THINK ABOUT YOU, 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE?
“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘍𝘒 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘴 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘦!”
That’s a lot of men’s response to the idea of transforming…
And to be honest, I am the same…
But I am sure as hell, not going to work all my life,
𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
I am broken
I am in pain
I am exhausted every day
And I can’t bend over to tie my shoes…
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞…
I can’t play with my grandkids
I can’t go for a hike
I can’t enjoy a ride (bike ride haha)with my misso
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝.
My big motivation in life,
Is to bring men to the awareness that,
It doesn’t need to be like this…
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞
And it doesn’t need to involved dumb shakes and crazy training schedules
A change of 10-20kg now,
While you’re younger,
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Oh, and hey, you might just enjoy life more, NOW
MOST MEN THINK IT’S BS — TOO BAD!
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦?
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺?
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘳?
𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝟷𝟶𝘬𝘨?
𝘋𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨?
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Like building your dream house,
You start by creating the plan,
You map out what it actually looks like,
You create a picture in your mind,
Then you get it down onto paper and start building.
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?
That is exactly what I do,
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝗪𝐚𝐥𝐥
I ask myself, what do I actually want?
And then, I get the most visual representation of that and print it out
I stick it on my vision wall
And every bloody day, I stare at it,
I imagine living and feeling it
The type of coach I want to be
The mentors I want to work with
The ability to work from anywhere,
The travel to amazing places,
The investments,
And the unbelievably beautiful wifey and daughter…
𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝗪𝐀𝐋𝐋!
And once it’s on that wall, it’s just a matter of time until it happens…
And every day, I speak in front of that wall with passion and purpose,
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐲 𝗪𝐡𝐲
Dude, FFS, please start yours!
WHY YOU ARE ACTUALLY PROCRASTINATING
𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵
𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭
𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵
𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴
𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥
And, so it continues…
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𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?
It’s actually quite simple,
You doubt yourself and your ability to follow through
And it’s understandable because you’ve made ‘giving up’ a habit
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𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮,
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦,
Think about that for a second
I can promise you mate,
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
1 - Make changes on your terms now – when you say so
2 - Wait for change to be thrust upon you when it’s your only option
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: Fight hard for the life you WANT now or fight hard against a life you DON’T WANT soon...
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY: WE’RE BOOKED TO COME HOME
So, you meet a beautiful woman,
From the other side of the world
You fall in love,
Have a kid,
COVID happens,
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦!
You’re away for the happy stuff,
You’re away for the sad stuff,
And it’s SUPER hard at times…
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛,
It’s going to be so amazing to hug our Better Body Academy friends
FOR REAL!
We’re definitely having some sort of meet up back home,
We want to meet all of you in person…
You’ve helped us build this movement,
And continue to support it as we commit to change the lives of millions…
More to come on this
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝!
Have an amazing day Legends
YOU’RE WRITING THE STORY YOUR KID READS
Cordia made this book,
It’s called ‘𝘖𝘴𝘩𝘺𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩’
Lovely, I know
But it’s symbolic of something much bigger…
It’s the story of the impact I want to have on her world,
𝐁𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥, 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞.
And there’s a bigger story I am writing right now,
It’s a private, obsessive one that occupies so much of me,
It’s called, ‘𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺’
It’s the story of freedom and liberation from feeling shit
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰
It’s going to take a while to write this…
𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐁𝐀 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧,
I know, you know, it will be beautiful
Thank you for believing in us ;)
Happy Weekend
I DOUBTED THE SH*T OUT OF MYSELF!
This is going to be honest and raw,
It’s important that I share my moments of self-doubt,
Not just the constant positive stuff
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞,
It’s only now that I understand it, and am comfortable with it
I can remember when I was in my 20’s,
When bad sh*t happened, I used to get super-emotional,
Tearfully upset
I’d breakdown in a puddle of piss
But I noticed something a couple of years ago,
And it culminated when we were in intensive care with Oshyn,
It was really touch and go,
But even given the circumstances,
𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,
I actually wasn’t proud of it,
I said to myself, ‘𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦’
And when I look at the way I have dealt with stuff over the last couple of years,
𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤…
Stuff that would send others into a complete mess,
It’s much of the same…
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?’
But after sitting with this for 2 years,
I think I’ve now come to understand it…
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
“𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 – 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴”
It’s not that I don’t have emotions,
I just have a high tolerance and I don’t let them lead to my self-sabotage.
