Train Hard Live Strong

I'm sure a lot of us have gone through, or are currently going through, a moment in life where we just don't know ourselves anymore. Where we are living, but we just aren't in sync with our body, emotions, and life in general. It can be either gaining weight do to an injury that put your life on hold, giving birth and having no control of your body and hormones, or being diagnosed with a condition that you never thought would be possible.

Our incredible guest speaker today, Nicole Hardcastle, went through a point in her life where she didn't know herself anymore. Nicole was diagnosed with Epilepsy not to long ago, but the journey to being diagnosed was a long, painful, emotional journey. Her life took a big hit, physically and emotionally. She had to adjust her life, habits, and people in her circles. In this incredible episode you will dive into the mind & life of a woman who was once leg pressing 360lbs plus, to now only pressing 25s on each side. 

"Live life for today, because you don't know what will come tomorrow" 

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Losing weight is not complex, it's actually very simple. All you need to do is get your body in a caloric deficit, and the cool thing is you can do this in 2 ways: 1) eat less calories than you're burning, or 2) burn more calories than you're consuming. Now the path almost 80% of people take is eat less. Not only that but eat less and burn more. This will only cause harm and no good. 

Whenever you make a deal or bet with a friend and both decide to give up soda for 4 weeks to see who loses more weight, obviously the person who is in more of a deficit will win. You don't lose "weight" because you gave up soda, candy, cake, and ice cream. You lost weight because you put your body into a caloric deficit. If this doesn't explain it enough, jump into this episode and learn more! 

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In life, it's so hard to stay laser focused on your goals during the hard times. It's even worse when something is happening to you that you don't understand completely. At times it can even get even worse. Imagine working, hustling, and striving so hard for what you want but not knowing if nay of it will pay off. Maybe you don't even lose 1lb, maybe your six pack doesn't come in time, maybe your business doesn't grow as fast as you want, or maybe you're pregnant (females) and you have completely no control over your body. With every second that goes by in those times, guess what, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER! IF you don't believe me, let's listen to our amazing guest speaker today.

Paige Hathaway comes to the Train Hard Live Strong Podcast today to share her journey through growing her business, through getting her body back after her pregnancy, and so much more. A huge piece of advice that she shares that I 100% agree with is this...... "just don't give up on yourself because you is all you have". Paige is who she is today because she believed in her potential, even when no one else did. Even when she was passing her cards out at shows and not knowing if they were throwing her card away right after. Whatever it is that you want in life, you can and will have, you just need to believe that you can and never quit!

If you have any questions you want answered or wanting to talk to me directly, send me an email at: [email protected]

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We live in a world now where if we want something, we can most likely get it now or with 48 hours. If you're hungry just head over to a drive through and get some extremely processed food. All these things cause a huge misconception in our minds when we finally decide to make a change with our health/fitness. We think progress will come overnight. We believe that we can get some crazy jaw dropping results in 2 weeks. Yes this can happen, but in most cases it doesn't and with this being said, patience is what ruins the drive. 

Patience is all mindset, and with mindset comes a lot of struggles and pain because all the luxuries we have now a days don't really work with progressing towards our dream body. your journey will consist of consistent nutrition, training, hydration, sleep, and recovery. This does not end when the program ends. This continues for the rest of your life. 

While down your journey, I want you to remember this, It took your parents years to find each other, took seconds to make you, and 9 months to get you in this world. Beautiful things don't happen over night. Believe in the process. 

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Being in tuned with your body is crucial to longevity happiness and fulfillment. But how do we gain that happiness? How do gain that happiness and sustain it for the rest of your life? You accomplish this by focusing on how you FEEL over how you LOOK! Even if looking a certain way will make you “feel” better, in most cases it won’t only because of the mindset you have before you took your first step towards an improvement. There should be a hand full of questions you should write down and answer yourself on paper: 1) why do I want this?, 2) How do I feel right now, and how will I feel when I accomplish my goal, and 3) What specifically is it that I want to accomplish and will it bring value to my life & others? 

The amazing guest speaker in today’s episode is a returning guest speaker, Nikki Montesanti, and has some extreme value to bring in this episode. She is a professional on dialing in how you feel over how you look. Even if it comes down to being “happy” with your body, you still need to dive into how you feel over how you look. Nicole recently had a boob job, due to dropping to 6%BF in the passed and then going into a bad relationship with food and herself, and in this very moment her body isn’t doing what she wants it todo. This is something millions of people can relate to, and in this episode you will hear just how vulnerable Nicole is willing to get just to share her experiences to inspire you to focus on you, for you, and only you, no matter what anyone else says!

Head over to my IG (@Matthew_Fitness_Trainer) and comment on the guest speaker post with some value you grabbed, a favorite emoji, or something you enjoy from the podcast. Also tag 2 friends and you'll get a chance to win some Athletic Beings Apparel along with a FREE year membership to Elite HIIT Performance!

If you have any questions you want answered or wanting to talk to me directly, send me an email at: [email protected]

Guest Speaker: https://www.instagram.com/nikkii_fitness/

Previous Episode (#116): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/importance-understanding-self-analyzing-your-body-health/id1498161095?i=1000499894743

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You get one health when you're brought into this world, and that one health you take around with you until your last moments on earth. Some make it to 100 years old, other make it to 70, others to 40, and some even only to late 20s. Did you know almost 75% of health conditions are self-conflicted? About 50% of that 75% actually make a change and the other half pass away due to the self-conflicted abuse on their health.

