It's NOT ok

It's not OK to be overweight. It's not OK to wake up feeling like crap everyday. It's not OK to smoke or drink alcohol to excess. It's not OK to be broke. It's not OK to steal. It's not OK to drink and drive. It's not OK to be on blood pressure medication at 29 years old. It's not OK to eat fast food....

It's just NOT OK.

So why is society so accepting of behaviors that are just plain NOT OK?

Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it's some political correctness. Nobody wants to hurt anybodies feelings. We all want to have rights in our free society.

Yeah, man, it's cool. You have the right to be healthy because you are an AMERICAN. Nobody is going to make you eat right and exercise. You have rights!

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.... and FREE HEALTH CARE. That's what this country is all about? Right?

We accept these type of behaviors from people because it's apparently OK.

We don't judge people. We don't want to put other people down. We don't want to stand in the way of other peoples "rights".

It disturbs me to no end that liqueur stores will gladly sell booze to a homeless person that just collected nickles and dimes for hours on the street corner. What is wrong with that picture?

It disturbs me that a morbidly obese person can walk into a McDonald's and order a super size Coke with their fries, burger and dessert.

How about a doctor giving medication for blood pressure to a person that smells like cigarette smoke?

I could. Go on. All. Day.

I am here to tell you that it is NOT OK to abuse food and drugs. It is not OK to steal, drink and drive or not workout. It's just not OK. Stop accepting this type of behavior from those that you love. Don't accept it from yourself. If you are doing these types of things you are BURDEN to those of us that do not.

Health cares costs are SKY HIGH because people don't workout or eat right. SKY HIGH. People die, MANY people die because they CHOOSE to drink and drive, smoke and do so many other harmful things.

I just don't know why. I just don't know.

It doesn't matter how old you are. It doesn't matter that excuse that you have used in the past. It's time to stop accepting this bull shit from yourself and from others.

Enough is enough. Take control and take responsibility. Remember my new friend Brittany that I introduced to you the other day. Girl needs to lose a lot of weight and she is still in her 20's...

Guess what?

She chooses to no longer accept being who she way. She has taken life by the horns and knows....

So...what say you? Are you pissed off? Did I offend you? Good. Get to work and show me that you can do it. Today is the day. There is no tomorrow. 

Teresa and I are starting a group 24 Day Challenge VERY SOON. Send me a quick email and I will help you get signed up if weight loss is your goal. 

You are a champion. Thank you for reading. Please share if you find value. THANK YOU!

To your success! 

Rick Copley | Your Best Fitness Coach  | "Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

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YOUR dream life

The idea for today's blog post actually came to me as my alarm was going off at 5:15am today.

Not gonna lie. I was beat. Totally and completely exhausted and not really wanting to get our of bed. The two-a-day workouts that I have been doing are taxing me and getting up on 6 hours of sleep is a challenge. By the way, I post my days workouts on my other blog. Please jump on over there and check it out is you want some solid fitness motivation on a daily basis: CLICK TO READ "NO EXCUSES" BLOG. 

Thought in my mind as I peeled myself out of bed this morning was this, "HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS WHEN THEY HATE WHAT THEY DO?"

I heard recently that 80-85% of people hate their jobs. Could it be that many? Yikes.

So that was what I was thinking about. How in the world do people get up day after day and go do things that they hate, in a body that they hate just to get up and do it again. I just don't understand.

Why do you accept this?

I want to share with you today a little about my personal journey to where I am and how I am building my dream life.

When I moved to Florida 9 years ago I decided to "make money" by being a contractor. Long story short, the economy crashed and my plan didn't quite work out and I lost my house and was $50,000 in debt.

At that point my marriage became very stressed. My wife at the time decided that I needed a "job". I refused to go get a "job". I decided that I needed to use my talents and be in fitness again.

It took a year to get a full time job in fitness but I stuck it out to follow my dream. She wanted me to go work for UPS. (I'm not sure where that came from) There was no way I was going to go work for someone else in a life sucking job just so that we could live a certain lifestyle.

