How to Be More Consistent

Know your priorities (Goals)  What do you want? If you don’t know, then it will be impossible to make progress. Get clear about what goals are most important to you. Write these goals down and put them somewhere you can read them everyday. I remind my clients that...

Don’t shy away from hard things

When you hit a wall with progress, it’s easy to quit.  Here’s what I focus on when I’m working toward a goal and I experience frustration, disappointment or fatigue: I remind myself to be patient, and I ask: Do I need more time? We incorrectly assume...

Get BETTER results in the gym

Most people show up to the gym without a plan, and that’s a mistake. A good program will have your specific goals in mind. Every rep, every set and every exercise should bring you one step closer to your goal(s). How do you make sure you’re on the right...

How to get MOTIVATED

How to get “motivated” Set a goal that is slightly outside of your comfort zone.  You should feel intimidated by your goal. If it’s too easy, you won’t work as hard for it. Stop trying to feel comfortable all the time. Change is not easy and it doesn’t usually feel...

Endure

When I was a kid, I hated running. I was aways the last to finish the one mile timed test in gym class. As a kind of protest against this stupid evaluation of my physical fitness, I walked the entire mile. I avoided any sport that made me run. I just didn’t get...