Motivation

I was first introduced to the one more rep philosophy on the Ed Mylett Podcast. If you haven't heard the podcast before, I highly recommend it. The one more rep philosophy is the idea that you will always do one more repetition than you planned on doing during each set of your workout. It can be applied to any exercise however, it's best applied to something with a lot of sets like weightlifting, Read more [...]

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word relentless as "showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace". That's a powerful description. One lesson that you have to learn in life before you succeed at anything, is that success requires the ability to be relentless. Relentless in your actions. Relentless in your effort. Relentless in your ability to keep going. It's Read more [...]

I've taken a short break from writing the last two weeks to put all of my effort into achieving a goal. Despite going all out, I did not get the result I wanted for reasons outside of my control. Needless to say, I am feeling beyond disappointed and frustrated. Unfortunately, disappointment is something that we all deal with on an almost constant basis throughout our lives. For most, that is a Read more [...]

What is motivation? Motivation is defined as your reason for doing (or not doing) something. It's the reason all of us do the things we do on a daily basis. Why do we go to work? Why do we work out? Why don't we work out? Why do we pay our bills? Why are we afraid to change our jobs or our lives? You will likely have different answers to those questions than I will. While many of us share similar Read more [...]