I just wasn't doing it.

A while later after my divorce I remember being at a point where I was so broke that I literally didn't have more than $10 to my name and no credit cards. One of my friends and mentors invited me to lunch and I prayed that he would pay because I didn't have enough money to buy lunch.

I was in my late 30's and I couldn't buy myself lunch.

Pathetic for sure. 

But you know what? I still got up everyday EXCITED for life and EXCITED what the day was going to bring.

Happy for a life that I was designed where now I look through Facebook and I see things like this...

"Every single day. Every time I play with my daughter, run a mile, complete a workout, buy new smaller clothes I know where I'd be if i hadn't met the Copleys"

You can't put a price tag or a dollar amount on how that makes me feel. So I stuck it out and I worked on a life that I could be proud of. I was single. I was broke. I really didn't know what things would turn our like but I knew that if I held my head up high, stayed positive and focused on personal growth and on helping others that things would turn out well for me. 

There were some dark days. There were some emotional struggles. It wasn't easy and it still hard sometimes.

I stuck with a vision of being happy and creating something special. 

Teresa showed up at exactly the right time and exactly when I had stopped looking. 

Together we started creating a vision. Together we started to build something special with our fitness business. 

Then we started Advocare.

This blog post isn't a sales pitch to get you to use Advocare or to join our team. That is not a the point. The point is to share with you how we are creating a dream life in our eyes. To us our personal freedom and the empowering of others is a life better then I have ever dreamed of. Your vision may be different. Or maybe it might be for you....

For us it started when we decided to build Advocare together. 

Since we started over 2 years ago we have helped more people than I had in the previous 12 years as a trainer, met more amazing people than I had in 38 years, developed the best friendships in our life and we have grown more as people than we could have ever imagined. 

It's amazing what you can do when you focus on helping others succeed. 

We live a life of freedom. We make out own schedule. I spend my days working out, writing blogs and talking to people about how we can help them.

The kids don't have to go to daycare or a babysitter. 

We have freedom and we have a dream life.

Are we rich? FAR FROM IT. Bills are tough to pay sometimes but we have very little stress in our lives because we are our own bosses. We get up when we want and we do things when we want to do them.

It is a dream life.

How can YOU build a dream life?

How can you get out of the misery of work and getting laid off and writing resumes and having to be away from your family all day? 

It's really simple.

Follow your dreams. 

Wake up with INTENTION. Move in a direction and don't let anyone push you from your path. 

Direct sales / MLM may not be for you. I get that. There can be a negative stigma attached to it. Everybody has an uncle or and neighbor who was burned by a "pyramid scheme". This is true just like everyone knows someone who got laid off, fired, passed over for a "promotion", works long hours, never sees their kids, is unhealthy and stressed, hates their job, hates their life, doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning.....

The freedom to stay home with your kids may not be for you. The freedom to give yourself a $20,000 per year raise (which is how much Advocare paid us the first year) may not be your thing. Making $1800-$3000 per month (which is what we average from Advocare now) "working" from home 10-15 hours per week isn't for everybody.

Changing lives and helping people may not be for you.....

...but what if it is?

What if a year from now you were building the dream life like we are doing? What if a week, a month or a year from now you were to spring out of bed knowing that there is something special for you in your day besides your life sucking job? What if.... 

I'm going to close out today's post with a question to you. Are you living a dream life? Be honest with yourself. Is this life the life you dreamed about as a kid?

My blessings are from decisions that I made. MANY of those decisions were HARD. Many times I have done things (AND STILL DO!) that are SO HARD but I know that to live later like no one else I need to live now like no one else. 

The ball is in your court. Are you willing to stand up and take control or are you going to let others rule you? The choice is yours. 

The 40 minute video found at the link that I am going to give you could be your answer; is was and it our answer. I don't know if it is for you or not. I really don't. But....ask yourself, considering what i have told you.... WHAT IF IT IS?

