to a new level.

Personal Chat Today and Yes, It’s About You

How often do we hear PD (personal development).
Personal development comes in reading or listen to audible book, podcast listening, BUT what if you did it or are doing it with no results. Hmmmm

This happened to me and then “the real” set in. It was never going to have ANY value, By the way this does not apply to all my readings or pod cast. Back to the no value personal development, it did not apply to me at all and for a few maybe later but 0 value at current.

Personal chat today to you, don’t listen, read, any personal development that does not apply to you. I have wasted time reading personal development or pod cast because they were recommended and I got NOTHING from it. It’s okay to accept a suggestion with a yes and say I’m not ready for that.

If your mindset is to build a team of positive fitness why listen to someone talking about their woes and growth in landscaping business. Or if change your mindset to be positive, fitness may help but you need another personal development. Personally if it does not apply to the you today, well toss it, or place it on the later pile.

VALUE YOU and Personal Development should be

When Is The Last Time You Did It?

Really, when is it, we focus so much, and not only in the fitness world but our daily lives what we are doing wrong; we forget to look at all the rights we’ve accomplished.

Today self applaud yourself for ALL those rights applied that has gotten you to your level of GREATNESS today, and guess what ?? There is more to come.

Slow Down and Breathe It In

As we move into the final weeks of 2022, it is SO easy to double up on our actions to meet our end goals. Guilty, yes I am.

Still we must pace ourselves and enjoy what we’ve accomplished. If we move too fast sometimes we forget to applaud as well as noticed what GREAT accomplishments we’ve achieved.

Our accomplishments means we’ve done our best. It also means STOP the comparison where your BF is. Accomplishments are that, each and everyone of yours and mine has a value.
Recognize, show gratitude after all YOU are awesome.
‘Gratitude is …..

How Difficult Is It

The environment we surround ourselves in will propel us to the next level of our greatness; or it can send you into a world of confusion.

So important to surround yourself with those that motivate, inspire and direct you positively. Those that lift you up in many ways when you need that lift because of discouragement or just a struggle to get to that next level on your fitness journey, perhaps in your personal life be it your employment or family.
‘But I ask are you reciprocating your support to others as well. Why I ask? Because it is so easy to forget others so how about……..

Perfection vs Best

It is so easy to up our levels especially in fitness, but is it our level or the levels to someone.

When you level up, it has to be on your terms and most of all that level up must be to your best. That best will not be perfect, but once again your best. Each time in weight lift workout I may or may not be able to increase my weights on each routine, but good for a few. What’s important that I do not set out for perfect. Well not in the lift, but perfect body alignment and form is necessary to prevent injury, but on those weights well….. It is important to give our best.

Our best allows growth, but also allows us to not burn out. How is that, because we know of the growth, but that perfection will run you bat crazy. How well imagine you lift 80 lbs on overhead press x 12 reps x3, then a few days later can only do 50 because that muscle strength isn’t there. What a decrease what happened? , well we are not the same every day, but what never changes is “our best”

So on that next workout – give it your best and keep moving.

A Spook for YOU


I’m uncertain if I love Halloween as an adult, or just that it begins in October where there is a change in temps. In the south however it will fluctuate a lot, cool, hot warm, rain but right now never cold.

But about October and Halloween with the decorations, cute, alarming and some just dang right scary and spooky. So as I observe all of this I wonder; yep a hmmm moment.

How about me being my own spook? Huh 🤔, Yes spook my behavior to push harder on those actions I’ve procrastinated on and really had to erase that old thought. What thought? , how nice of you to ask. The one we look at the month October and think well, I’d be better since it late in the year to just start fresh in January. Uh not good.

Why wait? To allow for more excuses or reason to procrastinate AGAIN. I think not so spook yourself to a positive, powerful change in you for you, because it’s your life and it’s about YOU.

So get spooky in October for you


EXPECTATIONS

How are you doing with it? It is easy to listen to others as they attempt to show you or set expectations for you/me. People listen, we can be vulnerable to our friends or others as they set expectations. But are they your expectations, really think about it.

I have at one time been a victim of satisfying others expectations. It can happen suddenly and it’s easy to apply actions……. Then it happened. I woke up and realized I was living up to expectations that were not me. AT ALL. Why? Because I had and have greater goals. I wasn’t being myself.
There are people who will set expectations of us to their lives. So being unique within we MUST set our own expectations. Most of all those expectations must be true to who we are.

Hitting The Reset Button

It’s time for me to do just that. I’ve hit a plateau AGAIN. The thing with a plateau and that reset button, you must know where you are now, today and where you’ve traveled from.

Hitting the reset button doesn’t mean to delete progress or start over from the beginning. A lesson learned, what it means is to assess. Assess what you need to change. In assessing it is possible of a bit of trial an area to push out the plateau.
Now how ready are you? In my experience I’ve learned and will share you will know if the change is working in 2 weeks. Then move forward for additional change if necessary.

I’ve seen heard the words of many in resetting, trod the same road already taken or do an evaluation on change in 2 to 3 days. REALLY???. It’s necessary to give our body and our mind time to adapt. Yes we reside in a fast moving society but it takes a bit longer when it comes to our bodies. Oh yeah this is about fitness and nutrition, however can be applied to almost any life changing goals.

In hitting the reset button remember:

  1. Love yourself. 2. Be patient with yourself. 3. Be realistic. 4 Don’t be over dramatic in goal setting and yet don’t underestimate your greatness 5. You, me we got this.

Best to all on the reset.