“Comfort is a drug. Once you get used to it, it becomes addicting. Give a weak person consistent stimulation, good food, cheap entertainment, and they’ll throw their ambitions right out the window. The Comfort zone is where dreams go and die.” Carl Jung This quote rings true today with the internet and all the mind-numbing …
I earned my black belt in Dec 2015, and due to life circumstances after a year or two, although I was training, it was not under the instructor who black belted me. Thus he was not there to break down my technique. Over the last couple of years, the new training dynamic has been bugging …
Many of you may have heard the term “macros” or have been asked “what are your macros?” and had no clue what that means. Don’t worry most people don’t. ย It sounds scientific but once you learn the basics…it’s easy to understand.ย ย Macros are the breakdown in percentages of the three primary macro nutrients …
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Hello All. I hope this email finds you in a healthy space for the remainder of 2021. This month’s topic is working on your weakest link. If you’re like most people, myself included, you tend to focus on the things you are good at and put on the back burner what needs improvement.I draw on …
Following the right exercise program that gets the results you want in the time you wish to seems to be a never-ending dilemmaย You may have even stopped training because you don’t know where to pick back up or have the will to start againย Before you know it, days become months and months become a yearย Many …
I have been studying to become a certified nutritionist for some months now During my reading of the materials, one of the chapters had a message that resonated with me and my experience coaching people for the last ten years It was a three-word sentence, but I found it to be profoundly true and simple …
There are many things to learn about when it comes to nutrition and its impact on your body. The basic concept is “What goes in must come out.” Your body is like a machine: it takes what it needs from what you feed it and gets rid of the rest by urine and the bowels. …
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This topic is a little more obscure in the realm of fitness and health, but never the less has its place as a mental toolI’m talking about the benefits of wearing and not headphones while you trainI used to travel to Ft Worth for my boxing coach twice a weekLiving in Dallas, the trip would …
Ten years ago, I had a disc herniation in C3 and C4 vertebra in my neck from a muscular imbalance At the time, I had an MMA fight scheduled and was training for the event with one of my partnersย He hit me on the chin while sparring, and it felt like someone lit my …
I was having a nutrition conversation with a client the other day who is about a month into his program He was telling me how he come to realize how much bad food we are exposed to daily He said before starting his regimen, he never really thought about food and having a mindful approach …
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