Erik's Weekly Fitness Tip | Go!

 

A Simple message…Just GO!

Procrastination is the devil in disguise.  Nothing will ever stop progression faster than procrastination. 

  • I’ll start tomorrow
  • I’ll start next month
  • I’ll start when (fill in the blank with the excuse du jour).

Best Time To Start

You want to know when is the best time to start?  Yesterday, of course!

Since that is not an option, today will work just fine.  Tighten up your chinstrap on the old crash helmet and charge forward with reckless abandon.  What’s the worst thing that could happen? You fail.  Okay, recalibrate your scheme and GO again!

The Most Valuable Thing You Have

This newsletter is about health; your health is the most valuable thing you have, in my humble opinion.  Do not let silliness or excuses get in the way of taking care of yourself. The consequences are way to steep.  

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Erik's Weekly Fitness Tip | The Award For Best Fitness Program Goes To...

 

I get a lot of emails asking me for my best program and fitness tips

  •   Should I do Crossfit or P90X?
  •   What is the best food to eat to lose weight?
  •   Should I do Paleo?
  •   What’s better HIIT or LIIS workouts?

And The Award For Best Fitness Program Goes To...

The secret is that almost all programs work, the difficult part is staying committed to the plan you put in place.  So if you want to get stronger, leaner, or just improve your overall health it comes down to sticking to the plan you put in place.  As I said almost every plan works, but there needs to be a few principles that you follow. 

First things first

  • Set a clear goal, then set some smaller goals to reach along the way.
  • Be patient, it takes time to get results. 
  • Programs and supplements that say get quick results in less than 4 weeks aren’t real. 

Second

  • You are what you eat.  Your daily allowance should be in alignment with the goal that you have put in place. 
  • Put yourself in a safe calorie deficit if you are trying to lose weight.
  • Up your protein and carbs allowance if you are trying to pack on muscle. 
  • Chug water, then chug more water.

Finally

  • Sleep
  • Take rest days
  • Squat 
  • Bring it!  Nobody makes gains by going through the motions.  

Give me a ring at 310.251.7420 if you'd like help sticking to your plan.

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Erik's Weekly Fitness Tip | Failure

 

Have You Ever?

Have you ever come up short?  Hell yes you have, we all have!!

Have you ever won a game, event, challenge, or some silly contest? Sure you have!

What Did Winning Teach You?  

Not much, except to continue down the same path because there is no reason to change things up.  

What Did Failure Teach You?

Failure teaches you to tweak many things:

  • the how
  • the why
  • the what

Failure forces us to dig deep and continue to push forward, because the other option, giving up, is quite frankly not an option.

Things To Remember When You Fail

  1. Remember that everyone has been there regardless of talent, genetics, age, or sex. 
  2. If everything came easy to you, are you really and truly going to appreciate the effort and accomplishment that you made? Probably not. 

Yes, failure, depending on the circumstances and stakes, can feel like a kick in the teeth.  But that doesn’t mean the game is over. See case in point below.

I’m from Illinois and grew up watching the baddest cat ever to play hoops, Michael Jordan.  Most people see MJ as the best athlete ever to walk this planet, but Nike made us remember in the commercial called “Failure” that even the greats come up short. MJ took his failures and used them as the fire in his belly to become the biggest legend in sports. 

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.  I’ve lost almost 300 games.  26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.  I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.  And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan

Take that to heart, learn from your failures and change the outcome next time.

CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED to tweak things I CAN DESIGN An online PERSONALIZED FITNESS & NUTRITION PLAN FOR YOU. 310.251.7420

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