Friday night and as any competitor will know, the usual routine is something like this: Cardio,eat a mini meal and plenty of rest, cooking chicken/fish. Well that's been my general Friday fun for a while now...as with most things in life, prioritising and focusing ones energies are key components to personal success. I don't like to use the word sacrifice, because really if achieving a goal is important enough, you sacrifice nothing. To sacrifice denotes a lack of choice and in this game as in so many things in life, everyone has a choice.
I would like to share with you something I received from a friend, John Pilato:
"There is a cause-and-effect relationship between your actions and the rewards that accrue to you. When you put more of yourself into your career, your personal relationships, your religious faith, and any other aspect of your life, you get more out of it.
If your ambitions are greater than simply "getting by" in life, you will never be truly happy with your company, your job, or yourself unless you do your best every day. Your harshest critic and your toughest competitor should be you."
This week, no truer words were spoken, I had set my own personal bar to step on stage this year 2% leaner than in march and ideally with an increase of 0.5-1kg lean mass. My Dexa Scan results set me on a very happy path this week. Riddled with anxiety and doubt, hoping that the changes i had made to my preparation process had not cost me the very things I have been working so darn hard to achieve-muscle mass namely- I got a very true sense of the feeling my clients get every time I pull out my tape measure..'was all the cardio this past 4 weeks enough? did I diet hard enough, have I taken my calories low enough, or are they too low? Are the weights I am lifting heavy enough to maintain lean tissue?....oh...talk about doing your own head in....but all is well, 6%BF, lean tissue up a tad from last test and happy days with 21 days until STAGE TIME. Euphoric relief would begin to describe the feeling.(lol)So with that happy news, to more....I have recently joined the Team JP, Foundational Nutrition advocates and group of athletes and professionals. In light of my view that chemicals and preservatives should be avoided at all costs in your supplementation and diet I am so pleased to have discovered this amazing product. Training and dieting as I do, the things that are most important are my immune system and my recovery and having readily absorbed nutrients are key to these vital systems being supported. If you want to find out more about these nutrition basics
So a busy weekend awaits of training(I have a functional session with 'Optima Group Fitness, Functional Trainer, David Lancaster- who has promised to kick my decreasing arse around the gym. A much needed massage to put me back together again and on Sunday I am honored to say I will be running the warmup for the SCOPE walk for the Disabled-WALK WITH ME EVENT. 10am start time at Federation Square, I hope you will all come along to support this very worthy cause.
Have a fit, fun and happy weekend everyone and keep your personal bulls eye in firm sight, because with perseverance you will hit it and hit it hard!
xxpocket
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