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We've all been a Negative Nancy or Negative Danny or something like that. Today I'm going to tackle the topic negativity and your fitness goals and how it will impact your fitness goals. These are my observations and experience as a Negative Danny and how I grew past the mindset and focused on my fitness goals.

Putting yourself down is not conducive and if you want to improve your life it's up to you! If you're calling yourself names constantly, you can start to identify what you're saying. Being real with yourself is different than calling yourself names. Being real means recognizing that you may need to lose weight, but also realize that you're working on it.

Beginners struggle with realizing that they have digressed from their former fitness peak. The comparison trap starts and the false expectations start. I'll watch my clients shake their heads and get frustrated with their lack of ability with being a beginner. There are 2 types of people: one who realizes they need to work on something or the other type that wants to give up immediately. The thought of expecting being great at a new fitness routine has to be let go because you've changed and your body has changed. You will have to embrace the learning curve and remove the false expectation. Try to change your mindset and don't be so hard on yourself.

Other's perceptions of us can negatively impact your self talk too. Closest friends and family members may make comments about your new fitness routine and healthy life style, this is a reflection of themselves. You don't need to tell everyone that your in a new fitness program. There are always people who will talk down to you... maybe you can set boundaries with that person and focus on being more positive and look at the bright side.

If you focus on your accomplishments and becoming a better version of yourself, you will achieve your goals in a more effective fashion. Having negative people and thoughts in your life will slow you down. Do you think that attitudes are contagious? Do you think that negativity breeds more negativity and impacts your fitness goals? I want to hear your thoughts about negativity and your fitness goals.

Yo, I'm not a licensed professional. I'm here talking about real shit, real people, and my life experience.

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Corey Pease sits down to discuss life as Gasp sponsored strongman athlete and owns a CBD company. Corey has a great message, philosophy, and is very knowledgeable about fitness.

Corey's journey as a strongman started when he fell in love with lifting while training to be a baseball pitcher. Strength training started as his obsession about 12 years ago. Corey hired a power lifting coach and after seeing progression he fell in love. He believes self-discipline is a key component to power lifting and strongman training. Corey's training cycle is a combination of strength and functional training. Explosive work is important and he strives to incorporate functional fitness into his program and believes that it helps him compete and stay focused.

Corey discusses his injury and how the road to recovery impacts athletes. When Corey got injured he dealt with emotions, depression, and jealousy. He finally found a doctor that helped him get fully healed and now he's healthy and ready to compete!

Holistic Hemp Healing is Corey's company, CBD helped him reduce prescription meds. The use of CBD has helped him get healthy, deal with injuries, and he uses facts and product knowledge as a driving force for his company. Corey's focus is getting customers information about the benefits of CBD from third parties.

Yo, we are not licensed professionals. We are real people, talking about real life issues and our experiences.

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Today we are talking about making time for yourself. Most of us are busy people and have a lot of priorities and obligations that make it difficult for us to stop and take time for ourselves. Often, people say they do not have time for themselves... but it's about how you schedule your time.

I work with a lot of moms and see my clients struggle with mom guilt of taking time for yourself. If you're feeling guilty, think about this: If people depend on you to be there, they're depending on you to be there for them. That means fitness goals, health, and being the best version of yourself. Think about the airlines, you're supposed to put your oxygen mask on first, then your child. The same thing is true about your fitness, you will be there for your family in the long term because you took the time to take care of yourself in healthy ways.

Sometimes, taking time for yourself is difficult do to work load. Maybe you can do something at home for 15-20 minutes at the beginning. I't something that you can do quickly and feel better almost instantly. There's no reason why you can not work out or raise your heart rate, there's always something out there for you!

By taking care yourself you will be more available to those who depend on you. Make time for your fitness goals and invest in your future.

It's Pumpkin Spice Latte Season... and that means it's fall and falling off time. Something magical happens around this time, people start to fall off of their fitness goals. All of the gyms you go to, you're starting to see less and less crowds. Is it because people have been doing awesome and hit their fitness goals? Probably not, the holiday excuse is in full effect!

People use the holidays as an excuse to fall off their fitness goals. The holidays don't ruin your diet or pull you away from your fitness goals. It's your decision to fall off your fitness goals. I understand we have commitments to meet, it's your mindset around the goals that makes the difference. Holidays are one day... there's no reason to eat the entire holiday season.

If you make the decision to stop your fitness goals... you'll set yourself back about 3 months. You're the problem and you have to make decisions to keep your diet and fitness goals.

It's in YOUR CONTROL.

Realization... you know the holidays are coming up and you want to enjoy some fantastic foods. When that time rolls around, treat the one day as a cheat meal and don't continue to eat through the entire month. Pick one day and stick to your plan. You shouldn't feel guilty about enjoying the holiday meal, just enjoy the time you have with your family. Plan for eating multiple meals if you have to house hop... budget out your calories, choose wisely and be selective of the in-between Halloweens.

Stay active! You'll have to be flexible during the holiday season with your workouts. Do something, walk around the block, do a home workout with us, or find something to stay active. When you have more time, you can get back on track with your normal fitness routine without feeling like you fell off!