As a coach, you become hardened by helping people overcome their struggles.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬,
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲
When you learn to reach out and ask for help
When you learn to no longer self-sabotage
You’re not unemotional,
You’re just no longer a slave to your emotions,
A pinball in a pinball machine…
𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞,
But I felt compelled to write it down and share
Jase
LIKE A DIRTY OLD PAIR OF UNDIES!
You know that pair of undies in your draw
The haggard ones that are three times the age of your kids…
That look like they’ve been through a meat grinder…
That are pulverised and ripped…
𝗪𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?
Maybe at one time, they were super-comfy
They cuddled you tightly like your mum used to
But now, they’re no longer serve you…
It’s time to let them go man…
𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐁 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐓𝐒
You’re holding onto these stupid self-doubts,
These limitations
Because they once kept you comfortable
But now they’re just a wrecked memory of past times…
𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒
We hold on to sh*t far too long
We let the old take up space in our life for the new
𝐁𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄, 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐏!
Clean the sh*t out of your draw and let’s move forward with a plan to get you back in shape.
Change will happen when YOU decide.
Time for the undies to go?
DIAL IT BACK, AND JUST GET CONSISTENT!
So, you decided it’s time to ‘𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺’
You’re sick of feeling rubbish…
So, on Day 1, you run 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄 at your goal
A 2-hour gym session,
Followed by a 40-minute jog
Then home to a plate of lettuce
“𝘕𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳!”
“𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭”
Let’s just look at this for a minute…
Is this sustainable?
As a busy man with kids, fam, a career and a life
Does this sound like a success plan?
Can I make a simple suggestion to help relieve the pressure?
Dial it back!
It doesn’t need to be this intense…
𝗪𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐅𝐀𝐑, 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲,
Perhaps at 60-70%
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺?
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰?
If you can maintain 60-70% intensity on most days,
The chances of you ‘𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵’ are far higher
𝐒𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬…
Make sense?
COMMITMENT AND ACTUALLY GIVING A F*CK
I believe more than anything, that a man should have integrity in his word.
If he says he's going to do something then he should do it.
My experience is that 90% of men out there, hold to that idea.
We may fail sometimes at the execution, but we give it our all.
There's a certain few men however, that have ZERO integrity in their word.
Their word is cheap...
You take it with a grain of salt
They get NOWHERE in life and they blame other people for their lack of results and self loathing.
I'm so proud of the mindsets we breed inside of our Academy.
99% are A-grade, top class men that would give you the shirt off their back.
It's because they value their word. Their word has integrity.
They show up.
And it inspires me every day to do the same.
While I've received numerous messages from clients this week telling me to "𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦"...
The truth is, I don't want to because I don't want to say one thing then do another.
I said that I'd serve you and so I am.
So, please, if you're not like me or the other 150 BBA men, please don't apply for my program.
Don't ever ask to wear a BBA hat.
It won't look good on you and we won't work.
Because I don't any room for sheep in my Academy.
Get back to the farm, this is a place for Wolves only!
WARNING: THE THREE STAGES OF DEATH
People don’t want to talk about death,
And I get that totally
We lose friends and fam and it’s painful and horrible
As a dad, it makes me sick, the thought of not being here for my girls
We’ve a tendency to try and deny it
But what do they say? ‘𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴?’
So rather than trying to pretend it won’t happen,
I try and use it as leverage,
𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 – 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 - 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
You might still be ‘𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦’, but emotionally you’re drained and devoid of life
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 - 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮
It’s the death most people fear, because we think it signifies the ‘𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭’ end
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 - 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
When whatever legacy you brought to the world, had finally been forgotten.
𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲:
The physical death we most fear, is the one least frightening…
We 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 for a period of time 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 and 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 that second death
And I see a simple stepping stone to making that ‘𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵’
𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝
You’ve more energy to chase your dreams and enjoy your loves
Being a role model that they admire and copy
And because you lived and loved whilst your heart was beating
Your light continued to shine for many decades beyond
For your legacy was great
All because you 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃!
SO, YOUR PARTNER DOESN’T SUPPORT YOU?
This is a challenging topic to address – I’ll give my opinion, which of course is not fact.
𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬,
‘𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 – 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?’
There’s a few pieces to this, so let’s break it down…
𝗪𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍?
Of course, it’s going to cause problems in your relationship if you don’t get to the bottom of it.
But, if you’re made to feel bad for making YOUR health a priority,
And you’re not strong enough to stand up to your partner,
This may end in you self-sabotaging your results,
Leading to feelings of worthlessness and having you go back to square one.
