“Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison Strength House coach Nancy Newell likes to tell her young athletes to “be a buffalo.” She asks them, “What do buffalo do during a storm?” Then she tells the story …
I just realized that I didn’t post a “28 Lessons from 28 years” on my birthday last year. I also realized over a week late that I didn’t write one on my birthday this year either. Before senility fully sets in, here are 29 lessons related to fitness, business and life in general that I’ve …
Every practice, my high school baseball coach would huddle the team together and snap his fingers. “Give me 30 seconds, boys,” he’d say sternly. When coach said this, everyone knew the next half-minute would set the tone for the entire practice. We’d all forget about the quiz we failed, the fight with our girlfriend and all …
I was listening to the Success Hotline last week on the way to work and had an ah-ha moment. Dr. Rob Gilbert, a sports psychology professor at Montclair State University, told a story about the difference between his students who succeed and those who fail. The biggest difference? Those who fail care about what they …
Ask yourself a question: what’s the number one thing standing in your way? Between you and your goals? Between you and the thing you want most? You might say time. You might say money. You might say skills or talent or resources. I’d bet that you’re probably wrong. I’ve come to learn, from experience and …
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I recently finished reading Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, a book by retired SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. The book was beyond inspiring, especially the section where Willink described a concept summed up in three simple words: discipline equals freedom. Willink recalls how his platoon struggled to efficiently collect evidence from areas which …
After 10 years of lifting, I’ve learned some valuable lessons about training, coaching and life in general. My last post covered five of those lessons, and this post has five more. Check ’em out: 6. VOLUME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAINING VARIABLE Progressive overload is to training what Newton’s First Law is to physics: “An …
It’s hard to believe that this summer marks the 10-year anniversary of when I first started lifting weights. I didn’t think I was old enough to have done ANYTHING for 10 years. But lifting has given me some of the most important lessons, closest friends and best experiences of my entire life. I started lifting during …
For better or worse, the mind is a powerful thing. Perception is reality, so the things we tell ourselves over and over eventually become truth in our mind. We can use this power for good by using positive self-talk to make ourselves for confident. Or we can lie to ourselves to validate our own excuses. …
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Our success or failure in fitness is determined by our progress. If we’re making steady, tangible progress, we can be certain we’re succeeding. If we’re NOT progressing (whether we’re stagnating or regressing), we are, by definition, failing. That’s some serious pressure. Pressure we put on ourselves. Pressure we put on our coaches. Pressure we put on …
