Know Thyself

Exercise can be fun!

2008-02-26T08:25:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to remind everyone that exercise should be fun! Too many people slog it out for far longer than is neccessary on an exercise they hate using. This does not need to happen.

By selecting a sport or piece of equipment that you actually enjoy you will be more inclined to stick with the exercise when it gets tough but also see gains a lot sooner than otherwise.

So pick something sporty you enjoy doing and go for it. It could be a kick about with your mates in the park or a game of table tennis at your local leisure centre.

Whatever you choose, have fun keeping fit, remember to enjoy your fitness workouts and remember to smile!

2007-11-20T04:30:00.000-08:00

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale (1898~1993}

2007-11-14T04:25:00.000-08:00

Great read!

2007-11-14T03:09:00.000-08:00

I have read a great book which I highly reccommend. It's called the Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale, go check it out!

2007-11-14T03:06:00.000-08:00

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."
Wayne Dyer

Excellence

2007-11-05T06:26:00.000-08:00

I just have to share this with you. As you may know I have recently started working at Dax Moy's Personal training studio and I'm loving it. It is an amazing place with such a positive vibe around it and the trainers are kind and knowledgeable.
Recently, Dax put me on an excellence course, where every day, for 30 days you are encouraged to pursue excellence, and to discover what excellence means to you. I will include the content of one of the e-mails I was sent for you to enjoy. It's really powerful stuff so enjoy!

It may seem strange to you James, but the very act of starting on a journey toward excellence is often enough to create a ripple-effect of excellence throughout so many different areas of your life that you can often feel overwhelmed.

Scared even.

Thoughts that run contra to your excellence seem to surface almost constantly like

"What if I can't do it?"

"What if I fail?"

"What if I find living toward excellence too hard?"

When those thoughts come up, simply smile and forget 'em.

They're just the old you speaking.

The part that used to settle for less than you're capable of and that wants to keep things 'comfy'.

Sure, you can listen to them but then what?

More of the same right?

The new you doesn't give in to any of these things but instead focuses on the power, possibility and promise that your excellence holds.

Instead of these old questions it asks

"What if I've been able to do this all along?"

"What if I succeed?"

"What if I LOVE living my excellence?"

Then what? : )

Have an excellent day James!

Dax

P.S - Make sure you read your excellence strategy and listen to your audio....

Personal Trainer Success Academy,
Dax Moy Personal Training,
21 St Albans Place,
London,
UK

2007-11-05T06:25:00.001-08:00

"There are no speed limits on the road to excellence."

2007-11-05T06:23:00.000-08:00

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Aristotle

Great book

2007-11-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

I have just read a very interesting, powerful book by Wallace D Wattles called The Science of getting Rich. I really recommend the book, particularly if you are the type of person to take action on what you read. Enjoy.

2007-11-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

If you would be interested in an e-book about fat loss,could you send a brief e mail, to register your interest to info@knowthyselffitnessconcepts.co.uk.

Believe!

2007-11-02T06:10:00.000-07:00

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

The dip

2007-11-01T08:01:00.000-07:00

I have just read a fantastic book I'd like to recommend, it's called "the dip" by Seth Godin. I wont spoil the book for you by telling you all about it here, but according to the author what really sets superstars apart from everyone else is the ability to escape dead ends quickly while staying focused and motivated when it really counts.
Give it a go and let me know how you get on. Check it out!

Quote

2007-10-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections. So shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.

Motivational quote

2007-10-30T04:01:00.000-07:00

"Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference."

Nolan bushnell

Beware Routine

2007-10-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

Whilst travelling in to work today, I happened upon an idea quite by chance. As I was walking through the very busy train station at London's Victoria, towards the tube station, I realised that I had made pretty much the entire journey on auto pilot quite unthinkingly! Now you may think to yourself that in and of itself that is nothing unusual, why you even do it yourself every day.

You very well may do, but what struck me was a potential analogy I could make between dull, boring routines on our daily commute and the dull, boring routines we may be carrying out in our fitness training!

It occurred to me, that what many of us may be doing, (I have done it myself)are stuck doing the same gym circuit, or group of exercises and wondering why we are under motivated and considering stopping exercising all together (if we have not all ready done so!).

This is crazy! It is the equivalent of banging our head on a brick wall and wondering why our head is hurting! If anything becomes too repetitive we will become despondent and lack enthusiasm, so why put up with it in our training and fitness?

Change is indeed essential when training in the gym or with your personal trainer, as your body becomes accustomed to the stress you are subjecting it to. The body is really rather clever. It is always trying to maintain an equilibrium or "status quo" within the body, which means it adapts quickly to what you are training it to do, but then wants to do no more, to stay the same (at your current level).

We can overcome this training plateau by constantly challenging ourselves. I find it particularly useful, as well as great fun, to engage in a new sport, every other week, or once a month.

If you usually play football, try out table tennis down your local leisure centre. Go with your partner or family, make it fun! Sometimes, just a change of scenery is all you need to become re enthused for training hard.

Another fantastic, fun, training variation is what we call here, at Dax Moy's fitness studio in Islington, North London, the integrated movement training. It's an amazing workout, very thorough, using all of your body's 600+ muscles, very quick and really fun!

I hope this has made you think about your routine (your bad ones anyway!).

I wish you nothing but the greatest of fun and laughter, keep training and have fun!

James

2007-10-29T07:09:00.000-07:00

I love this quote, so would like to share it with you.

"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children.... to leave the world a better place... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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