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Motivation To Keep Striving For Your Best Results.

Take That First Step . . . And Keep Taking 'Em!

Achieving the health and fitness results of your dreams is a process -- a journey. It starts with an awareness of what you want and taking the first steps toward it. It continues with the strength and determination to consistently live in a way that makes you happy, fulfilled, purposeful, regret-free, empowered, proud . . . Are there goals to achieve?  Competitions to win?  Deadlines to meet? Sure!  As many as you like along the way! But living a life of health doesn't have to … [Read more...]

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Emphasis On Emotion and Psychology . . . On A ‘Health And Fitness’ Site.

Emotion - A Critical Factor In Health and Fitness| Christopher Warden

"If you're not mentally and emotionally willing to follow the plan of action, even the 'best' plan of action will fail to work." People remark from time to time that many of my posts are mind-body related . . . and they wonder why I have a tendency to focus on emotions and psychology. It's a good question, especially in light of the time and travel I devote to study and application in kinetic chain theory, East & West health philosophies, nutrition, body work, strength and conditioning … [Read more...]

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An effective core stability, hip mobility, fat burning exercise.

I recently had the privilege of contributing to an article on iVillage.com -- "Sayonara Cellulite!" written by Kimberly Dawn Neumann and modeled by a beautiful woman who I happen to be close to.  (My wife, Sara. :)) The article features a basic training routine, coupled with fat-burning tips that aren't frequently mentioned in the mainstream. Please check out the article and contact me with any questions or comments you have! P.S.  Want help with your health, fat loss and/or … [Read more...]

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Working WITH Fatigue To Maximize Your Fitness Training.

What does fatigue tell you?

Do you feel that you're training exceptionally hard, only to see minimal return on your work and time investment?  Is your body fat not melting off as fast as you'd like (or at all?)?  Having trouble gaining muscle?  Are you "just not feeling right?" Is it possible that the problem is that your body is simply too tired to give you the results you want (even if you're not consciously aware of it) . . . and that you're actually digging yourself into a deeper hole with the approach you're … [Read more...]

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Know Your Dreams and Take Action On Them!

. . . and then DOING them! … [Read more...]

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Choose Excellence In Everything and Anything You WANT To Do!

In Pursuit of Excellence

To me, it's amazing when I read a book and the ideas behind it resonate so strongly that I feel as if the author took the words out of my head and heart and put them on paper. Terry Orlick, author of In Pursuit Of Excellence, did exactly this in his inspirational book . . . so much so that the majority of this post is in his words. It does not matter WHAT you decide to do, as long as what you choose to do is exactly what you WANT to do.  Fitness goals.  Improved health and fat loss.  … [Read more...]

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Strive to understand the "known" and "unknown."

All the more reason to open yourself to learning, particularly if the information you encounter challenges all that you already know: All theoretical models are incomplete. By definition, they are abstractions and therefore leave things out.  What they leave out is as important as, if not more important than, what they do not, because it is what is left out that gives structure and form to the system. -- Beyond Culture (p. 14)   … [Read more...]