Some of the hardest training I’ve ever done was within a good team.

Many times I’ve been pushed to exhaustion by a coach.

Getting into a room where I’m the least fit, and the least strong always stepped my game up.

Now, these things may seem obvious as I write them down, but over the past few years I haven’t had a coach or been part of a team. I’ve been building Raw Strength Gym into a good sized team, with (dare I say it) a pretty good team culture of support and positivity. 

Personally, however, my training has often taken a back seat as I focused more on the business. Sometimes, last year, I did not train for months. I can point no fingers at anyone other than myself for these ‘lazy times'. But there are some interesting parts of my situation last year to look back on and evaluate, some points that I think will help you.

Are you struggling to find the motivation to train right now?

not happy with your body shape? fitness level? strength? muscle tone? 

feeling a bit depressed? lazy? can’t seem to get motivated?

ONE shift in your mindset will fix all of this.

COMMIT

Commit to do more

You’ll feel better when you commit, go all in and really LIVE your goals.

Life seems to flow past you when you take control, much smoother than usual. Less stress. More smiles.

I DO love mindset work and believe it changes weak people into warriors

But today, rather than go into more mindset stuff, let’s run through some practical ways you can commit to your goals ASAP.

A few clients have chatted with me this week about not being happy.

When we drill it down they're beating themselves up for either:

a) not doing the actions to support their goal

And/or

b) not being happy with the outcome of their actions. 

In practice this may look like binge eating when your goal is to eat less.

It makes you unhappy because what you actually do (binge) is not in line with who you want to be (a lean healthy person). 

Imagine how you’d feel if every day you woke up with a clear, focused head. You know who you want to become and you love the process each day, no matter how hard things get, there’s nothing else you’d rather be doing.

How would you feel with an ability to see past the day to day bullshit of the world, and only focus on your loved ones, your goals, and being the best person you can be to those around you?

Fitness gives you a focus, a North Star, to guide your waking hours. 

Having a clearly defined purpose is an important part of sports psychology.

A purpose = WHY you are doing what you are doing.

Here’s a good example:

You can probably tell me what you do at work, but WHY do you do it?

…and I don’t mean to earn money or to look after your kids, everyone has responsibilities.

WHY do you do it? 

What’s your mission?

What do you get out of your work?

Things get murky fast when you think like that don’t they?!

That murkiness exists in your PHYSICAL BODY every day, if you don’t have a focus on fitness. 

People with fitness related goals know exactly why they…