The majority of us have a picture of what we want in our minds. The majority of us already know how to get what we want.

Why aren't we doing it then? 

The reason is because we will have to burn off habits that we have now, and replace them with new ones. Simple in theory but tough in practice. It feels like killing a part of yourself because we have learned to identify with our habits. We have all heard that our habits make us who we are and it's true but the part that's left out is the part where they were supposed to tell us we make our habits first, then they make us who we are after that.

We need to have a strong enough reason WHY we want the end result if we ever expect ourselves to go through the discomfort of changing our habits, which we now know is in actual fact changing our identity. 

There is no feeling in the world that can compare to going through the identity change necessary to get the result. The result actually becomes unimportant because in your mind, you have already gotten what you wanted. 

You don't want the result. You never did. You want whatever being able to identify as a person with the result , will make you feel. If you just develop the habit, you'll already have it!

How often should you train a muscle? There's all kinds of information out there about how many exercises to do per workout and how often to work each muscle but what is really the nost effective? What's the key focus point to work all other information around? The answer is you should train a muscle as often as possible but making sure you only do enough to induce growth and not damage!

In this episode I talk about the importance of making sure you're following thr advice that's right for you. The only way to know what advice you need, is to know yourself and to know where you are, where you're coming from and where you want to go!

Relaxation is really important but not when it's something you look forward to doing. It's also not good when you let yourself go completely crazy with food/alcohol jusylt because you feel like you've earned it during the week. 2 really bad days will throw off your progress from the week. You should instead work to integrate relaxation in reasonable amounts into your week so that you don't feel like you're torturing yourself and can't wait for the weekend. You should get to relax every day. That way you don't want to quit and you won't overindulge over the weekend.

If you don't believe and act as if you have already achieved what you want or look the way you want to then you won't ever. That's because if we look at ourselves as not having achieved our goals then that's what we will continue to bring about in the universe. You become what you think and believe. It's a lot easier to believe if you following the right steps. Don't look at your current situation. Look at yourself as having already gotten to where you want to be!

We hear about consistency all the time and yet we forget the importance of it because repeatedly hearing it makes it lose its value. In this episode I explain how I think of consistency and remind myself of it's importance.

Damian is a friend of mine from back home in South Africa. We met through friends and share a passion for fitness. He's an online trainer so check him out on YouTube for weekly fitness tips and advice. 

In this episode he shares how he tore his lower pectoral muscle and what he learned from the whole experience. If you're pushing yourself hard in the gym it's important to know what mistakes others have made in order to prevent it from happening to you too.

I hope this brings you value and I hope you enjoy!

We all have personal struggles and we all experience unexpected events that can cause us a lot of pain. We forget all about our goals and plans and can only think about what's happening in the moment. It's not easy to remember your responsibility to your future self and your responsibility to the people counting on you. But we need to try!

This episode explains why it is important to manage your nutrition and body fat percentage if you want your ab muscles to show. I also explain what type of exercises to include to make sure your core is sufficiently developed so that you can actually get them to show through een at a slightly higher body fat percentage.

Are you struggling to build muscle and wonder what might be holding you back? Do you want to look in the mirror and be proud of what you see and have your friends and family compliment your new body? This episode is definitely for you then and I hope my 3 secrets to size cover everything you might be leaving out!