Do you have 40 minutes to invest to see what is possible? Can you carve out 40 minutes just to see if this is the answer to living YOUR dream life? ----> www.ChampionsWebinar.com 

I hope that you got value in today's post. If you watch the video and have questions or see something there for you then TAKE ACTION. Pick up the phone and call me (352-989-6795) or email me (rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com)

Do you know some people that may be struggling in life and could use a pick me up? Will you please share with them? THANK YOU!

To your success!

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach 

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

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You will fall

There will be hurdles. There will be obstacles. It will be hard. You will fight. You will succeed.

I talk about my high school distance running coach quite a bit in my blog. He was a super smart dude and he had phenomenal success as a coach and now as a big wig attorney in Boston.

This guy knows how to bring out the best in people. He taught me many lessons over the years. The wisdom of Andy Rogovin goes on and on in me for sure.

I remember very distinctly something that he said to me on a rainy day in the fall of 1987. It was on the starting line of the Catholic Memorial Invitational in Boston's Franklin Park. It was my first race as a member of the varsity. For a freshman cross country runner who had only been running for 6 weeks it was a BIG DEAL.

While gathered on the staring line he said this to us, "You are going to fall down in the race today. When you do... GET BACK UP."

The way said it was memorizing to me as a 14 year old kid running in a major race for the first time. It was like he could see the future or something.

How did he know I was going to fall down 10 minutes from now? 

He didn't put the thought in my mind that I may fall. In other words, he didn't say, "Be careful, it's muddy, you might fall down..." or "Be careful not to slip and fall..."

He said would would so it removed the "what if..." from out mind.

The real important thing that message did was this: IT GAVE US A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.


That is super powerful stuff folks. Really it is. Instead of being worried about a problem and putting pressure on myself I knew what was going to happen, it was going to happen to everyone and I knew what to do about it!

When I didn't fall down in the race I came up to coach wondering why and he just smiled. What a brilliant guy. Maybe he is the reason what two years later we were state champions....

Do you understand the thought process?

Check this out.

I am your coach. You are on the starting line of a race and I have a message for you.

"You will fall down."

You may not slip in the mud but you face hurdles and barriers. You are going to face tough times. You are going to be hurt, sick, tired, poor, frustrated and defeated.

You will fall on your ass and you are going to want to quit.

WHEN that happens don't quit. Don't ever quit. Don't ever give up.

This is why I talk about purpose all the time. As a young distance runner I had a burning desire to succeed. I had a burning desire to win. I had a rock solid purpose. To me, at that time, it meant something.

What does you health mean to you? It doesn't even have to be about your health. Your career, your business....whatever it is please know that you will fall down.

When you fall you GET BACK UP.

Promise me that when you fall down the next thing that you do it to get back on your feet and keep on fighting. That is how winning is done.

I hope this message struck some cords today. I hope that someone, somewhere needed to here this and today decided to get back up from a fall in the mud. The people that need this message are out there. Can you please share this? Maybe YOU could make a difference in someones life.

Truly, that is how winning is done.

Are you on Facebook? If you are can you jump over to our Fanpage and click "like". We would appreciate that. We also appreciate shares. Its the way we spread out message!

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Thank you for reading. If you are stuck on your journey or wanting to start your journey to a new you will you please send me an email or call me on my cell phone. (352-989-6795) I don't know if I can help you but what if.....

What if.

To your success! 

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach 

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Normal

Normal is fat, lazy and out of shape.

Normal is eating emotionally and giving up because it's just too hard.

Normal is eating a quick take out dinner and having a few bears to wind down each night.

Normal is watching 3-5 hours of TV a night.

Normal is un-healthy, sick and miserable.

Do you want to be normal like everyone else or do you want to be extra-ordinary? 

What do you want to look like? These guys....

Or this guy....

You get the point. 

Normal is not where you want to be. 

Guess that is NOT normal?

Getting up at 5am to go work out. Who does that? 

Eating out twice per month instead of twice a week. Crazy talk.

Getting rid of your bedroom TV. What would you do for 3-5 hours per night. Uhhh....

Keep track of your food every day. That takes time. Gosh...who in the world does that?

