When it comes to keeping up motivation and overcoming adversity, people often express the need to overcome nay-sayers; to prove wrong those people who say you can't achieve whatever you're attempting. There are so many people out there who will tell you "you can't". What you've got to do is turn ar...
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When it comes to exercise (and indeed life in general), I believe people can push themselves far harder than they think they can. I believe people - myself included - set their personal expectations too low, rarely try as hard as they think they are trying, and give up too easily. I believe pe...
Continue reading ...I am a man who knows nothing of U.S. history, past U.S. presidents or what any of these people stood for or did for their country. I am also not in the slightest bit interested to learn anything about these subjects, just as I haven't the slightest interest in U.K. politics past or present. It ...
Continue reading ...[caption id="attachment_1323" align="alignleft" width="225"] In California, 2008[/caption] Like most things, exercise requires purpose. Sometimes, that purpose is generally looking and feeling good, other times it is a more direct goal like running a marathon or performing better at a certain sport...
Continue reading ...As I sit here in this gym, I have no shits left to give. Every miniscule amount of progress I make is either immediately lost or falls by the wayside, as I struggle to improve elsewhere. Inside or outside my training, I'm starting to feel totally numb to everything. For every month I spend hit...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLoMOk9tglM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] As it is with everything, motivation is integral to fitness. It doesn't matter how often you go to the gym; if you don't work hard when you're there, you simply won't improve. Today, I wasn't motivated - and ...
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