Relentless Positivity
Why you take the penny over $3 million
In the book The Compound Effect the author Darren Hardy poses an interesting question. Would you rather have 3 million dollars in your pocket today or a penny that doubles in value every day? Seems like an easy choice right? Give me that 3 million and let me go buy...
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You don't need the Thighmaster any more! Try these 4 instead
Do you remember the Thighmaster? Man that thing was genius! Great way to work those stubborn inner thigh muscles. It was genius until you use it wrong and your Thighmaster goes flying across the room on the first squeeze. Allegedly. That would never happen to a...
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Motivation Monday on Tuesday- 10, 2-letter words for success
There are many ways that can lead to success in the fitness world. I have seen people get tremendous results with boot camp, Crossfit, lifting weighs, Zumba, running, and many other ways of moving your body. They all had the same thing in common though. The person...
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Your Accountability Checklist
I was at Camp Sumatanga last week supporting a friend on his Emmaus Walk. Very cool experience and I was very grateful for the opportunity to be there. One of the musicians there was blind. It was amazing! He was playing guitar and singing all without the benefit of...
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Building Block Four-Stress No More
When your body is stressed out, you WILL NOT lose fat and you WILL NOT build any of the lean muscle mass you need to increase your metabolism. Our bodies are hard wired to deal with stress first before anything else. If you have been doing all the right things (eating...
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Building Bock Three- 7 Steps For The Best Rest
Raise your hand if you get enough sleep? Not too many hands there, I know mine wasn't up. But I am constantly working on ways I can improve my sleep/rest, which will lead to better recovery, which will lead me to getting better results with those first two building...
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Building Block Two-The 6 Simple Steps of the Pale Joe Diet
We walked about the first building block of success on Wednesday. How to find a successful exercise plan for you as an individual. Today is all about nutrition. Eating correctly for your body is THE most important part of changing how your body looks. Period....
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Building Block 1- Lessons from a Ginger Hulk
My wife and I took the train down to New Orleans for a wedding a few years ago. The train is a pretty awesome way to travel if you aren't in a hurry by the way. We get there pretty late, by my standards any way. It was about 10pm, so it was pretty dark out. The...
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It's just too much!!!
I was a chaperone for a church youth trip this past weekend. We took the kids to a conference called Motion that was held at the BJCC in Birmingham. It was amazing, overwhelming, and I don’t think I slept more than 6 hours total the whole time we were there. Sleeping...
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Stop skipping breakfast!
A recent study published by the Huffington Post found that 31 million people skip breakfast every day. Every day! My biggest problem is holding myself to only one breakfast a day. Another recent study found that HALF of breakfast skippers are overweight. Breakfast...
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The importance of Your Future Self
Daniel H. Pink recounts an experiment that tested people’s ability to invest in their future in his book “To Sell Is Human”. Yep, I’m using that book again, it’s a good book. They tested the subjects by having one group look at an image of themselves now and then...
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I met my wife in a trailer park
-Being behind bars was one of the most important things that ever happened to me. -I started my business during a recession. -I met my wife in a trailer park. (that would be a great country song) -Some of the best times in my life were times when I’ve been exhausted,...
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Endurance Training Class is back!
I don't know about you, but I plan on being around for awhile and I plan on being active for the rest of my life. So the older I get, the more I value endurance. When you hear the word endurance, what do you think of? Running is my guess. That is part of the equation,...
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Lessons from a crepe myrtle (weird, but worth the read)
It's been a life long dream of mine to write a fitness post crepe myrtles. Today that dream comes true. There is a crepe myrtle in my backyard that has been plaguing me. It looks awesome, but it drops its petals on my sidewalk, they stick to the bottom of my shoe,...
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Is it possible to go 21 days without complaining?
I was speaking to a group at a college a few years ago and I came to the potentially dangerous "Are there any questions?" part of the talk. I have had some blush inducing moments there, so I always get a little nervous. But this time, it was not blush inducing. It...
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