Well... these are habits that my wife and I have. We are clearly not normal....

If you want to be normal that is 100% fine. 

But do you want to be a champion? Guess what? You can't be both. 

If you want to break out of normal and turn heads at both the beach and doctors offce make sure to check out today's blog entry from the Lady Guru: http://ladygurusfitkitchen.blogspot.com/2014/05/hard-work.html

We pride ourselves on our ability to help people that want to be helped. Do you want to break out of the normal and join our team? We are looking for motivated people that want to make a difference in their own lives and help to impact the lives of others. 

If you need a physical transformation check this out: www.24daychallengemovie.com 

If you have a desire to help others and want to join our team then click to learn more: http://www.buttar.com/is-advocare-right-for-you/

To your success! 

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach 

JOIN OUR TEAM! 

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

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Simple tip to make BIG changes

Sometimes we just need a little change in our habits to make big changes in our lives.

I don't believe in short cuts. I do, however, believe in the simplicity of health and wellness. Simple good habits developed over time create long term results. I believe this 100%. Not easy but SIMPLE.

Simple stuff in today's video blog that could make a HUGE difference. How to create better morning eating habits...

Do you want more tips like this? How about an entire webinar devoted to eating the right way?

Well, OK then. We have your solution. 

Webinar Wednesday: "How to eat like a CHAMPION"

"45 minutes devoted to learning how to eat to gain energy, lose fat and add lean muscle"

Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 8pm EST

Login: http://join.me/advocareteamcopley 

Dial in: 559-726-1000 code 342621 (Must do both to hear sound)

Tons of value in this weeks webinar. Do you know anybody that wants to learn how to eat right? We would apprecauite it if you share this info with them.

We have limited space so make sure to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/279038075603927

Talk to you on Wednesday!

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach 

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

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Why do we lift weights?

In today's short video message I tell you the 3 reasons people lift weights.

Am I implying that weight lifting is bad?

Not at all. My real message is that too many people think that weight lifting is the key to fitness. It is not the key to fitness. The key to fitness is getting out of breath. Here is today's video message and after I'l give you a brief run down of what you SHOULD be doing to be MASSIVE results.

Lifting weights is a small part of the overall big picture of getting the fitness and the body that you want. It is a part but it is a SMALL part. If you realize that then you will getting better results. If not then this could be the reason that you are struggling. 

In a basic sense fitness is about confusing your body and causing your heart to beat really fast. You do this on a consistent basis and you will get results.

If you have been following my blog for any length of time you know that I am a huge fan of functional fitness. When you go to the beach you may find people that look great but are not really fit and you may find people (a higher percentage!) that look great and are fit! Be one of the latter! 

Do you want a more in depth explanation how to get a "HOT Beach Body" and be fit? I bet you do. Well, you are in luck. TONIGHT ONLY I am doing a 45 minute webinar detailing exactly how you can be PROUD to be at the beach this summer. 

This thing is going to be LOADED with tons of value. 45 minutes to your best body? 

Also, check it out. We have a special FREE offer for you if you tune in that could accelerate you results. It's all free and it's all for you! 

To login to the webinar go to this site: http://join.me/advocareteamcopley . There is no sign in required. Just put your name. 

The hear sound call in on your phone: 559-726-1000 code 342621. 

Login, dial-in and be empowered! 

Are you local to Lake County Florida? If so join us for the Grand Opening of ASM Fitness on Saturday, May 10th from 9am to 1pm. We are having workout and give-away and lot's of cool stuff. See out schedules, meet the trainers and see the facility! 

To RSVP for the event CLICK HERE. 

To your success!! 

Rick Copley, Certified Personal Trainer, ASM Fitness 

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com

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Self confidence in the face of adversity

A little different message today.

What is one trait that all successful people have? I would argue that part of it is self confidence. Makes sense, right? People that are successful have self confidence.

Not much room for argument there.

What I would argue is that there is more to it then simple "self confidence".

I believe that successful people have the ability to have self confidence in the face of adversity. Successful people have the ability to look defeat in the eyes and fight on no matter what.

