Fort Worth Personal Trainer: Monday Quick Tip The #1 Success Habit of my Clients (VIDEO)

“The failure to act is much more often the product of inner, emotional resistance than external resistance. To move forward you must give up your story, whether it is excuses about your childhood, lack of education, your “bad luck”, your unsupportive family, your low metabolism, etc”
-Dan Kennedy

Having worked with close to 10,000 individual clients the past 15 years I’ve learned a lot about what works and doesn’t.

I get the question quite often from new clients “What the #1 difference between those clients who are successful in your program and those that aren’t?”

In todays video I answer that critical question.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: One Simple Rule that makes Weight Loss Easier (VIDEO)
I have a friends who’s a vegetarian.

She wasn’t always a vegetarian, and then after dating a vegetarian, and grasping what really goes into out food production she stopped eating meat.

Sometimes I forget and when we go out to eat I’ll suggest something she doesn’t eat.

I’ll even ask don’t you even want a bite? She always says no.

Must be hard for her to resist every single time? Right?

Wrong.

Because when she decided to become a vegetarian she went in 100% with her rule “I will not eat meat”.

No

I might eat meat if it’s convenient.

or

I might eat meat if everything else is hard to cook.

or

I might eat meat if everyone else is.

The rule is “I won’t east meat”

And she’s in 100%.

It’s actually harder to not commit whole heartedly to something important to us.

We intend to get up earlier, to eat more protein, to lose that last 10lbs, to workout more consistently, but we keep getting distracted.

It’s our well meaning “99 percent effort” that’s exhausting.

It’s stressful to want something like to get in shape and not be fully committed.

You get off work and you know you should go to the gym, but the game is on tonight, and now you’re torn gym or game.

You decide to skip the gym and go straight home to watch the game, and you’re not totally relieved because you KNOW you should have gone to the gym.

Like I said 99% commitment is exhausting.

And like Jack Canfield says “99 percent
is a bitch. 100 percent is a breeze”

Think about that and think back to how much easier things changed for you when you went in 100%.

Is it hard? Sure everything is hard at first.

Like when I decided to go low carb to drop bodyfat for an Ultrarun I had signed up for.

It was difficult at first. Finding 2 or 3 fast low carb meals to go to, eliminating bread and sugar from my diet.

But after a couple of weeks I was in my groove.

I had my daily diet dialed in, knew what I could snack on, knew what to buy at the grocery store.

Tough at first..better with time.

Like everything you invest 100% into.

If getting in shape, showing up more consistently for your workouts, or you just want to tighten down your diet/

And 99%ing just isn’t working for you.

Here’s how to finally give it your all.

1. Identify exactly what needs 100 percent of your attention.

Is it changing up your workout, getting your diet dialed in, increasing your mileage, or a habit you need to quit altogether like soft drinks.

Not everything in your fitness life needs 100 percent of your attention.

Identify that one thing that is always on your mind, but you just haven’t pulled the trigger.

2. Put in the effort.

Commit to 5 workouts a week, prep your meals in advance of the week, clean out your cupboards.

Do the WORK.

The beginning is always the hardest but it does get easier.

3. Repeat (Again and again and again)

This is why when I’m sitting with new clients, I emphasize SHOWING UP above everything else.

If you’re going to make something a habit you have to execute it over and over and over and over…until it becomes automatic.

True joy is that happiness we feel when we move toward out potential.

The best part is when we devote 100% to a task a once hopeful intention a habit.

Not only do you get the physical benefits of working out more consistently, and eating better.

It gives you the mental space to set up for the next improvement.

Hope this helps.

Talk soon.

Dave
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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: The Protein Myth-Stop the Confusion and Get Results (VIDEO)

Can you take in too much protein?

What happens when you do increase protein twice or even three times the daily recommendation?

Can you damage your kidneys, get fat, or lose your hair when you overeat on protein.

All these questions and more are answered in todays video.

Along with how to use protein to your BEST advantage to lose weight, get lean, feel better, improve your hair and skin, and even offset the symptoms on menopause.Yes it’s that powerful.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: The Secret Ingredient to Weight Loss and Fitness Success (VIDEO)

I recently signed up a 54 year old client named Julie.

