You look like a cartoon character! Well, hopefully not a full-blown character, but your rounded shoulders and poor posture is screaming to the world that you NEED HELP! Don't fall a victim to your job or your habits and start going down the road of pain and misery. Poor posture and misalignment along with muscle imbalances is a prescription for injury and a lifetime of nagging pain. It does NOT have to be that way! Understand that you have a change to correct this now but only if you want to live pain-free, improve strength, endurance and quality of life. Sound good? Then check out this episode.

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Prepare to succeed - This is what you will hear all the greats talk about. You prepare your food, you prepare your body, you prepare your mind. The gym is a battle, you are going to war with yourself. How you prepare yourself will easily determine the outcome. Sure, you may be able to float by on pure luck and natural talent, but if you want REAL results you need to step up your game. BIG TIME. Here are my 8 important points to hit in order to make sure that you have your head and body in the right place before even starting your war.

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Sunday is the day of rest, right? It's the day of the week when you take time off and relax and recover from your stressful weekdays...WRONG. Sunday is a full day of time to get shit done! You don't HAVE to rest, you can get a move on! Anything from meal prep to yoga, you can accomplish the same or MORE than you did during the week. Your mind may be stressed from your work schedule and responsibilities of the Monday through Friday, but your body is itching to MOVE! Don't die because you didn't get of the damn couch. Go do it!

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There is always something "better". The grass is always greener. Heard this before? Well, there is better equipment, and there can be more expensive food, more expensive clothing, a faster car, more money, blah blah blah. There seems to always be something out there that could help us get better results. We could all use this ONE thing that would make all the difference. But are we just kidding ourselves? Is it possible that we already have literally EVERYTHING that we could ever need to get the end result we want? I believe exactly that. Often we have TOO much and it distracts us from the most important things in our life. It distracts from the most important elements that are getting us results. REAL results. Let's refocus on this and see how it can apply directly to your life TODAY. RIGHT NOW.

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If you are focusing on your nutrition, you have to think about what you are eating as well as WHEN you are eating it throughout the day. What are you doing BEFORE you exercise? Do you have that under control? You may think that it is simple, and honestly, it COULD be - But perhaps you could tweak your habits to enhance the effectiveness of your workout. If you could improve your performance simply by changing your eating surrounding your training, would you? Everyone reacts differently to food before hitting the gym, here are some ways that you can manipulate your food intake before flexing.

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If you love to eat, chances are you love to eat before bed! This is one of the most common times to feel hungry and to have those 'cravings'. How do you avoid that? Eating before bed can be a detriment to weight loss and to staying lean. It doesn't ALWAYS mean that eating before bed will destroy your plans for world domination, but it could give you some insight as to what other issues you may be having through the rest of your day. You feel hungry for a reason, whether it is from habit, from lack of proper nutrition, even dehydration are some reasons that are covered here.

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Most people think they deserve a cheat day when they start a training program. I'm here to tell you that YOU set your goals for yourself. Why would you do things that would hurt those end results? I understand that restricting yourself from things that you were addicted to is challenging, but that is no reason to actively do things that would negatively affect the outcome of all your hard work. It is important to stay on track and combining complete rest days with cheating on your diet is a surefire way to create bad habits that can lead to a relapse. Here's why.

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De-loading or Rest? The debate on how to recover after workouts varies from person to person. You will ALWAYS have to customize how you treat your body and be aware how it reacts. The question remains: "Should you rest completely or just drop the volume and do other types of lighter workouts"? Yoga is always popular, as well as total body stabilization workouts. Whichever you choose, it is important to understand WHY you are doing the work you are doing and how to implement either or both into your program.

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You have been led to believe that unless you make a 'transformation' you haven't seen success in the gym. What truly describes and determines success? I don't believe a transformation is worth the paper it's printed on. They are blown out of proportion and gives people with the mentality of instant gratification this idea that it is possible to see ridiculous amounts of change in a relatively short period of time. NOTHING happens fast with the body, only slow adaptations over a long period of time. The more drastic the change, the longer it takes. Not to mention the hard work that goes along with it. If you are ready to put in the work, and do so day after day after day, then yes, you will see CHANGE. But F*ck your transformations.

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Supersets are a great way to hit the muscles with a new variable. Every time you enter the gym you have choices to make regarding HOW you will carry out your workout. One of the issues is that often times people try to add TOO MUCH variety and overdo it. The body doesn't need that much change to stimulate new growth. Subtle changes like exercise order, repetition tempo, even rest periods between sets can be enough to make all the difference. Hard work is hard work regardless so put it all on the table no matter what you choose. Supersets are one of the best ways to increase muscle mass, save time, and crush the muscles into submission!

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