My cross country coach used to tell us keep passing people at the end of race until "we get out of the finish shoot". Now I don't condone that but the point is to keep fighting until the there is literally no fight left. Keep pushing until everybody else quits and you are the last one standing.

Watch this quick video to here a story from my racing days then I had self confidence even when there was no reason to have self confidence. It was a race that I could not win.

How do you find self confidence when there is no reason?

I think that you look for small victories or small efforts to build towards bigger victories.

Let's look at weight loss.

One day you wake up, look in the mirror and see a big fat stranger staring back at you. For whatever reason you DECIDE you are going to lose weight.

You can do it, YOU WILL DO IT. You are fired up. You are confident!

You lay out a plan. You get to work. You are excited. A week into your mission you look at the scale and you are up 3 lbs and your knee is sore.

It's day 8 and you look in the mirror to see that say person, now with hurt knee.

Do you still have the same self confidence?

You see it's not being confident. It's having self confidence when the chips are down.

Have you ever noticed that the champions fight till the bitter end? That's how you become successful. You keep fighting no matter what.

The message today is this: have confidence in yourself. Be proud of who you are, what you have done and where you are going. If you get knocked down get back up. Do this over and over and over again to win in the end.

Be confident no matter what.

Want to know the real key to success? The more you fail the more confident you should be.

Hope that helps. Did you get value? If you did please share this around to you your friends and family and make sure to like our Facebook page. 

To your success!

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com

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Why is America fat?

I am not super big on stats. Don't get me wrong, I love numbers but we could go back on forth on numbers all day. I don't want to do that. Today I want to share what I believe are the root causes of obesity in America.

Can we agree that America is fat?

For the sake of this blog post today we will say, yes, America is fat.

The question up for discussion is this: Why?

Before I give my OPINION on why American is fat I am going to tell you why this topic is on my brain today. I am going to start by telling you what I really don't "know" the answer.

That is why the word "opinion" is in all capitols about. Nobody REALLY knows why we are fat. If we knew the actual answer don't you think we would fix the problem?

Well, in theory, yes. I think that the reason we can't fix the problem has a lot to do with the fact that we don't know really what caused the problem so how do you fix something that you don't truly understand?

I don't know either.

I saw a Facebook post yesterday from someone that said that sugar and artificial sweeteners were making us fat. Is there some truth to that? It's a stretch but a little. Could it be this simple. No it is not.

Not even close.

I am going to keep things simple today.

I have defined 3 reasons, in order of importance, that we are fat and getting fatter. Yes, these are generalities and no I really don't know the answer to what to do next BUT I will give you 3 things to do to make a difference at the end.

Make sure to read to the end!

Why is America fat?

Reason #1: The ridiculous decline in the quality of our food. 

Why is this? I have a theory. (Shocker, I know, right?)

Food is a HUGE money making industry in our country. People earn an income based on producing food. Guess what? Is there someone else out there making the same food? Yes. Why buy from person A vs. person B? Good question.

Over the years food production has turned into who can sell the food that tastes the best, lasts the longest and can be produced for the lowest cost. 

Who can make a cheaper widget. Right?

Would you pay $5 for a box of Strawberry's that were little and not very bright or would you pay $2 for a box of Strawberry's that were HUGE and bright red? Who cares why they are huge and bright red. Cheaper and better tasting is better!

Through all this competition more and more preservatives have been put into out food and more and more chemicals and more and more bad, bad stuff has been used to make it look and taste better.

This has dragged down the quality of the food so much that we are getting a fraction of the nutrition today from food than we used to even 15-20 years ago.

More preservatives means more sugar which means less absorption, less energy, more fat and more disease.

It doesn't matter how well you eat. You just can't get the nutrition that you used to be able to get and this creates a snowball effect in your body. The less nutrition you get the less energy you have, the less energy you have the less you move, the less you move the more illness you have, the more illness you have the more stress you have...and on and on and on.

The biggest reason that we are fat is that our food supply is crap and getting worse. I know that I am not wrong on this one.