𝗪𝐇𝐘 𝗪𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔?
It helps to ask the question, so you can try and understand it from their angle.
The truth is, that by you moving forward and self-improving, they may feel left behind, and that scares them.
If they don’t feel strong enough to start their own journey, then unconsciously sabotaging yours is a way to keep you with them.
Perhaps they haven’t yet had a smack in the face, that has forced them to value their health,
So, you spending money on something that doesn’t give THEM joy, pisses them off.
Most likely, they don’t understand your reasons for starting in the first place,
You’ve been silent about how you’ve felt shitty for years and have kept delaying addressing it.
𝐒𝐎, 𝗪𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎?
It’s critical that you share honestly and vulnerably your reasons for wanting change.
If you love them, tell them, so they understand this is about you, not them.
Explain to them that their support is important for you to become the best version of yourself that you can,
And that this in turn, benefits them.
If you’ve been feeling garbage, tell them exactly that and that you no longer want to feel like this.
Make them aware that you are not judging them, you are looking after and loving YOU.
Clear communication is absolutely everything.
𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐥.
Relationships get tested when couples do their own thing – sometimes it creates jealousy or angst
The reality is, you are an independent person that can only love, if you feel happy in, and about yourself.
The journey toward better health is so much easier when you do it together,
But trying to change your partner, or force them to start is never going to end well.
You can gently encourage, but they need to decide for themselves.
But, frankly, if they continue to make you feel bad or sabotage your results,
Even after clear communication has taken place,
You may be with the wrong person.
That’s a very, very hard idea to reconcile.
Every part of us will want to turn away from that idea.
But if you look at other areas of your life like finances, career, etc
And you are being inhibited in those too, I’d take this as a big red flag.
This is more a control issue, than something specific to your fitness journey.
And that is a largely problem to address…
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬?
READY.... SET.... SET... SET... SET.... COME ON?
This was going to be your year
2021 was hard,
But, with a fresh start, you were going to be good!
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐,
And you’re still ‘𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵’
Dude, let’s be honest
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝,
And I get it…
Scared of failing
Scared of falling on your face and looking like a dick
Scared that you’ll prove to yourself you’re hopeless
Scared of finding out just how unhealthy you are
I can guarantee you of something…
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃!
You know what that fear proves?
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮…
If there was no fear, there would be no upside…
But just like when you played footy as a kid
As soon as kick off happens, the nerves go away
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦
There’s NEVER, EVER going to be a perfect time for you to GO!
𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐛 𝐨𝐟𝐟?
FOR YOU, FOR THEM, FOR YOU
I remember back 16-17 months ago,
When Oshyn was in intensive care,
As a dad, you feel bloody helpless,
And all you pray for is for your kid to get well
You’d trade all that you have for a healthy baby
You think about the times you’re going to have together
All the experiences,
All that Future…
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭…
Don’t you then think it’s kind of strange,
That we punish our bodies,
Neglect our health
Call it “𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥”
Say we’re “𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺”
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭,
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
It just seems like a blunt contradiction?
I’m so driven to bring this to the awareness of those in my influence…
𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐧!
You owe them more years…
Quality years
Years of Love
And the path to getting there is a lot simpler than we think…
If you’re willing to trust our process…
And start prioritising You… For Them… For You
Jase
WHERE’S YOUR STARTING POINT, MATE?
Long story short,
Felt a little fluey today
Did a test
𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, given the current spread rate.
But it made me grateful…
“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺…”
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭…
We’re all likely to get sick at some point in our life
This means, we’re all likely to face a battle of some sort
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞…
So, if you got a ‘𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴’ diagnosis, how would you fare?
I mean, what would be your starting point?
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞
If “𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡” mean you were starting on the normal start line
If “𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡” meant you were starting 20-30m before the normal start line
And if “𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡” meant you were start 20-30m ahead of the normal start line
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞?
If one goal is to be round for your kids and grandkids,
How is your CURRENT weight, health and fitness likely to impact you when you face a predictable future struggle?
They say hindsight is 20-20
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞…
Sniff Sniff
YOU'RE WRONG! YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT FAT LOSS!
See here’s the thing about starting your journey
At the start, you think it’s about fat loss
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲:
Your shirts riding up, exposing your belly
You needing to loosen your belt buck to a point it’s never been
Jumping on the scales and seeing three digits
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭…
So, after sitting on the fence for months,
Reading these posts,
Not taking action,
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐁𝐀.
At the start, it’s hard,
Taking in the information and realising YOU’RE IN IT!
