merry christmas!

I just want to reflect on some thoughts from this Christmas so far. I must say I felt something very special last night at my church service. i realized something. that something i realized was that GOD put me on this earth for a purpose. that purpose is to change people's lives through their health and fitness. i knew that's what i was doing before (helping people) but i know for sure that is really my sole purpose. I really felt a true "connection" with God last night. Ive never really openly talk about my feelings with God but I really feel like my body and mind went through a real change last night. I've always had a strong following and belief in God, but after last night its even stronger than ever! I'm ready to take this next year to a whole new level and I'm ready to bring anyone who's willing to follow me with!!! Lets all Get It Done in 09! So, here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!!

holiday madness workout

ok so, its the holidays. its easy to make excuses for things like eating healthy and getting your workout in. i know these things as well! im guilty of it too. this is what i do. i like to call them "madness workouts". you can do a madness workout in as little as 4 mins!!! don't believe me. this is how it goes- pick an exercise, for example i did bodyweight squats today. what you will do is you will start a clock and do reps of your exercise, as many as you can do. you will be performing this exercise for 20sec straight, once 20sec hits you rest for 10sec. all you do is repeat this 8 times. now if you have more time and can actually make it in to the gym you can use this on any exercise you want. you can even pick multiple exercises and combine them together. so for example:
bodyweight squats 20 sec
rest 10 sec
bodyweight pushups 20 sec
rest 10
repeat x 4
There you have it! just repeat for times and that's four mins and i'll bet you'll be sucking for major air because you'll be working your whole body in short interval bursts. this workout is based off of the tabata method which will get you into shape fast. feel free to mess around with the time you perform the exercise and the resting interval if you'd like. pick 1-4 exercises that are complex movements(squats, lunges, box jumps, pushups, bodyweight rows, push press, sprints, dumbbell swings, ect), so tricep kickbacks and bicep curls are out!!! its all about intensity and going hard for short burst. now go out and get it done!

do you know?

the most harmful word that will wreck your personal improvement in anything, with fitness being in mind at this moment is "i know" im sick of hearing it! people know everything i guess. well, guess what? if these people knew everything about fitness then it wouldnt be such a big deal for them to get in shape because they would "know" exactly what to do and when to do it. the problem is they dont do it! you only truly "know" when you actually complete what it is your thinking about. for example - you know how to lose 20lbs. so in this sense you know but have you done it? you only really know until you've actually done it. once you tell yourself that "i know" your mind shuts off to the outside world and you seize to intake useable information. ive been there and done that! i dont know everything about health and fitness and never will. thats funny because other people seem to think they do know everything and dont need help. well, im here to touch those people that will allow me to change their lives! for the others that know everything i got some words for you - do it and get it done!!!

random thoughts

what a day! i was at the ryan lee bootcamp and it all just went down. I got to talk and listen to just about every fitness mastermind today and i'm beat! i learned one thing today that i'll never forget and thats to just do! like nike, just do it! because if you stand around thinking about it or procrastinate then it never gets done. it goes for every aspect of your life in general. health, education, job, family its all interconnected. so if you can learn one important rule in life remember this, you only get paid for done, not doing...