The scariest part of being unhealthy is when you make it normal: When having ice cream after dinner is normal every night, When pouring syrup on your pancakes is normal, When looking at your body and hating yourself and who you are because of how "fat" you've gotten is normal, and worst of all is when this mentality gets passed down generation after generation. Don't make being unhealthy the new normal and make a change today!

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Nutrition is a funny thing because there are so many ways to approach it, but it all has one thing in common. They will either fuel your body or cause long term damage. When it comes down to what we eat, you are allowing food into your system to either to bring value or instant gratification. Now imagine you had a family gene of cancer or some other illness that seems to just come through your family line, what would you do about it?

In this episode you will hear how Dr. Ashley Contorno, decided to go vegetarian, how she is able to sustain the lifestyle while still progressing in strength and muscle growth, and how she's changing the world of Physical Therapy! When you're listening to this episode I want you to have one thing in mind. Your health is valuable and in any point in time in your life it can be taken away or made to be changed for the better. Also, keep in mind that being vegan, vegetarian, plant based, ect, are all nutrition lifestyles that you have absolute power to thrive in, all you gotta do is educate yourself and be proud of the choices you make!

Head over to my IG (@Matthew_Fitness_Trainer) and comment on the guest speaker post with some value you grabbed, a favorite emoji, or something you enjoy from the podcast. Also tag 2 friends and you'll get a chance to win some Athletic Beings Apparel along with a FREE year membership to Elite HIIT Performance!

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Guest Speaker: https://www.instagram.com/veggie_lifter/

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It breaks my heart knowing that people are going on the internet with a true need for help, and the internet just feeds crap. "You have to eat 1,200 calories to lose weight, You have to stop eating at 6pm to not gain weight, You will get bulky if you lift weights" and the list can go on forever. When people are looking for answers when it comes to their health, physical view, and self confidence, they are in a vulnerable position, trust me I know I was one of those people. In a vulnerable state we are desperate to try anything and everything, and most of the times we're gonna believe something because it says, "lose 20lbs in 4 weeks" blah blah blah.

Finding your dream body & health is not complex. Your body was designed to move. It was designed to eat. It was designed to sleep. These 3 things are essentials for creating your physique and health. You will blow your own mind away if you just took movement and made it consistent, if you took 3 strong nutritional meals and made it consistent, and slept 6 - 8 hours a night and made it consistent. If you made one healthy change to your life and stayed consistent with it, you will knock down one domino that will knock down more and more until you've eventually accomplished your goal and more.

If you have any questions you want answered or wanting to talk to me directly, send me an email at: [email protected]

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Imagine being told you only have 5 years to live because of how bad your health is. Not only that, but the reason why your health is bad is because you did it to yourself. Then imagine going to prison for selling drugs and in that prison, the doctors told you you had only 5 years to live if you didn't make any change. Many people in the world are creating self-conflicting health conditions, and they can change that but don't. They also have there own bed to sleep in, there own fridge to eat food out of, and can do it on their own time. The guest speaker today had everything against him, but still made it happen anyways.

Our amazing guest speaker today, Coss Marte, was overweight, unhealthy, and in prison. One day he made the choice to turn his life around. Even though many other inmates were making fun of him while down his journey, he still woke up and did what he needed to do to ensure when he got out, he was gonna be healthy for himself, his son, and his new journey ahead of him. This outstanding guest speaker took his health and transformed it, now takes others and transforms it, and if that isn't enough, he also helps excons find their way back in the civilian world. If you're feeling lost, down, hopeless, and need some upbringing, this episode will get you there!

Head over to my IG (@Matthew_Fitness_Trainer) and comment on the guest speaker post with some value you grabbed, a favorite emoji, or something you enjoy from the podcast. Also tag 2 friends and you'll get a chance to win some Athletic Beings Apparel along with a FREE year membership to Elite HIIT Performance!

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Mind to body connection is vital to progress towards the goals you have for your body, health, mind, and life. When I began my fitness journey when I was 13 years old, I started with a negative state of mind. I wanted to fix my body because of how much I hated how I looked and felt. This state of mind never got me to a sense of fulfillment with the progress I was achieving. Instead of focusing on fixing my body, I should of focused on improving the body I already have. 

This exact thing happens to thousands to hundreds of thousands of people a day. I have had more clients come to me asking me to help them lose 15lbs, gain some muscle definition, or get a 6 pack. Yes, these things are awesome to have and having goals are great, but these things are so superficial. These things won't create fulfillment and happiness. Goals that should be set are goals that make us better as humans, people, leaders, examples for our kids, ect. A simple change in point of view will drastically transform your drive and vision for what you want. 

Head over to my IG (@Matthew_Fitness_Trainer) and comment on the guest speaker post with some value you grabbed, a favorite emoji, or something you enjoy from the podcast. Also tag 2 friends and you'll get a chance to win some Athletic Beings Apparel along with a FREE year membership to Elite HIIT Performance!

If you have any questions you want answered or wanting to talk to me directly, send me an email at: [email protected]

Your Host: https://www.instagram.com/matthew_fitness_trainer/

Athletic Beings Training & Apparel: www.athleticbeings.com / www.athleticbeingstraining.com

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LiquidIV: Liquidiv.com / Code: TrainHard / Save 25% off your entire purchase

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewFitnessTrainer

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