THE ROAD BACK IS FKIN HARD!
When Russell first started with us,
He was in a pretty bad way
He’d admit it!
He was on constant kidney dialysis,
And mentally, very stuck
I remember thinking to myself,
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐊!
His intake form was full of one-word answers
And looking back,
I recon it was because he was scared as shit,
That if he didn’t lose this weight,
𝐇𝐞’𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝.
But this is a story,
Of a guy that has inspired our Academy
And is now, his family’s inspiration.
Despite the previous failed attempts,
This time, Russ lost enough weight
So that when a donor kidney came along,
He was healthy enough to take it.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐅 - 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝
He’s gained a fair bit of weight back – lots of it being fluid
Because he wasn’t able to train, and nutrition was a pickle
But I recon he’d take that option every day of the week.
𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐲𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
His kids are doing it with him,
And his lovely wife Tarah’s in our Women’s Academy.
For me,
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞,
Anyone can turn it around.
To go from STUCK to INSPIRATION
Man… that’s cool!
Proud AF of you Rusty!
GYMTIMIDATION… IT’S A REAL THING!
Anyone who’s ever felt intimidated by the idea of walking into a gym,
Knows exactly what I’ll describe
You feel like everyone’s looking at you
You move around nervously,
Looking for a machine that looks self-explanatory enough to just do it for a bit!
And then there’s that dick in the corner grunting very unnecessarily
The environment feels confronting at first,
But I always tell my clients,
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭,
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐋𝐎𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲
Now, this is my client Mathi,
And today,
After being in our program for a few months,
He officially ripped the scab off.
𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐲𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒!
Finding no motivation in training at home,
And with my constant encouragement to dive in deep,
He did exactly that!
A lot of my posts are about transformations,
𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞
Are when a client overcomes their inner resistance,
Gets uncomfortable
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝗪 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
Mathi, this post might embarrass you,
But I am doing it, because I am proud of you!
And if we humans gave less fucks about what others think,
And did more of what Mathi did for himself today,
Man, we’d be a lot happier!
Well done brother! Get around him!
WHO ARE YOU ACTUALLY COMPARING TO?
When you were a kid, I bet you looked up to someone?
𝘈 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳?
𝘈 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳?
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥?
Back before ‘photoshop’ days
You could be pretty confident your hero
Was the product of hard work and sweat
Yet these days, you can’t have that same surety
To demo this,
𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
The left is the actual photo (𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵)
The right is the fake!
With a few taps and slides on my phone,
𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥,
𝘔𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯.
Instant fake overhaul!
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?
𝟏 – 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇
I think what stops a lot of people from getting started on their own journey
Is seeing these fake images and being intimidated by it
“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵” (as if that was the goal, anyway?)
𝟐 – 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇
I worry about sons and daughters growing up in photoshop world
There’s no way to know whether it’s real or fake,
And trying to explain this to a kid that’s infatuated with that person…
Can we really cut through?
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𝐈 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭,
Because I want to be someone that inspires others,
That is a role model for my clients
Because I do the work
That people can be certain is 100%, authentically myself,
Even if you don’t like me.
I’m doing my best to help educate
On how to take control of your health and mindset,
𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺…
𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺…
So that it’s less about comparison,
And more about inspiration
Love Jase x
IS YOUR EGO TOO BIG OR CAN YOU PARK IT AND FOLLOW?
This is Travis
I first met Trav around a year and a half ago
If you wanted a definition of ‘stuck’,
‘Travis’ would have been a pretty good answer
𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐤𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
And was one of those guys that visibly carried the weight of the world on his shoulders.
He tried to start in Better Body Academy three times,
The fear kept pulling him back in.
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦
His pain was so persistent
That his only option for living,
Was to kill his ‘𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧’
Fast forward to now,
This guy is probably the bravest MF I have ever met
𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬
The bloke is 50kg down… FIFTY!
He is strong as an ox and consistently works out
And it turns out,
That behind the self-sabotage, condemnation and shitty facial hair,
Was one of the most handsome devils you’d ever see
His energy now lights the room,
His eyes and smile radiate warmth
And Travis is now a fully qualified Personal Trainer,
And on his way to becoming a BBA Coach
𝘚𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?
Probably best to ask him…
But from my perspective, it’s simple…
Simple, BUT not easy…
He parked his ego,
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨,
And went all in,
Like all of us, he’s still a work in progress.
But I sit now, next to a bloke I call a good friend
I am BEYOND proud of you brother,
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡
LEAD FROM THE FRONT, I WILL
A coach becomes invalid
When he starts finger pointing
And no longer doing.
It’s hypocrisy.
