You live and die by your calendar. You mark things on it, you plan your day, your week, your month and even your year. Everything revolves around WHEN things happen and that is what you have known your entire life.

Just like language, you associate certain things with the days of the week. Monday is bad, Wednesday is hump day, and Friday is now Fri-yay. Why are there positive and negative connotations surrounding the sun rising and setting? We CREATE these emotions around the days, when it really is the same thing and our perspective that sets each one apart.

Here is how that mentality is severely affecting your results and how to put an end to this madness.

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Your late-night cravings may have more to them than you realize! Believe it or not there are strong connections between those urges after dark and elements of your lifestyle habits such as sleep and hydration. Ignoring your rest and how much water you consume daily can affect your hormone levels and lead you to crave and consume more carbohydrates than you really need. As we all know, eating too much is how you will pack on those extra pounds so check this episode out to avoid these pitfalls!

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Being prepared is VERY important. Many of you are already familiar with the phrase "If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail". All that we do going through our life is prepare for things. Prepare to eat, prepare for work, prepare for the gym, prepare to shower, prepare to sleep. Lack of preparation would cause any one of those things (and more) to fall apart and not get accomplished. IN THIS EPISODE I talk about the importance of being prepared and a prime example of my own personal lack of preparation the day before this filming. It wasn't pretty but could have been a LOT worse. It re-taught me a valuable lesson and I am passing it on to you.

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The anterior deltoid is a commonly over trained area, classically making bodybuilder types look like gorillas with hunched shoulders! The fact of the matter is, most people have this rounded posture albeit less pronounced. It is the result of driving in the car, sitting at a desk and texting all day on the phone. The front of the shoulder gets very over worked during the day and even more so in the gym with direct training and synergistically during chest workouts. This episode focuses on how to re-balance ALL PARTS of the shoulder, including the medial and posterior heads, and how doing so will improve both your strength, health, longevity, and overall aesthetic appearance.

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Rest is absolutely necessary, no one is challenging that fact. However, HOW you rest and how long you rest is a variable that will determine your ability to output strength and volume. Depending on your experience, rest periods can be used to increase the output of your training and allow you to get MORE done in a specific time frame if you cut the grace periods between sets. Cutting your rest will as a result effect your ability to lift heavy and could negatively impact your maximum growth potential.

Listen up to these concepts as they will help you develop and hone your program so you can keep your progress on target regardless of your personal goals.

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Your mind is intricately connected with your body. So often people ignore the cerebral aspect of their health and fitness. It begins with self-awareness and the eagerness to constantly learn one's own body.

You change as you go through life and up and down on a daily basis. Learning how your body reacts to diet and training protocols can help you get better and more consistent results without burying your nose in a book. NO ONE knows your body better than YOU.

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There was a famous line from Pumping Iron, the video bible of bodybuilding starring the great Arnold Schwarzenegger in which he said "Make your weakest points your strong points".

In your training, this is the way you have to think. If you have body parts that are lagging, or certain goals that are not being achieved, there has to be an overhaul and re-prioritization of your workouts. If you have areas that need work, FOCUS ON THEM. Do those exercises first, train those body parts more frequently or with more overall volume.

Make it a priority to get it done and success is far more likely to be yours. If you don't have what you want, then OBVIOUSLY what you are currently doing sucks. So CHANGE IT!

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The holidays are the days when we as a country eat in excess. Like, LITERALLY excess. We eat until we feel sick, we eat until we fall asleep, and then we wake up and eat more until dessert is served. It can be gross, and can be a MASSIVE setback to progress made throughout the entire year. The point is, if you want to avoid it, then avoid it. The only person stopping you is you. If you don't want to avoid it, then don't, but OWN IT AND SHUT UP. Listen to this episode, your fitness depends on it.

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Bulking season is the art of gaining mass during this very special time of year. The time of year that the public dedicates to excessive eating and slacking off from health! DON'T LET THIS BE YOU! There are ways to use the time off and the family gatherings to your advantage however. You will be able to indulge more if you have trouble gaining size and combining this with heavier resistance training you can make serious progress. Both men and women looking to build muscle can benefit from a bulking period. This episode is VERY important to everyone, even those people looking to cut weight. Perspective is everything. Knowledge is power. Power is GAINS!

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Oh it's going to happen time and time again. Half the country one direction, half the other direction. This ALWAYS happens. There is always one team that doesn't win, one person (or multiple) that don't get their way. What do you do about it in effect? Do you curl up and hide or do you react and move on? What can you ACTUALLY control? These are serious issues you need to analyze in terms of your health and fitness. These can determine whether or not you will be successful.

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