Chasing dreams or chasing goals?

Do you know the difference between a goal and a dream?


A goal is something that you are actively working HARD for while a dream is just something you wish would happen to you.

I bet that many of you reading this are sat there thinking “I’m working hard for my dreams”. I bet many of you post how dedicated you are on Facebook and Twitter and love the odd motivational picture on Instagram (don’t we all).


I love that, I really do. I’m all about people working hard towards a specific goal that will help them live the life they want.


However there seems to be a growing number of people out there who have forgot what HARD WORK actually is.


There seems to be a large number of people who have an entitled out look on their goals. People who seem to think that just because they are good at something, that people should support them and financially fund them towards their goal. Or even worse, that success will magically happen if they just keep doing what they love.


This is not the case.


I don’t care how good you are, how many medals or shows that you have won or what kind of champion you are.


YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANYTHING.


It is your responsibility to finance, fuel and provide the hard work necessary to achieve YOUR goals.


They are no one else’s.


Let me give you a hypothetical example of what I am talking about.


Say we have an athlete that is very good at their sport. They live at home with their Mother and Father and have no job except becoming better at their sport.


They practice every day, working on the sport that they love. They don’t consider it ‘work’ as it is an activity that they love with all their heart. Now say that this individual has had some success on the competitive circuit. They have won a few local torments and placed well at a few international ones as well.


They then decide that either a trip to a well established training centre, a trip abroad to compete or some other kind of trip that costs a large amount of money will benefit them and their goal. The individual does not work but decides to set up a Just Giving page or something similar to gain the funds necessary to make the trip. They then ask all their friends, family, training partners etc to give them money so that they can continue to chase their dream.


They are basically begging for free money to take a trip.


I’m sorry but this just isn’t right! Where is all the ‘hard work’ you said you were putting in? Where is the ‘Grind’ you talked about on Facebook? Why should anyone help you when you won’t even help yourself?


People like this are just plain lazy. If you are not willing to put in hard work to support yourself then any should anyone else?


Here is a list of things that an athlete I know did every week so that they could save up to travel to New Zealand to train. The individual is a full time student living in privately rented accommodation.

Train 11 sessions a week.

Study full time (second year University student studying Biochemistry)

Work 2 jobs. 1 weekend job, 1 night time job.

Cleans the training facility 3 times a week (to train for free)

Cares for his two dogs.

He also asked for zero money to take take the trip. Not a penny. Not from parents, friends, training partners or sponsors. He did it all on his own.

Now I’m not saying that dreams shouldn’t be chased. I’m a firm believer in chasing the life that you want. I tell all the kids in schools when I give talks that they CAN have the life that they want but they have to work for it, that their goal can be their reality.

Most of the time it won’t come through traditional channels, or even come at once. But the deciding factor in realising any goal is that you must work hard (harder than you think). There is always struggle, there is real sacrifice. There is always a huge amount of failures before success.

There is always HARD WORK!

We seem to have forgotten that to achieve any dream you must WORK HARD. This involves doing things you don’t want to do. This is early mornings and late nights, finding a way to support yourself and not ask for handouts, finding a way to turn DREAMS into GOALS and into reality.

If you can’t put the work in then you can’t have it. Everything has a price whether you like it or not. Not willing to pay the price? Can’t have it. That’s the universes law not mine.

No one should be supporting your dreams more than you.

Work hard.

Mike

Great workout for women looking to get in shape for their wedding!

Hey Guys,


Today I wanted to share with you a great workout routine designed specifically for women.

When you look around the web and do your research it';s often hard to find a good quality weights based workout that is designed to help women get the look at they want (lean and toned).


Here is an article by Christian Thibaudeau that really high lights the subtle differences between men and women and how to programme for this.


Give it a read and let me know what you think!


Stay healthy,


Mike

Wedding Blog

 One of the best things about getting married is being able to look back through the photos and videos of your big day and honey moon and see that yourself looking amazing in the dress of your dreams.

Seeing those pictures of yourself as you float down the isle in the dress you have dreamt of all your life.

You want the dress and yourself to captivate everyone’s attention on the big day.

And you should!

Most brides would love to be able to get in the best shape of their lives for their wedding but they don’t know where to start. In the world we live in there is so much information out there on how to get in shape and it all seems to contradict each other!

Where do you start? What advice do you follow?