Reason #2: The government isn't interested in doing anything to stop the problem. 

I know. A vague "reason" that I can't really justify.I think it is true. Leaders lead by example.

How many of our leaders are advocates for health and fitness? How much does government support physical education, health initiatives in schools, walking trails, nutrition education, preventative medicine, etc.

What if a student needed to play a sport to graduate high school or run a mile or workout everyday?

What if welfare applicants needed to be drug, alcohol and nicotine free? What if, in order to get health insurance you needed to be drug, alcohol and nicotine free AND workout 5 days per week.

I know this is preposterous but hopefully you get the point. Government is concerned only with staying in power and not creating change. Look at the mess with the Affordable Care Act. Who wins in this environment? Nobody!

Local and national governments need to step to the plate and stop this madness. Stop spending so much time and energy to develop another vaccine or  blood pressure pill. Invest in health education and building trails.

How about tax breaks for doing burpees?

Who is leading the country? The people or the people with money? I think we all know the answer to that.

Reason #3: The internet. 

Yes. I just blamed Al Gore.

Seriously though. This is broad but I truly believe that we have lost our way with what we do with our free time. When I say the internet I also mean: TV, cell phones, computers, video games, Facebook, blogs...

You get my drift.

We have so much to do in front of electronics now that we don't "have time" to workout, cook dinner, walk the dog or explore the trails that government built...or will build.

Guess how we afford to buy the XBox, iPhone, plasma TV and all the accessories and contracts...

We work WAY TO MUCH so that we can veg in front of the computer and TV for hours and hours.

Who remembers growing up in the 70's or 80's?

Oh good. Me too.

I got home from school, thew my books on my bed, rode my bike to my friends, played guns or football, built forts, climbed trees and goofed off till dark. Then it was home to do my homework and maybe watch a little TV.

My mom cooked my dinner every night.

Do kids still do this? Some do but how many kids are in front of a computer, on the phone or watching Netflix? 

As adults we have similar changes in the last 30 years. Who has to work more, invests in healthy eating less, plays with electronics more and exercises less?

How about this for a statistic. In 2005 Americans spend 744 million on energy drinks. In 2013 it was 9 billion. 

Do you see the problem here?

We have no energy. We have little hope. Americans are fat. This we can't deny.

Why? Well our food supply sucks, the government refuses to do anything but keep power and pretend there is no problem and we are not helping our own cause. We work to much so we can have things that we really don't need so we can work so more. 

Does that sum it up? So what do we do?

If I knew that answer to that question I would be part of the problem.

Here are 3 things that I would do if I were you:

1. Do the Advocare 24 Day Challenge and regularly take supplements to counteract the fact that our food supply sucks. Is this "salesy" on my part? Sure. Guess what? My wife Teresa and I are the most fit people you know. Maybe we have it figured out. Honestly, find another supplement company if you want. You need to supplement your your diet. Period.

2. Advocate for more physical education in school, more trails, more healthier and fitness and get your butt out the door. Go to a different local trail every weekend and post all about it on social media. Invite your friends to go for a bike ride or a hike. Donate to parks or trails or wellness in general. Creating a movement starts with action.

3. Limit your internet and TV time. Hard one I know. Several months ago my wife and I eliminated TV in the kids rooms and in our room. Guess what? We play cards more, we read more and my wife and I give each other massages more! WIN.

I know it's not a lot of stuff but it is a start. You have to start with YOU and with YOUR HOME.

Sorry this was so long today. Lots of information but it's stuff you need to know.

If you want to learn more about how you can get involved with our supplement program you can join us at our home in Grand Island TONIGHT 7-8pm for our Advocare Nutritional Mixer. Learn about how Advocare can help provide solutions for your health and your finances. Our address is: 2481 Plumadore Dr.

You can also tune into a live webinar on Thursday at 9pm EST. This should last about 20 minutes. Simple and easy. No sign in required. Today anonymous.

To join the webinar: join.me/advocareteamcopley For sound: 559-0726-1000 code 342621.