Julie has been a workout girl her entire life until about 9 years ago.

In that one year..
1. Her husband got sick

2. Her Mom passed away

3. She injured her knee and couldn’t run like she always had always done to maintain her fitness

4. She started going into menopause

It’s one of those things I see a lot.

She went from 120 to 160 in that one year.

It was the “perfect storm” of events and it’s way more common than most realize.

Julie came to me with knowing EXACTLY what she needed to do, she just couldn’t get herself to do it long enough to get results.

Like she said “I know exactly what to do I just need some one to make sure I do it!”

She knows how to eat healthy.

She knows how to exercise.

The Secret Ingredient is Accountability.

A short definition is “being called to account for one’s actions”

And we all need this at some point in our lives.

(I invest over $1,0000 a month in coaching and accountability programs. There are so many things I just WOULD-NOT do if I wasn’t answering to someone. It has always paid off in multiples)

Are you missing the “Secret Ingredient” for your own success?

All the get you in shape information is already out there.

You know that, available 24/7/365 days a year on your phone.

But you just can’t, don’t or won’t do anything with it without that accountability.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: Sugar Busters How to Eliminate Sugar from Your Diet (VIDEO)

One of the BEST yet most challenging nutrition changes you can make is the reduction or elimination of sugar from your diet.

The latest research has compared refined sugar to poison and it’s detrimental effects on your body.

In todays video Kerri Purcell who is both a Registered Nurse and Health Coach shares her own story about breaking her sugar habit.

As well as helping you identify the difference between cravings and addiction for sugar.

The FIRST thing you MUST do in order to make this change.

And ONE fundamental tool you can use to help with the mental game of changing your habit.

And she shares 3 SOLID TIPS to what you can use to safely replace and counter cravings when in the process of eliminating sugar.

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Fort Worth Personal Training: Monday Quick Tip-How To Look and Feel Younger Tomorrow (VIDEO)

If you’re waking up and starting this Monday heavy, stiff, sore, and not really feeling your best.

The GOOD NEWS is you can literally not just feel younger but defy the aging process with one simple trick.

A consistent exercise program.

I share with you today a study from Kings college in London proving that a regular exercise program not only slows aging process but on a cellular level keeps you at a younger age.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: Why the WHO You Eat With Matters (Video)

If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to lose weight and build a fitness habit “on your own”.

You are far from alone.

If you work in an office with 30 people that are overweight and don’t exercise.

No one in your family, friends, or social circle take care of their health though exercise and watching what they eat.

You’re going to have a VERY hard time changing your habits.

Unless you get around other “like minded people”.

Because if you have 30-50 even 100lbs to lose and the Eat less/Move more mantra is going to do the trick you’re underestimating the deep psychological impact your environment has on your eating behaviors and choices.

Today I share some weird SCIENCE about the WHO you eat with and their effect on your choices

“Research shows that the mere presence of others and their physical appearance can influence people’s meal choices and food intake.

Studies also suggest that such effects are sex-specific and depend on whether the eating occasion includes same-sex or opposite-sex individuals.

In five experiments (N = 530; 49% female), the author investigates whether mate attraction, induced by exposure to attractive opposite-sex individuals, has a differential effect on the foods and beverages that men and women prefer to consume.

The results revealed that prior exposure to attractive (versus less attractive) men decreased women’s willingness to spend money on unhealthy foods, and increased their inclination to spend money on healthy foods.

Restrained eating moderated this effect, which means that women who scored high(versus low) on restrained eating were particularly motivated to spend money on healthy foods after exposure to an attractive male individual.

On the contrary, exposure to attractive (versus less attractive) women did not influence men’s consumption preferences for healthy or unhealthy foods.

However, men were more motivated to spend money on expensive drinking and dining options after exposure to an attractive female individual, and their desire to display status mediated this effect.

Importantly, none of these effects occurred after exposure to attractive same-sex individuals, which provides converging evidence that mate attraction is the fundamental motive underlying these findings.