I’ve found that most people who try diets get sick of them or fail, then presume that they can’t lose weight!

This isn’t the case at all!

I offer an individualized approach that we have used with brides from all over the globe, that is tailored to a persons needs and life style. This starts with a full evaluation of what they are currently doing, what they are eating, how much time they have and what time constraints they have (family, kids, work, school etc). What we then do is either come up with a meal plan or a base of foods for you to eat (or can just give you calories etc) then make weekly evaluations and tweaks to the plan so you keep losing fat as you move towards your goal.

It is this adjustment and knowing what to adjust that makes the BIG differences!

We specialize in helping brides lose fat and gain muscle so that they can look fantastic on their big day and honey moon!

We offer the following;

·      Full evaluation for every client and their unique lifestyle and issues


·      Specialized nutrition plan to support your goals and schedule


·      Proven results on an international level.


·      Adjustments and tweaks to help you move optimally towards your goal.


·      Full range of Nutrition Plans to suit every budget and payment option.

Over the wedding season I will be doing regular blogs to give you helpful hints and tips that will get you in the best shape possible for your wedding and honeymoon!

If you have any questions that you would like me to cover in upcoming g blogs or just want an answer to, just drop me a quick message HERE and I will get right back to you!

Stay Healthy,

Mike

Gluten. Is it really the food of the devil?

Hey Guys,


Today I want to share an article on the evils of gluten. Or rather the lack of them.

Gluten is the new bad guy in the fitness world with about a million companies coming out with gluten free food.


But is gluten really that bad for you?


While there is a lot of evidence to support that gluten is bad for you if you have an intolerance to it, most people are just panicking about nothing.


Intolerance’s to food is something that everyone should focus on. If you eat a certain type of food and it makes you ill, then you shouldn’t eat it. This is highly individual and not everyone is the same. Pat attention to your own body and make your own mind up rather than giving in to scare tactics!


You can read the article HERE.


Stay Healthy,


Mike

The Root of the problem

I can’t look at Facebook anymore.


Every time I scroll through my feed all I see is people pedaling rubbish that prays onto peoples insecurities.


Every week there seems to be a new scam that people are being conned to follow. At first there was just Herbalife, I could deal with that. It gave a few of us in the industry a good laugh and filled up my E mail inbox (still does).


But then there must of been a convention for unmoral people within the fitness industry. They must have all got together, took a look at the business model and thought to themselves,


“Hey, we are really missing a trick here! There are people that will believe anything as long as we recruit enough people to peddle shit. Let’s just come up with any random, voodoo sounding bullshit and they will make them believe that we have finally found THE magic pill!


Go forth my scammy, douchy brethren and post well lit selfies, inspirational memes every 5 seconds on Instagram, show constant photos of your shakes and potions, let them see that they can have results if they simply buy them for a ridiculous price! Offer zero accountability, support or real world advice in any situation! Close your social media accounts if you get bad reviews and reopen with a more hardcore sounding name (fucking megazord death fitness!).


Stop laughing, people really do this.


Now I see that the latest scam is a cream that you rub on your body.


Really? A CREAM?!


Do people really think that this will work? Do they actually think that rubbing a cream on certain body parts will have the fat just magically melt away? If this was even slightly the case don’t you think that one of the leading supplement companies would have bought and patented this miraculous cream then locked it in a cupboard so that they can continue to make billions of dollars a year?


Also don’t give me that ‘The product that the supplement companies tried to hide’ bullshit.


Do you think that a small start up with limited funds and resources are even capable of taking on companies that make billions of dollars a year?


What train of thought leads you to the conclusion that these products work?


Do you actually believe in the product or do you have your doubts? Do you think that there is just a SLIM chance that they will work (they won’t) and that will let you do what millions are struggling to achieve with a small percentage of the work?


I’m going to now start putting it down to just being damn lazy. Before I used to think that it was education that was the problem. People just weren’t educated on what was the right course of action and got confused with what to do. They then went with a recommendation from a ‘friend’ who was using a products.


Now I don’t think that’s he case at all.


One 2 min Google search on either Herbalife or JuicePlus reveals what they really are, a scam. If people can’t spend 2 mins (2 MINUTES!!) to search online for their health then they deserve to have their money taken from them.


That kind of laziness should have consequences.


So in conclusion, I think that these people deserve what they are getting.


There was no point to this rant after all…


Stay Healthy,


Mike