Although I pretty much covered this in the post; ’No Pain No Gain, Is That The Attitude?’ I feel the need to repeat myself because I see it consistently, week in week out. Not just in the classes, but in life in general. It is the single biggest cause of failure that I have seen.
People are full [...]
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TOO MANY EXCUSES AND NO REASONS!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nowt Queer as Folk!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of people nowadays are over medicated and undernourished. They are overly obsessed with how they look and undervalue how they feel. They go for the symptomatic remedy,immediate, though short term, relief but ignore the underlying problem that got them there in the first place.
“Any day we wish we can discipline ourselves to change [...]
Musashi Speaks
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Japan’s most famous and revered Samurai, Myamoto Musashi, once asked his young disciple, Jotaro, what his goal in life was. Without hesitation, the teenager replied, “To be like you!”
“Your goal is too small”. Musashi scolded him. He went on to admonish his student to be like Mt. Fuji. With such a broad and solid foundation [...]
Plateau? Rest/Pause!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the best training methods that I’ve come across for overcoming any ‘sticking points’ in your weight-training or callisthenics programme is the rest/pause. This technique has been used by body-building legend Dorian Yates. It is also, in my opinion, the best technique to use if you don’t have a training partner or someone to [...]
Don’t let them down.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
All sports people require some of the same attributes: speed, power, balance, agility, co-ordination. Some need additional things like higher levels of fitness and endurance. The key ingredients are the first five.
There are many ways to develop these attributes and sports science has come along way with their research. Telling us which exercises are best [...]
No Pain No Gain! Is That The Attitude?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
You can only cruise your way to victory if you haven’t been cruising your way through your training.
I’ve lost count the number of times people have said to me; “How come you’re good at….?, “How come you can do….? or “I’ve been practicing, doing, trying….for years and I can’t…” The simple answer is: you haven’t [...]
TIME
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Too much time on our hands, not enough time, time flys, time drags. No matter how we perceive it, we’ve got to moan about it. If you want to moan about something moan about this: waste time and it’s lost forever. Time doesn’t care how rich you are. How famous you are. How talented or [...]