Hope you got some value out of today's post. If so please like, comment and share. We always appreciate that!

To your health!

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com

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Elite

We were in Forth Worth, Texas a few weeks ago for leadership training with Advocare. It was an AMAZING and empowering experience and the takeaways were many. Often with an event like this there is a theme that resonates from all the presenters. This was indeed the case.

But that is not what resonated with me. It was an awesome theme but to me it was ONE WORD that got stamped on my heart and soul.

One word: Elite.

It came from Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witton.

He said this, "Be elite in every aspect of your life."

Wow.

The words hit me hard.

Jason Witton is a true man among men. He came from a broken home and has an outstanding story. When he was a teenager his grand father became his mentor and coach. His grand father told him that if he wanted to be elite in football first he needed to be elite in every area of his life. Those are some powerful words.

Jason took it to heart and the rest..well...is history. READ MORE.

He has become not only and elite football player but a LEADER is so many areas.

I bring up Jason Witton and his message from Leadership School for a very specific message.

My message to you is the same as Jason's message to the Advocare Leadership Team: Be elite in every area of your life.

Don't get me wrong. This isn't easy. It is a process but you can do it.

Honestly it's not my job to help you be elite in most of the areas. My job is to help you to be elite is the area of health and fitness.

The following 10 tips will not only help you to reach peak health BUT ALSO will help you be feel better, look better and be better in life in general. If you somehow think that your health and vitally isn't tied to success in EVERY area of your life well then I may not be able to help you...

1. Become a positive person. Eliminate all negatively from your life. PERIOD.
2. Become a doer and not and excuse maker.
3. Stop seeking attention on social media and start making a difference. Positive attention is giving to those doing things. Negative attention is given to people asking for attention.
4. Establish unbreakable rules in your life. For example: I do not drink soda, I do not eat fast food, I do not do drugs, I do not smoke...etc. You get the point. Don't break your own rules. Be ELITE!
5. Workout everyday and bring others with you.
6. Fuel your body the right way and don't give into the latest greatest "fad" diet. A balanced approach is ALWAYS the right way. How do you know if it is a fad diet? It has a NAME!
7. Supplement your body with only the best micro nutrition. My suggest is the use Advocare supplements. It's what Jason Witton uses. If it's good enough for him then its good enough for me.

8. Be involved in a sport. Golf, softball, running, triathlon...it doesn't matter what the sport. Do something that you will have to train for. This will help you to stay focused.
9. Involve and support your family in fitness activities. It's about paying it forward. Don't discount how important this is!
10. Balance contentment and ambition. This is a blog post in itself. Be proud of who you are and what you look like. But NEVER be satisfied with that. ALWAYS try to be better and be more! I took a lame selfie at the store yesterday. To show that I have little shame...here is it:

I worked out 3 times yesterday.

Am I content with the way I look and the way I feel? 100% YES! 

Do I still work hard to look better, feel better and be better. 100% YES! 

So there you have it. Be elite in every area of your life and you are guaranteed to find success. How could you not?

I leave with you a final thought today.

Don't expect to do one or two things "elite" and find true happiness. You can take that statement however you take it. Lot's of people have lots of money and are very unhappy. Lot's of fit people are unhappy. Lot's of people excel in one area of life but falter in others. 

Be honest. Look yourself in the mirror and ask, "Am I elite in every area of my life?"

If the answer is no then get to work becoming elite. Then you will find happiness.

Hope you found value here. Please like, comment and share if you feel that this message may help someone you know that needs it. We appreciate that! 

To your success!

Rick Copley, Your Best Fitness Coach

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com

352-989-5795

Are you stuck?

We all have health and fitness goals. Sometimes we are get stuck.

It's the truth. The scale doesn't move like it used to. The times aren't getting faster anymore. The lifts aren't getting easier. Stuck.

Are you stuck?

If you are stuck watch this quick video and I will tell you 3 strategies to get yourself un-stuck and moving in the right direction.

Remember that you always have the choice to change your circumstances. Indeed you are not a tree...