In order to be the leader that I wish to ascend to,
𝗜 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
Despite having ‘no time,
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦…
Despite motivation occasionally dropping,
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥
Despite ‘getting older’
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨
Today inside of Better Body Academy
𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁™
Girls and Boys,
It’s time to work…
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲
But if you wipe the slate clean each night,
And show up for yourself each morning,
This will be a growth period for you!
LFG Come With Me!
I WISH I HAD A MAGIC WAND
In society,
We tell each other things like ‘𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳’
Or
It’s ‘𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵’
But I actually think that gives us a false sense of entitlement…
Like someone is coming to save us…
It strips us of ‘𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵’
When the actual fact is,
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞
And that sounds harsh, but it’s not meant harshly
I thought I deserved better,
And that my ‘𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴’ was not my fault,
Truth is, it was my fault
Because I waited for someone to help me,
Rather than take control,
I waited until I hit rock bottom to act
I hoped for things to get better,
Nothing at all changed until I did something about it…
𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝,
I’d wave it over you and say,
‘I wish for you to realise just what you can do if you start now’
And I mean, GO ALL IN!
Not this toe-dipping thing,
Like, ALL IN!
Completely SCRAP your current environment,
And decide to love yourself, so you can fully love others,
Coaching is emotionally hard at times,
Because you just want everyone to win,
But you can’t win it for them…
GRATEFUL, IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!
𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟, 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁!
We’re jetting off
Coming home, made me realize how lucky we actually are…
To be surrounded by the most loving family,
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀!!
Our second family!
You’ve all been so welcoming
And gone out of your way to catch up!
And for that, we’re so appreciative!
I can’t actually wait to dig into some deep work over the next three months
Before Baby Boy comes!
I’m so full of charge to keep expanding and improving our program
But having the opportunity to workout, eat food, drink the odd beer, and spend quality time with you,
Our family,
𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧!
Happy Easter everyone…
𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
THE BBA INNER CIRCLE
We’ve done a number of BBA catch-ups whilst in Oz,
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩.
The idea is simple…
These 5 blokes are so embodied in the BBA mission,
They just want to help us change more lives
Because their lives have been changed immensely
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝐤𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟖 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞
The love and trust I have for these men is huge,
Nick ‘the protein guy’ is a busy family man, with a lot of career responsibility, but it doesn’t stop him from being an incredible ‘glue’ in BBA: a no-BS ‘get it done’ bloke.
Terry is Benjamin Button – the man that proves reverse aging is possible, and is the most consistent man to ever step foot in BBA
Nicola is the strong AF, hero-to-zero-to-hero chef that is our daily reminder that anything is possible if you follow your dreams -
Travis is probably the most inspiring person I have ever met – from addiction to ambition, and 50kg down, this guy is represents everything the BBA was created for
And Mike, my brother from another-mother, more loyal than your best pair of undies, he’s as good as a friend can get, and an amazing coach that will do anything for anyone.
The mission of empowering people to change their lives,
By giving them the basic tools and accountability,
Is far greater than me.
I’ve realised that in business,
And in life,
To be surrounded by people you trust and believe in wholly
That don’t wanna fuck you,
Is a tremendous luxury!
𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦?
𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘪 𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘪?
𝘉𝘉𝘈 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴?
Ooooooshhhhhhhh!!
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬!
12 MONTHS, ZERO ALCOHOL - A COMPLETE LIFE TRANSFORMATION
I knew Ben Carty in a different life,
He was a pretty loose unit
I remember thinking after the first time I met him probably 20 years ago,
‘𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥’
But times change,
Kids come along,
And a year and a half ago, he reached out for some help
Benny was never overweight,
But, his weekends were lost to hangovers,
And with a couple of kids and a beautiful misso,
That’s never going to be sustainable.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲,
He became a leader,
With his epic video check-ins every Friday
I think the lads really looked up to him
A super successful builder with his company Boom Build
That had drawn a line in the sand, to work on is health as well.
I spent some beautiful time last week,
Training and catching up with Ben,
Deep, inspiring conversation,
With a bloke that has now gone an entire year without booze,
Has taken up meditation,
And he is so fricken self-aware
He is still ‘𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥’ in life,
But in a completely different way
I love having men like Carts around me,
It makes me a better person,
You’re going to be hearing from Ben soon on the Podcast,
For now, just know,
That if like Ben, you have had enough of the same old shit,
And want to start levelling up your health,
There is a place for you in Better Body Academy:
THE ONE REASON OUR BOYS WIN
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘…
There, I said it.
You see, you think you’re stuck because you have:
No time
No money
Or whatever other limiting idea you have
But I bet,
If you felt more connected to a group of blokes
That are all working on themselves
That are supporting the sh1t out of each other
And that understand that you become the average of the people you hang around mostly,
𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
Yesterday was awesome lads,
Stories of overcoming challenges,
Losing solid amounts of weight
Getting strong physically
And becoming strong mentally
Yes, that’s a lot to celebrate…
Love you brothers,
And thanks to Hayley and Cam at Saddles,
Amazing, amazing place
WHAT 'I LIVE FOR' - PLEASE READ
I just got off my fortnightly Zoom catch-up with our BBA Boys
I asked a question for them to ponder – ‘𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳?’