Being part of a ridiculously positive group almost makes you feel uncomfortable
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.
You follow the plan
The weight starts slowly coming off,
And there’s no massive restriction or need to neglect your family…
You’re about 10 weeks in, and you realise something
𝐘𝐎𝐔’𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆!
You feel more energetic
You’re sore from workouts, rather than SITTING on your ass procrastinating
You feel some level of pride around finally doing what you said you would
And you start to realise now,
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞
It’s the entry level to a better life
A life where you believe in yourself again
Which massively impacts upon your financial earning capacity
AND the depth of love in your relationships.
And then you’ll never look back
Because you stuck your tongue in the honey pot…
And loved it…
FEEL LIKE THIS IS YOUR 'BEFORE' PHOTO?
Today, I made my first ever snowman
When Oshyn and I stood back to admire our work,
She pointed at it, and made a sound,
My daughter can’t talk yet,
But it sounded like she said… ‘𝘍𝘢𝘵’
(𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢)
But it caught my attention,
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
Who said his 6-year old son ‘𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬’
‘𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦’
𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
These little humans are so perceptive,
They use their eyes a lot more than their ears
And in this mind programming period from 0-7 years,
They are building the lens with which they interpret the world.
𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐝, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭,
But I think just having conscious awareness that they are absorbing,
Like a dehydrated sponge on the Sahara,
Certainly, makes me think about the role model I am.
A simple question to ask –
𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝/𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞?
IT'S LIKE MAKING CALLS ON AN OLD PAY PHONE? WTF!
Three days into the New Year,
We said we were going to start
Still we haven’t
WHY?
𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍’𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐗 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌 𝗪𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓
Each year,
We set fanciful NY resolutions based on either
𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍
or
𝐀 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐁 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍
It’s time to change our process…
It’s time to re-think our strategy…
No Diets
No Dumb Unsustainable Plans
No Doing Things Solo
It doesn’t work
It NEVER has
So trade the payphone in for a cell phone!
There’s a better way
BROTHER, THEY ARE ALWAYS WATCHING!
If I have learned one thing this year,
It’s that whatever I do,
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲.
𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
The Jesuits said '𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯'.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…?
Whatever I expose her to,
𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝗪𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄!
And this is why I work SO FKIN HARD to set an example.
What I eat…
How I talk…
How active we are…
The way we live…
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝
𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
Perhaps that’s why people change in our Academy.
Thoughts?
UNLEASH YOUR LOVE IN A MONUMENTAL WAY
Everyone knows the phrase,
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
But have we ever dwelled on that?
Really thought about how true it is?
Love is a feeling that starts inside of you
It radiates out of you
And when you’re in the company of others,
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐭
But if you love is smothered by feeling of unworthiness, victimhood and stuck-ness,
Then it’s in competition with negative forces.
𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 ‘𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤’,
Unfulfilled in what I was doing,
Unhappy with my health,
I was loving on empty,
Mostly because I did not love myself
I was pissed off that I settled for less than I actually wanted
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𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰…
My capacity to love my family and friends,
My clients,
It’s increased 100-fold
Because I got unstuck…
𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟,
You have a greater capacity for love
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭
It’s the ultimate demonstration of respect for yourself
And that’s why you should get started NOW
CAN YOU BUILD A MUSCLE AS A DAD OVER 30?
Ok, so let’s break this down.
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞?
1. Because this means you’ve increased strength – as you get older, would being stronger be a benefit?
2. Because having a higher percentage lean mass improves your physique – would this help your overall confidence?
3. Because bigger engines burn more petrol – do you remember back to when you could eat and drink and not get a gut? Was good, hey!
𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫?
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴:
1. You have past the peak of your natural testosterone production.
2. You’re likely to have more competing priorities like family and career to balance off
3. Your body is breaking down muscular protein at a quicker rate
4. If you’ve missed the early years of lifting, you’re likely intimidated by learning something later and getting uncomfortable.
5. Complicating things might be other conditions of aging that reduce your functionality.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘦?
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝… 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐅
It’s the acceptance that Dad-Bod is inevitable
That, it’s just par of the course and not much can be done to stop it.
Whist it may be harder, your attitude determines your results.
I’m always thinking about where I am going to be in 10, 20, 30 years.
I want to be functional, not broken
I want to be able to lift my grandkids
I want to be able to eat good food, enjoy a beer and not feel guilty or fat.
If any of these things appeals to you,
Then the sooner you start,
The more “deposits” you bank.
Forever Youth… YES