MOTIVATION BY INSPIRATION

Motivation By Inspiration

I read a story this morning about a guy who changed his and his children's life by hard work. I'll recite the story in a minute but first i want to talk a little bit about Motivation and Inspiration as that story is the Motivation behind this blog post.

I am a huge fan and believer in the fact that if you want something bad enough and you work hard enough then you can achieve anything.
The myth of talent is a contributing factor for alot of people not achieving or believing they can achieve something as they put these world class performers and business leaders success and put it down to their 'natural ability or genetic talent', well that is a load of CRAP. The fact of the matter is that the best in the world at whatever field you look in are at the top because of HARD WORK. They have worked harder and for longer than everybody else!

I'm a big fan of guy like Eric Thomas, Ray Lewis, Tiger Wood, Will Smith, Michael Jordan, Kai Greene, David Beckham and love listening to Motivational Speakers, these are the people who INSPIRE me. These guys are at the top of their games and if you read any of their stories they all have one thing in common and that is an insane work ethic. I urge you all to  look them up and check out their stories.

Back to Motivation...i am motivated by people and things i see that Inspire me. You have to have a goal, that is where your motivation should be, that is your MOTIVE, to achive your goal.... But sometimes you need a kick of Inspiration to get you back on track to achieve that goal.

Where you find your motivation and inspiration will be different from where i find mine as we will all have different goals but the essence of realizing your goal will only come when you accept that you have the POWER to achieve it.
We use these people, videos and pictures of superstars as Motivation but what we should be Inspired by is not their insane 'Talent' and 'Genetics' but their passion for their goals and the lengths that they went and still are going to achieve them and be where they are. These are the actions that INSPIRE.

Here is the short story i read this morning on Eric Thomas's App by one of his fan that have changed his life and it sums up Motivations and Inspiration really well and hopefully will inspire you to think about where you are going and what you can do to get there!....

"I've been doing security for about 7yrs, put my sons before myself and never finished college. This year i simply got sick of being broke. There were times when i couldn't see my sons cuz u was too broke to catch the bus, phone was off so i don't hear their voices...I got sick of it...I wasn't applying myself i was so focused on my struggle i was over looking my accomplishments. My boss was playing me, doing his job and getting my pay. I updated my resume after 2 hours of posting online i received 5 job offers. I am now studying for my state exam to be a licensed life insurance agent... But i opted to self tech, i wake up at 5am and start my studying  the class doesn't start at the site until 9...they stop at 4pm...i stop at 6pm...i don't want another day i cant speak to my sons, i wont accept not seeing them because i don't have the money to get them. I haven't got my first check yet and i have clients waiting, there's a one year plan...now a five year plan..."



We are all powerful enough to change our lives, all you have to do is accept it. Make a choice, are you just going through the motions day after day hoping for luck...or are you applying yourself every single day, making it happen, doing exactly what you want to do, having an effective day, every day!...


We all have that power, you just have to accept it...


Thanks for reading and i hope this have got you fired up to go out there and smash it, i know i will be!

Train the mind and the body will follow.

Nick Bell
New Body Fitness and Nutrition
www.New-Body.co.uk 

Road to Nabba West + Hercules Olympia 2013 2

Road to Nabba West + Hercules Olympia 2

7 1/2 Weeks to go!

Just finish a Back/Biceps and Cardio session and have a couple free hours before clients are back in tonight so a chance to update this.

Heres how the back session went:

Pull Downs - 4 sets, 20, 15, 12, 10 Reps building up to bout 95kg, pleased to be doing these again as i have been suffering with elbow pain during pull downs and pull ups so the lats are feeling under worked! But seemed to be good today :)

Wide Grip Seated Rows - 4 Sets, 15, 12, 12, 10 Reps building to about 70kg. Find this give a good squeze in the lower lats and stretch through the negative part of the motion.

Single arm dumbell rows - 3 Sets, 12, 12, 12 Reps building up to 45kg's. Great squeze in lower lats, like to do these like Kai Greene bringing your hips into it slightly with out to much arm movement.

Rack Pulls - 4 Sets, 10, 10, 10, 10 Reps building to 200kg Just focusing on the upper back and trap squese at the top of the rep.

Bicep Dumbell Curls - 3 Sets, 10, 10, 8 up to 20kg's, Starting to notice little veins and bumps come out now that haven't been showing in a while!

