We recently discussed the value of establishing accountability partners in our lives and that one of the most reliable partners you can find are children. If you tell a kid something is a certain way, they will behave as if that information is correct until…
Picture the perfect Accountability Partner. Who comes to mind? Is it someone who seems out to get you for making a mistake? If the first person you imagine playing that role isn’t someone that celebrates your victories, it’s time to redefine accountability. Often, when we…
There are some truths about diets that we need to cover. Many people think that a diet is a strict, planned method of food consumption with a goal in mind. The word diet is broader than that definition. Diet simply describes your nutrition intake. All…
Heart. Focus. Power. These are the three basic components of a healthy lifestyle, a system, and a guideline for making choices. When you boil down what’s motivating you to the purest elements, you lose all the gimmicks and superficial motivators that flood the fitness world….
Is what you’re doing putting you on the straightest path to your goal? You have a desired lifestyle. Are you wishing for the day that lifestyle becomes accessible, or are you putting in the effort to remove every obstacle between you and that goal? Continuing…
You look great for your age. How’d that make you feel? I can’t think of any age where I’d want to hear, “You look good for your age.” It’s always nice to hear that you have benefited from your years of life experience. Who doesn’t…
The point of the Heart Focus Power approach is that we celebrate our efforts and move on. There is no time to live in the past. A healthy lifestyle, when everything else is stripped away, is all about you being happy. Look at the phrase,…
Now that we’ve talked about the value of failure and how it is an important building block of success, let’s talk about something a little simpler. As easy as it is to complicate your fitness lifestyle, there is one step you can take that will…
How much time can you spend moving – really moving? Can you take the stairs to the third floor? How about the sixth? If your kids, or grand kids, wanted to play tag, could you? These activities are what we are called to do. Most…
In our discussion about Focus I told you the story of my reluctance to track my food consumption. My Trainer got onto me every week when we’d have the same conversation: “Ron, are you tracking your meals?” “Nah. I told you, I eat the same thing…
