Workout Update 2012-1-22

Today was a great day.

  1. I was able to get back into a real live gym. If you’ve been following my previous workouts you will see that I have been working out in my gym recently. Today I went around the corner (less than a mile as the crow flies) and joined the YMCA that my wife belongs to. Ever since I first touched a barbell back in in 1987 I’ve been hooked. To say I love bodybuilding is a dramatic understatement. Getting back into a gym is pure joy for me. I worked on 3 of the 6 major area where I measure 1RM – One Rep Max. That is the maximum weight you can lift one time. I worked on: Bench Press, Squat and Barbell Curl. During my next workout I’ll work on Deadlift, Bent Over Row and Overhead Press. Once I know the max I can lift in each of these six I’ll know how to structure my workouts going forward.
  2. I updated my bodyspace and set my weight and strength goals for next 6 months. You can see my bodyspace at bodybuilding.com HERE.
  3. I worked out with my wife. We will see how this goes. We have never worked out together, and I tend to be a loner and very focused when I workout. But I can be flexible.

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Why can’t I stop doing nothing ?

It’s another day. You are laying in bed looking at the ceiling wondering why you are in the same place that you were in yesterday. Not physically (same bed, same apartment). But you are in the same relationship you were in yesterday. You are in the same financial situation. You are in the same job, earning the same amount of money working with the same people. It was the beginning of a new week/year and you vowed to make a change. But here you are. Lying in bed. And nothing has changed. And you are beating your head against the wall wondering “Why can’t I stop doing nothing”

I’ve been there brothers and sisters. And I believe the answer that most people would give is:

It is easy

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To do what you are used to doing takes very little effort. You are on auto-pilot. When you are on auto-pilot you are running around in a daze. Life is a series of waves that you have set yourself up in. And if you keep doing nothing the waves will keep pushing you around. Now you can put your arms out and change direction any time you want. But that requires effort and work.

Don’t be that guy/gal

. Stop Doing Nothing. Pick the things to do that are hard (reading instead of watching TV). Get up and move your body. Nobody ever had great success by sitting around. Change the people that you surround yourself with. Stop ingesting things into your body that provide no nutritional value.

Please start taking an active attitude about your life. You will get further faster. I promise.

My 2012 Goals

Here is my first draft of my 2012 goals. I’ve had these in my head for a couple of months. But they don’t count until they make it down on (virtual) paper.

  1. Log 10 hours of PPL flight time
  2. Gain 20 new monthly retainer clients
  3. Get 5 paid speaking engagements
  4. Get 5 speaking engagements outside of OKC
  5. Grow the Focus Inner Circle membership site to 100 members (invoiced, non-active income)
  6. Get the family income to $10K a month gross (active, invoice-based income)
  7. Get the passive income to $2000/month (passive = online, 24/7, non-invoiced income)
  8. Get bodyfat down to 25% (Stretch goal of 20%) (Read Workout Section)
  9. Gain 5 new monthly business coaching clients
  10. Get blood pressure back down to 110/70
  11. Save $2000 for cruise in November 2012
  12. Save $5000 in emergency funds
  13. Read at least one new book every month (Link to my bookshelf
  14. Get my working hours down to 20 a week
  15. Hire a VA full-time
  16. Hire an outside (1099) salesperson full-time
  17. Attend 2 major business conferences (Infusioncon 2012 + one other)

Most of these should be lined up with my long-term goals.

Let me know what you think in the comments below

Remember: Action is the great thing that escapes most people

Interested in how others are tracking goals? Check out my friends below:

@anyarizmClick here to see her goals

@rbbruceClick here to see his goals

Things are not bad at all

Yesterday wasn’t too bad. Today is looking pretty good. And tomorrow should be pretty awesome too.

When you think things are bad take them into perspective of other things. If you are sitting in a warm building (or someplace on your smartphone) right now reading this update then your life is pretty darn sweet. Keep that in mind before you complain about anything today.

Garage Workout Update 12-27-2011

It took me a week but I snuck in another workout behind my own back. If that even makes sense.

Keep this in mind: I don’t workout to brag. I workout so I can live. And I workout so hopefully one of my workouts will encourage YOU to stop making excuses, get off of your butt, and go start working out yourself. We don’t get these days or this body back. We get one shot. Don’t spend it on YouTube or internet porn. Get out and take care of your body.

Warmup: Pushups x 20

OH Press: 20x20lb bar only, 30 x 10 reps, 40 x 10 reps, 50 x 10 reps

Curlbar Curl: 20 x 20 lb bar only, 20 x 10 reps, 30 x 10 reps, 40 x 10 reps

Bent over rows: 20 x 20 lb bar only, 40 x 10 reps, 50 x 10, 60 x 10

Hammer Curls: 8lbs x 20 reps, 25 x 6 reps, 25 x 8 reps, 25 x 9 reps

Hit the iron. Do it today. No excuses.

Workout Update 12-20-2011

I have been having an on-again off-again love with the weightlifting. I don’t have a gym membership right. And it is getting way to cold to workout in the garage. But all I have to do is take a look at my weight, BMI and blood pressure. Those numbers are screaming at me telling me I have no good reason for not finding a way to work out.

To that end I hit the iron in the garage this evening. I took it easy as anybody should, and I did no cardio. Here is the workout from the garage tonight.

Warm Up:

Overhead Press: 20 – straight bar alone

Curls: 20 – straight bar

Bent Over Rows: 20 straight bar alone

Hammer curls: 8lb dumbbell weights x 20

Note: This was a very light warm up. I’m 6’2″ and 240. But I am taking it easy as I do whenever I start back up :)

OH Press (all sets of 10):  20lbs, 30lbs, 40lbs

Bent over rows (all sets of 10) 40lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs

Note: All weights are weights only not counting the bar. I estimate the straight bar weighs 20lbs. Not an olympic bar.

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And here is to hoping you kick some major ass in 2012.

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