Taken together, this research reveals how, why, and when appearance-induced mate attraction leads to sex-specific consumption preferences for various foods and beverages.”

Like we say at the Body Firm you’ve GOT to GET around like minded people.

The WHO you’re around can make you or break you.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: How to Go from Discipline and Willpower to Habit and Routine (VIDEO)

Fort Worth Personal Trainer: How to Go from Discipline and Willpower to Habit and Routine (VIDEO)

Everything is hard in the beginning.

To think dropping weight, getting in shape, and cleaning up your diet will be without some challenges is setting yourself up for failure.

YES, in the beginning you’ll need “some” discipline and willpower to get started.

But there’s only a set amount of discipline and willpower you have and it does get depleted.

My job as a coach is to switch you from discipline and willpower over to habit and routine as fast as possible.

In this video I share why it’s essential for your long term success to build that habit and routine as soon as possible and how to do it.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainers: Busy Moms Healthy Ice Cream Options for Summer (VIDEO)

It’s hot outside, your kids are hot, you’re hot, it’s hot inside.

It’s Summer in Texas and you’d like some ice cream. But you know it’s the WORST food you can eat with the sugar, fat, and dairy that’s included.

Fortunately we can help! You DON”T have to go without ice cream and you can feel good about your choices for yourself and your kids.

In todays video busy Mom, Nurse, and Health Coach Kerri Purcell shares with you the BEST Healthy Ice Cream options for you and your family.

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Fort Worth Personal Trainer: Monday Quick Tip: The Power of Showing Up (2 Women 2 Very Different Stories)

“The failure to act is much more often the product of inner, emotional resistance than external resistance. To move forward you must give up your story, whether it is excuses about your childhood, lack of education, your “bad luck”, your unsupportive family, your low metabolism, where you live, etc.
-Dan Kennedy

Earlier this week I received a consult request and her email went along the lines of

” trying to get out of my “funk” and get fit again. I’m trying to tone up and prepare for the tough mudder in September. I’m skinny just not “fit”.

These are good goals. And from speaking to her I could tell she really WAS in a “funk”.

The good news being for fitness goals like these, there’s a 100% success rate.

As long as one thing happens.

You must “Show Up”.

8am Saturday morning came and there was no Mary.

She just couldn’t get herself up and over the hurdle of showing up on a Saturday morning to take the first steps to becoming the best version of herself.

And it’s interesting and instructive and we can learn from her failure.

You must “show up”.

The power is IN the showing up.

Every decision you make is either moving you in the direction of your goals or away.

There’s no neutral.

By allowing your internal resistance(your reasons, your excuses, your story) to hold you back, you simply don’t show up. And you not only don’t move toward your goal, you move away.

Today Mary’s not exactly where she was on Saturday, she’s further behind. Because she didn’t show up. Her conditioning to NOT show up is stronger now. Here goals further away.

There is no neutral decision.

Compare and contrast that with Laurie who at 9am did show up.

Laurie wants to drop 15lbs, while toning and tightening her entire body. She told me her 3 children had really done a number on her body and she wanted to feel confident again.

We looked at where she’s at now. we got a plan together,we dialed in her nutrition, she got her first workout with me in on Saturday afternoon. This morning she was back in before work this morning for her second workout.

Look at the difference showing up made for Laurie. She’s been eating better for 2 days and she’s knocked out 2 workout already. She’s going into the week ahead.

All because she showed up…

There’s power there.

You want to condition yourself to do what you say you’ll do, to be where you’ll say you’ll be, to think the thoughts that move you forward not back.

Again there is no neutral decision.

Showing up not missing.

Positive not negative.

Forward not back.

Supportive not un-supportive.

Healthy not unhealthy.

And it all begins with one tiny little decision.

You must show up.

Against all of your internal resistance.

So you must push forward. Against this resistance.

Let today be the day you let go of your history, your story, the negative circumstance that hold you in place.

The magic is in that one action..showing up.

And then showing up again and again and again.

You can just as easily change your life today as any other day.
You don’t have to wait for January 1st.

Let this be YOUR day.

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