We are here with Natalie Flores today and we are going to be discussing Adaptive Yoga. Natalie has 500 hours of practical teaching hours and will be teaching a few classes here at my studio and she's here to discuss what adaptive yoga means. Adaptive yoga is exactly how it sounds. It's adaptive to your body and works with the pose adjusting to fit your body and working from there it improves your flexibility, movement, and strength in a safe way. Starting at a base level, I observe everyone and as we move through the sequence, giving that person time to stretch and make sure that they are comfortable. I got into teaching adaptive yoga because I noticed that some of my clients were frustrated with their body, movements, or injuries. I was underserving a group of people and went back to school to learn how to work with them. Adaptive yoga addresses everyone and how their body moves. Staying consistent with adaptive yoga will help you see improvement in any other activity.

I read a ton of self-growth literature, which means I'm turning into my father. This is part 2 of a 4 part series of books I read during times in my life. I'm all about growing and developing as a person. There's been times in my life where I really needed to grow. These self-help books have helped me sharpen myself, personality, and become the best version of myself. If you don't think this is your jam, go ahead and log off now.

"The Obstacle Is The Way" by Ryan Holiday: This book constantly comes up in my Podcasts and videos. It's a book I continuously go back to for advice and growth, because it's based on stoicism and basically "how to get what you want in life" mentality. It's practical and tangible.

"I Can't Make This Up" by Kevin Hart: This is an autobiography and self-help book. He's a decent guy and worked really hard to get there and he's had a lot of hard situations in life and how he's overcome them.

"How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie: This book was introduced to me early in my life, after much balking, I went ahead and read it. Dale had a lot of wisdom early in his life and his message is relevant to today's society. This book has helped me better empathize with clients and also learn what drives and motivates people.

"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK" by Mark Manson: This is not a book about hedonism or don't care about what others think about you. This is an idea that you only have so much that you can care about an to cherish the things that matter to you and not get hung up on the stuff that doesn't matter. This is written in a modern context and it a great read.

"Rise and Grind" by Daymon John: The creator of FUBU talks about work ethic and personal growth and development is part of your work ethic. It follows successful people and what their daily routine looks like. This book helps you get in the mindset of accomplished people.

There are just some books I read for self-growth, what's your favorite self growth book?

Today I'm going to talk about books I read for fun. This is part of a four part series about all of the books I read for various stages of my life. For fun, I really enjoy reading independent graphic novels of more of an adult or social theme. I believe it's important to unplug and take time to live in another world for a few moments.

Right now I am into "The Preacher" graphic novel that has a lot of adult content. If your sensitive to dark story lines, then this is not for you. I also like "The Sandman Chronicles", which is about The Sandman and his siblings and other characters. It tells a story about dreams and the role he plays in humans' lives. This is another dark graphic novel with a lot of words. "Saga" is another graphic novel I love, it's set in a sci-fi world that the protagonists are waring against each other, but fall in love. It's a story about discrimination, love, and kind of mirrors what's going on in the world today. The art is very bright and beautiful.

I do read some Marvel comics occasionally and I really wanted to find out how the Avengers came to be. I started reading this because the movies intrigued me and now I'm curious about how the movie will differ from the graphic novel. "Deadpool" is a favorite of mine and I fell in love with him after watching the movie. I picked up the full collection and was very intrigued about the character and how funny he is. He talks directly to the readers and you learn that he's a conflicted character in the series. It's definitely a funny read, but also has emotional troubles.

These are just a few of the books I read for fun. I challenge you to take some time and power down your electronics and get lost in another universe, whatever your style may be.

Today we talk about self care and the misconceptions associated with that term and what I do to care for myself.

Critical Acts that set you out for balance and success in your personal and professional life. These are acts you preform to help you have a better daily life. Making sure you are balanced to make sure you feel good so you can preform at your job or life.

Let's touch on some misconceptions of self care. Massage, steak, drinking, distracting yourself with mindless things, and partying... these are all examples of some activities people label as self care. Now, I'm not saying all of these are terrible, but often times over indulging in these things may be self-sabotaging activities. Sometimes people get really fancy with their self care, but I'm here to share low-cost and effective daily tasks that can help with your self care routine.

Let’s talk about the blame game… blaming others for your current situation in life. This is going to be a tough-love podcast and may make you angry, but hang in there you may learn something new.

A lot of time people walk into my gym and want to lose weight for various reasons. We talk about the reasoning behind why the person thinks they gained the weight and try to get down to the root issue. What is true is these excuses aren’t 100% accurate, the reason why you gained weight is because you dropped the ball. You never moved past the point of stopping before it got out of hand. There are lots of ways you can work around the excuses if you’re flexible.

If you want that perfect body for summer 2019, you’ll want to start working on it in 2018. What is a summer body? It’s any body type, you can go to the beach no matter what your shape or size. What I’m saying if you’re more comfortable with less to love or being more fit, the time to start is now. Come next March/April, gyms start advertising the ‘perfect’ body. There’s no way for you to get that perfectly fit body in a healthy way.

How do you get a healthy summer body? Start now, there’s 6-8 months for you to get ready now. The healthy way is slow and steady, averaging about 1-2 pounds a week is realistic and it will stay off longer.

What does healthy weight loss look to you? For me, it’s .5-2 pounds a week, meaning we need start working on it now. Typically gyms (mine included) are slow during August/September/October because of schedule changes with children and other responsibilities. If you start working on yourself now, you will feel better about your process than