I am a firm believer that you need to put the right stuff in your body if you want to get the right stuff out of your body. I have learned over my 15 years as a personal trainer that food is not enough. We ALL have gaps in our nutrition. We all are also out of balance nutritionally. 

We stake out business and out reputation on the 24 Day Challenge from Advocare. 

If you are stuck of it you want to get massive results and don't know where to start then I would suggest that you look into the 24 Day Challenge. Will watching a 6 minute video change your life? Nope. Will taking action change your life? YES! Will watching a 6 minute video hurt you? It will not. Watch and see if it is something that you want to learn more about. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

PLEASE email me (rick@yourbestfitnesscoach) or call my cell phone (352-989-6795) if you want to get started or have any questions. We are here to help! 

To your success! 

Early

I love getting out and working out early. Here is a quick selfie from my early morning run:

I think the best thing about an early morning workout is that you are DONE. The other cool thing is that you have time later to get second workout in if you so desire!

Nothing wrong with working out twice.

Watch this short video to see what I have to say about my early morning run.

The benefits of working out early:

1. It's done!
2. The weather is usually nicer.
3. Less traffic.
4. Hang with like minded people.
5. Less distractions. (spouses and kids usually still in bed!)

Do you like working out in the morning but don't want the hassle of joining a gym and not knowing that to do and getting locked into a contract?

If so we have an option for you. If you are local to Central Florida you can give Your Best Fitness Coach a shot. We do classes 6am Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Workouts are hard, I'm not going to lie. Isn't that why we work with a coach? All workouts are programmed by me and functional in nature. No heavy weights and no ripped open palms; just hard metabolic conditioning that helps you shed fat and gain strength.

If you want to learn more send a me a quick email and we can set up a time to talk about your goals and see it what we offer is right for you. We also do on-line coaching and on-site group workouts. Send me an email if you are ready to get fit and ready to work to do it!

Your reality

How do you change your reality?

The simple answer is that you...change your reality. To change you reality you simply need to do two things:

1. Speak different words.
2. Do different things.

Speak it then do it. Watch this short video to learn more about this simple yet powerful paradigm.

I just LOVE the screen captures from my YouTube videos. Someday I'll figure out how to change that.

Success in almost anything it pretty simple when you think of it. All it requires is a purpose and a desire to win no matter what the cost. Once you have that the rest falls into place.

If you are local to Central Florida then we would like to invite you to our home in Grand Island tonight at 7pm. We are doing another Nutritional Mixer. We would love for you to come if you have a desire to be more and help other people. 

We do two things:

1. We help people get AMAZING physical results with the best nutritional supplements on the planet.

2. We also help people to change there lives an earn income. As a matter of fact we will have a lady here tonight named Audra who earned a $500 Rookie Bonus a couple of weeks ago. Good stuff, right?

If you are in the area then stop on by. You have nothing to lose any everything to gain. 

This is NOT a sales presentation or some sort of sketchy "time share presentation". We are not offering "free" cruises. Just free Spark! Bring no money because we are not selling anything. We just want people to know what we do! 

Our address is 2481 Plumadore Dr, Grand Island. If you are going to come please RSVP rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com 

Yours in fitness,

Rick Copley, AdvoCare Gold 3-Star Independent Distributor

"Empowering YOU to be a champion" 

rick@yourbestfitnesscoach.com

352-989-5795

Landmarks

The journey never ends. True there are landmarks along the way but do we every truly see the end?

What is left if we finish the journey?

Really nothing.

To many times people strive for something and don't feel contentment when they get there. The goal is reached yet we feel hollow inside because we don't have a next landmark.

I would argue that life is a series of landmarks.

Why would we travel down a dead end road? Why would we stop when you reach a goal? The road we travel is the destination. The goals we reach are the landmarks along the way. They never end. 

Take a couple of minutes to watch this quick video. If you find value can you share this with someone you think may benefit? If you want to learn more about what we do please visit our website: yourbestfitnesscoach.com or our Facebook Page.