We were lucky enough to have some amazing athletes show up and throw down! The Method participants got some 1st hand schoolin' on the versatile and deceptively difficult sandbag, the power-generating tire flip and iron-will-building KB carries, and finally the technically acute dumbell quick lifts! These studs busted their asses learning and applying all the information we threw at them!
Thank you all for spending your Saturday morning with us, and allowing us the honor to educate and train with y'all. We will definitely be doing this again soon, so be ready to pull the trigger on the next offering!
Until then, I will be posting some footage from The Method seminar soon!
Now, on a side note, this video is to get you jacked up and ready to do work tomorrow - whether that's at the gym or at the office, this jam will surely have your heart pumpin'!!!
Well, I am finally back to the ATX and settled in now, so I loaded my new morning routine video to YouTube! I am excited to share this with you all, but if I'm being a 100% honest, I not really sure what you'll think. I'm sure it'll seem a little crazy - especially crazy if you have a negative image of what goes on at a Tony Robbins seminar. You're going to wonder what the hell went on during the last week. Rest assured, I am better than ever! I wake up and get my day crankin' with this routine. It gives me the kick in the ass that I need. It provides time, first thing in the morning, for me to give thanks for all the amazing gifts I have in my life, and that gratitude for my mind, body, and spirit stays strong throughout the day.
Now, I didn't film this part, but I also perform a series of encantations in the mirror. I know, I know...this shit sounds crazy, but just in the short time I've been doing this, I've noticed a major shift in my psychology! Things seem to simply FLOW now. It's a hard thing to explain, but I'm sure if you try this for yourself you will notice the shift as well. So, now's it's your turn! Tomorrow morning, wake your ass up, jump out of bed, and start moving! You can do what ever you'd like, just do what comes naturally at the time. When you've knocked that out, stand in front of a mirror and repeat one of the following with some fucking conviction!!!
"I am a badass motherfucker!!!"
"Anything is possible!"
"I am Grateful, I am Loving, I am Courageous!"
"Positive, Powerful, Influential!"
"All I Need Is Within Me Now!"
This is what I use for me, feel free to steal it or create your own!!!
It's as easy as that.
As goofy as it looks and sounds, you will probably feel even goofier doing it yourself, but remember -
this will change your life if you own this process and give it everything you've got!
You'll wake up and will have already accomplished more shit than most do in a day, all while experiencing true gratitude for the gifts in your life and that you are alive and you have limitless possiblities today!
I gotta apologize AGAIN for missing a couple days. As I'm sure you know by now, I was at a Tony Robbins seminar in Palm Springs, California. It was a life-altering experience for me, to say the least, but in the process I found myself awake at 3 and 4am regularly. SILLY!!!
Anyway, I just want you all to know that I am not losing momentum or neglecting this project. In fact, this past 6 days has only fired me up to do it bigger and better....Not for me and what I get out of it, but for you all! I truly want to serve you the best way possible. So, that being said, I will be posting some programming tips and tricks per a friend's email request. I am stoked to share my program design methods with you all, so be sure to tune it in here again tomorrow!
Until then, check out this badass UnderGround workout from my brotha, Zach Even-Esh! He is the man and always gets me JACKED UP to crank on a workout!
My morning routine is becoming stronger and stronger with each day I do it! I am popping out of bed, and knocking this thing out, and as a result, I am feeling more alive and more energetic than I have for a while! I'm sure my clients are a little nervous at the sound of that...
"Oh great! What kind of crazy shit is he going to make us do now?"
Hahaha! Only the best shit, guys and gals! Only the best!!!!
My point is this:
I share this new routine with you as soon as possible, but don't let that stop you from starting one of your own! Do what you gotta do to jump out of bed with positive anticipation for the great things that are going to happen in your day!
I want to apologize for not getting a post up yesterday. I thought that I would have some time to knock it out after my day at the seminar, which I did...at 2:30am. The problem was that my internet access code had expired. So I just wanted to get that out in the clear. I hope you all had just as an amazing day as I did!!
The post that I wanted to say with you yesterday was all about your morning routine. I know that I did the WakeUp Challenge a while back, and I heard that a lot of you found that it really did help you kick ass during your day.
That's great!
I now want to take that shit to another level.
How are we going to do that? I am going to video myself performing my new morning routine, albeit slightly edited for what should be obvious reasons. : )
This morning process came about on morning number two(yesterday) when I applied one of Tony's teachings:
IF YOU CAN'T...YOU MUST!!!
To make a long story short - previously, every morning I would wake up and bitching to myself about having to be up. Not what I had to do or that day's work, but just the fact that I felt like I was not rested and therefore extremely frustrated. It drove me nuts, because I want a life of energy and vitality that is unmatched, and I wasn't living it. I applied this simple yet profound principle yesterday morning, and I found amazing energy, strength, power, aliveness, and gratitude as a result!!!
Sounds pretty fuckin' amazing, right?!!
Well, it is.
I am going to share this with you, which, in and of it's self, is a huge testimony to the things I am learning and applying at Tony Robbins', Date With Destiny.
Now, I am just as excited about sharing this with you all as I hope you are to learn it and make it your own. Although, I'm sure some of you out there are saying to yourself, "Good Lord! What is with this guy? What does this have to do with strength?"
The answer is:
EVERYTHING!!!
Tell me this...If you woke up every morning feeling true energy, strength, power, aliveness, and gratitude?! Don't you think that you may, just may, be a little stronger in all aspects of your life - including, but not limited to weights?!!!!
HELL YES!!!
That is why I want to share this with you. I will get this done ASAP, but I tend to have trouble with uploading videos from my phone to YouTube when I'm not at home.
Expect it to change your life!!!
IT HAS THAT POWER BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT POWER!
Until then...Just see if you can't dig this song! It may be an old one....I don't know. But this song had me jammin'!!!
If you are at all serious about getting strong and building a powerful physique,
YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!
One of my Strictly Strength athletes bought this book for me, which was a pretty badass! I started reading it today on my flight to California(another Tony Robbins seminar!!!), and I soon found myself reading the last page and wanting more.
I have to be honest, I have never sat down to read a book and then actually finished it in one go! Granted, the book is only 96 pages, but for me to knock this out in a single effort speaks volumes about the wealth of knowledge this book provides.
I will tell you this...I am FIRED UP to get back to the Red Black Gym to put some of this info into action!!! The potential for my athletes, the CrossFit Central coaches I train, and myself is exciting, to say the least!
Strossen's book, "Super Squats", not only has me stoked to implement his training protocol, but it has me thinking about writing my own book, detailing the way I train and the amazing results that come as a result!
Anyway, I urge you all to buy this book ASAP!!! It's going to change the way you look at squatting and the way you train! Don't worry. Even if you don't rush out and buy this book, I will sharing some of the info from the book with you all over the next couple days.