Standing Barbell Curl - 3 sets up to 35kg Getting a good squeese a keeping momentum out of it, hit a drop set on the last set.

Single Arm Preacher curl - 3 sets, 10, 10 , 10 reps low weight, get a great stretch which really blows the lower potion of the bicep up! Nice to finish off with.

Was pretty drained after this as was 3rd low carb day so just hit my 2nd 30 cardio on the treadmill and headed home for bcaa's and pwo shake.

Did my stats again this weekend and showed another slight decrease in bodyfat, weight was about the same which was good but have come down another kg since sunday.

Stats at 8 Weeks Out

Weight - 91kg

BodyFat - 9%

Neck - 42cm

Shoulders - 130

Chest - 114

Arms - 42.5

Waist - 89

Thigh - 64

Calf - 42.5

The class that i will be aiming for at the Nabba is Class 2 where there is no weight restriction and the class that im aiming for at the Hercules is the Physique where i believe my weight will have to be around 83/84kg so i think im going to lose a bit of muscle too during the last 7 weeks.

Happy with how it is going so far and feeling good, will be upping the cardio slightly next week depending on how the stats are looking on Sat.

Will chuck my details of diet and supps up later on with some progress pics.

Thanks for reading

Nick :)

New Body Fitness and Nutrition

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The Power Of Having a Purpose

 

 

The power of having a purpose

Everything we do in life will have purpose, every meal you eat, every training session you do, every second you sleep. If you can manage the directions of these things and make sure the purpose to help you on your journey then you will without doubt reach your goal. So just ask yourself, ‘is this helping me move forward?’….

I believe the key to having success in achieving your goals is to have purpose in what you are doing. From the little things you do in the day to the big things you do, every bit is as important as each other in the journey to achieving what you want.

Every day I work with people who want to do achieve something in a physical capacity about themselves, whether it be loss weight, gain weight, decrease body fat, increase strength, become fitter, every one of them will start with the initial idea of how they would like their physical aspects of them to change.

But….

No matter how much training you do, and pushing you get from your trainer or how much you want to fit into that dress or bench that heavy weight, it won’t happen until you change one thing.

Mind-set.

How do you see training?... is it somewhere you go to go through the motions, have a chat, a way to stop feeling guilty form the lunch time donut?

Or do you go there with PURPOSE. Does every set, every rep, every minute blasting the cross trainer have a purpose and reason. When you go to train, make sure you are training for your goals, not for the goals of the people you are training with. Theirs will be different.

Be selfish, it’s your life and your goal. If your training to lose body fat and struggled with your weight for years, then you train with your best friend but they are training for a 10km race then one or probably both of you will end up compromising your training and meeting in the middle somewhere, leading to not really an efficient session for either of you. Making you feel further away from your goal than ever.

Be selfish. Make sure the purpose of your training is strong and heading in the right direction for YOU.

How do you see food?... is it breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks? Are you trying to eat something you see as healthy because you think that’s the best thing do you, and if not then you always have tomorrow to try a bit harder?

Or do you see every meal as an opportunity to help your body recover, do you make sure you put the best ingredients into your body as this is what will be fuelling it in your next workout and you want to smash that PB. Every meal should have a PURPOSE, it’s a way to boost metabolism, and a way to repair broken muscles and a way to fuel the ass kicking you’re going to give your body day after day until you reach your goal.

I always say to my clients to eat to be fit, not skinny. If your trying to increase your body weight then you also need to eat with purpose, this is even more important as you will be used to a maintainace level and you need to go beyond that. But think about it, if you are 90kg and your goal is to be 100kg then go and eat crap and you will make it, but put some purpose in there and be 100kg at 10% body fat then that’s where the hard work starts and the meals matter and what goes into your body matters.

Fuel your workout as you would fuel your car, or you will break down.

This is not just for health and fitness; it translates into all aspect of life, careers, socially, relationships etc. Set your goals, follow them with purpose and succeed.

I hope you reach your goals, whatever they may be, I will reach mine!

Believe in where you are going and don’t listen to people who don’t understand, as their journey will be different to yours.

‘At 1^st they will ask why you do it, after they will ask HOW you did it.’

Thanks for reading. 

Nick Bell
Personal Trainer

New Body Fitness and Nutrition
Official Pro Grips Dorset

 

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