Most of the lads answered, ‘my family’
Very typical, but what does that ACTUALLY mean?
That as the breadwinner, you live specifically to make sure they have the finances to survive?
That you live to share love?
We would all assign different meanings to ‘𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’
But I promised them I’d sit briefly, and then share my answers as to what I live for.
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It’s a hard question, kind of like ‘what’s the meaning of life?’
My conclusion is,
I live to 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄.
I feel like the longer I live, the more I see life as,
90-100 years on a planet,
To which you have an opportunity to have fun.
When I say ‘𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦’,
What that actually means for me is feeling the sensations and thoughts that come with doing something either difficult or pleasurable.
For me, I feel very connected to something higher than me,
Not a religion,
A higher power that connects us all
And when I share moments and experiences with my loved ones
What I’d call ‘living for my family’
This gives me serious warm, fuzzy feelings
And somehow, that seems to connect back to me feeling fulfilled that I am doing something that’s greater than me.
𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
1 – When I look into my daughter’s eyes, and she holds a stare for 5 secs before becoming distracted, I feel an incredible deep sense of infinite love
OR
2 – When I get a message back from a client saying ‘dude, you helped me change my life’, I have this same incredible sense of love and gratitude.
In both cases, this sense of love, which is almost indescribable, makes me feel very connected to other humans and to a higher power.
This may make no sense, or it might make a LOT of sense.
But when asked what I live for, the answer is AN EXPERIENCE
Some momentary, short experiences,
Some longer, deeper, more exhilarating experiences
All patched together to = LIFE.
And maybe that’s why I’m pretty happy.
I KNOW that experience is what I LIVE for, so I seek it out as much as I can!
I put very little value in accumulating things, except where they may give me an experience…
Happy Weekend ;)
PS. This was a moment of love for me last night ;)
WHY 'DOING IT FOR YOUR FAMILY' IS A FAILURE TRAP
I speak to a lot of men
I ask – ‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?’
The most common answer?
‘For my family – the partner and kids’
Well why is it that these same men can’t motivate themselves to even get started?
I know with certainty, the answer.
Changing yourself is hard!
Not only does it require courage to start
But it requires you to adopt a new mindset that’s different to your current one
It’s going to require you to push through large piles of shit some days,
Undoing 10-20 years of crap habits
It’s damn hard to do, especially if you’re doing it alone.
But, the main problem is this…
Doing it for someone else, other than YOU mate!
It might be honourable to say ‘I want to do it for them family’
But I can tell you sure as hell,
When you’re tired from work,
When you just want to sit down,
When you feel the lure of booze to chill you out,
“The family” are not enough motivation.
When you look in the mirror and feel like you’re failing,
That’s not ‘the family’,
These are thoughts you have about yourself.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅.
Imagine looking in that same mirror and feeling proud,
Imagine losing 10kg and feeling energetic
Imagine being able to call yourself ‘a healthy man’
These feelings are for YOU
They benefit your family, but they are FOR YOU!
YOU don’t want to miss out on life with them, FOR YOU
YOU don’t want to let them down, FOR YOU
YOU want to feel successful, FOR YOU
YOU need this FOR YOU
It’s starts with YOU
And when you start understanding and believing this,
Operating from this position,
True, sustainable change can commence!
THE BIG REASON WE GOT FAT
You played sport as a kid,
𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?
It means turning up when you don’t want to
It means being accountable to your team mates
It means always doing your best
It means talking to your coaches
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨?
We don’t turn up,
We’re not accountable accountable
We don’t always do our best
We have no coach to turn to for help
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭…
If you had a team and a coach with you,
Guiding you
Reminding you why you are ‘playing’
Getting you back on track when you slip
Helping you through the tougher patches
Would that help?
𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤,
𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧
And maybe you’re scared to re-join a team because you feel like you’ll let the team down
But that’s like never playing sport because you might have a bad game
If you apply to join our team,
I’ll guarantee you of one thing
It’s the closest you’ll feel to ‘being back’
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 – 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘦 ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘥’ 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵
THE ONLY CURRENCY YOU'LL EVENTUALLY CARE ABOUT
Closet hobby
Jase collects old coins from round the world
I know - it’s like publicly admitting to having a porn addiction
Anyway…
𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯?
It’s my oldest penny from 1886
𝐅𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟔
Back then, it was worth something,
But if I took it to the shop now,
It would buy me exactly…𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆.
𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲…
Most of us work out nuts off chasing money,
And our health goes to shit in the process…
But soon enough,
Perhaps when we have ‘enough’ money,
We realise that life is very short
And the only currency we wished we’d saved for,
Is our health…
Like this penny, money will at some point become useless to you
And at this point,
The ONLY Currency You’ll Eventually Care About
Is Your Health…
Is it time to start saving?
OUR FIRST EVER NIGHT APART - WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS?
Oshyn and I have NEVER had a night apart
𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥
Until last night
We left her with Carly,
And Cords and I spent a beautiful night in Sydney…
But it nearly didn’t happen…
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵?
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿…
And that made me think,
This is exactly what it’s like for so many guys
They want to start a transformation,
They NEED to lose weight before they end up sick
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗳𝘀…
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘢𝘮?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺?
And so they stay stuck,
Attached to an old set of beliefs about being useless
About being a failure…
And they continuing to suffer every day…
𝗔𝗻𝗱, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲.
I’m telling you, you have the ability to stop the bullshit stories
And completely change your life,
If you’re only willing to rip the scab off and get started!
This is your time!
WTF - SIZE 30 SHORTS??
What is accountability?
It basically means BEING RESPONSIBLE…
You can be responsible to:
Your kids
Your partner
Your boss
Your employees
Your training partner
The goal is, to not let them down
And it’s that which keeps you in the hook
But being a coach,
𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲…
If I don’t lead by example,
Practice what I preach
Then I’m a fake
I don’t share many of my personal “fitness” wins
But this is certainly one
𝗜’𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀
I’ve not been that since 20 years old
And I’m posting this as a win
Because the moment the coach stops being accountable
He breaks one of his own rules
𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱!
We need it in our life!
20 YEARS ON - I CAN'T WAIT TO BE 40
𝗔𝘁 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
I thought the idea was to eat as much as possible to grow muscle
I knew nothing about nutrition,
Hence, I was a box
With really bad/good T-shirts and a shit beard strap
𝗔𝘁 𝟰𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
I understand nutrition
I know how to help men achieve their best shape in 20 years
All I’m actually doing is sharing what I’ve learned
Through 4 years of studying dietetics at university
And coaching hundreds of transformations
𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼…
But you have to be willing to put your ego to the side,
And ask for help
Life’s too short to stay BOXED
THE FISH THAT GOT AWAY... IS IT YOU?
Yesterday, I went fishing…basically Maltese Rex Hunt
As I was baiting up
I was remembered the analogy we use inside BBA…
If you look closely at a most fishing hooks, you’ll see a tiny little barb near the sharp end
The purpose of that barb, is to stop the hook from slipping out of the fish’s mouth if the tension in the line goes slack…
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗯 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀.
𝘐𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘠𝘖𝘜, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬
Most guys try to change on their own
They’re good while they are rolling,
But the moment “life” pops up like it does,
It creates slack in the line and the hook slips out…
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 “𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗼 𝗙𝗞𝗜𝗡 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀”
My bet is that you have a basic idea what you need to do,
But you just can’t get yourself to do it…
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺…
You’re fishing with a barbless hook that keeps slipping out…
And if you’re sick of not having accountability,
We got you covered!
DAD, I'M BUSTING FOR A POO!!
This was how the conversation went…
𝐒𝐨𝐧 - ‘𝘋𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧’
𝐃𝐚𝐝 – ‘𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦’
𝐒𝐨𝐧 – ‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘥?’
(Whilst making poo cramp sounds and walking)
𝐃𝐚𝐝 – ‘𝘐’𝘮 𝟻𝟶… 𝟻𝟶 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥!’
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This was the 30 seconds of dialogue I heard,
As son and dad slowly, but urgently passed us
While we casually strolled through the hotel…
This poor dad, carrying a fair amount of weight,
Was writing himself off at 50!!
And it made me think…
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
A fire engulfing his house?
His kiddo getting caught in a beach current?
Thank god it was only a massive pool of shit on the floor that was being risked here
Being of a healthy weight is not just about health
It’s not just about confidence and feeling good
𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘!
Whether your kids desperately need a poo
OR you need to save them from something more dangerous
𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲
It gives you a sense of freedom
Knowing that you can do stuff that could one day be very important…
WE SHOULD LIVE FOR OUR KIDS, NOT DIE FOR THEM
This was a quote direct from my client Daniel Troutman
He realized this as he became consciously aware of a reality,
That his kids copy everything he does
And that what he was modeling,
Was not what he wanted them to see…
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗕𝗔,
𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟬𝗸𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻!
Our job as men, is to guide our kids
To let them know they can go anywhere they’re want
Be anything they want
Experience life,
And love truly…
I love that my clients continue to teach me,
As much as I teach them!