The only limits in life are the limits we place on ourselves.
Look at some of the doers of the world. Some are "talented" and some come from a "good upbringing" or where "born with a silver spoon" or have certain "gifts" but the truly great people of the world are those people that simply decided to define their own limits.
Truly, you are your greatest limitation.
If you really delve into the "why" of lack of success guess what you are ALWAYS going to find at some point? Yeah, it's you.
If you do the same for the true successes in life guess what you are going to find? Every great success that you have is going to be the result of actions that YOU took and decisions YOU made.
When all is said and done it's 100% up to you. Your life is your responsibility. You can either blame the world for all that you don't have or you can get off your ass and make it happen.
It's up to you.
When you peel back the layers and you have the courage to define your true reality you will see that there are NO LIMITS.
I heard comedian comedian Stephen Wright say this once and it's very funny and prolific at the same time: "Anywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
Same goes for your goals and your vision. There are no limits to what you can accomplish if you have the time, the perseverance and are willing to do what it takes.
The true hero's and legends that we all look up to are the ones what refused to accept the limits that others placed on them.
So to you I say: There are no limits. Release the chains that hold you back. Stop pretending that lock that keeps the chains in place is secured by someone else. Look in your pocket. The key is there.
Here is a 7 step action plan for YOU to live the life you desire:
1. Accept that the past is a book written by you and that the next chapters are also written by you. You determine the story line. Your life is your responsibility.
2. Only read, watch and listen to positive things. Negatively will bring you down day after day. Refuse to be drawn down.
3. Stop complaining.
4. Stop sharing negativity on social media.
5. Make it a point to set daily goals and ACCOMPLISH them. If you move closer your big goal each and every day then you will get there!
6. Politely dismiss people from your life that don't believe in you and aggressively add people to your life that support you and build you up.
7. Do good. Give back in some way. Even if it is something small that you do just make sure that you are adding value to others when you expect nothing in return.
This list of 7 step is like a foundation. You do this on a daily basis and the world you create is going to astound you on every level.
Trust me.
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No I don't want you to go to the bar. Not the best idea.
I have an acronym that could change your life for the better.
Really. Sometimes to make a major change in your life all you need is a slight shift in the way that you think. Are you ready for that shift?
I was at Advocare Success School this weekend. What an amazing experience it was. Cowboy Stadium is a pretty impressive place. Here is what it looked like:
25,000 people in attendance. Curious thing though. Over the course of the weekend we only got see 20 or so leaders and big income earners. Obviously there are a lot more but it is a relativity small percentage of the 25,000 people in the building.
In Advocare (the direct sales company that I am part of) only .5% of the 500,000 plus distributorships are on the National Leadership Team.
It's just like anything else. There are 2.1 million people employed by Walmart. How many make $10,000 per month? I don't know but I bet it's less than 1/2 of one percent.
The point is that in anything a very small percentage of people excel about and beyond.
The people that excel. How do they do it?
I think it is super simple. It's the acronym that I mentioned before: B. A. R.
B - Belief. It may seem simple or it may even seem silly but if you don't truly in your heart believe that you can do it then you can't. Period. If you you believe that you can do it then you can literally do ANYTHING. But belief is only half of the equation. God's honest truth.
A - Action. This is what trips most people up. I am amazed the number of people that talk a big game but yet do very little action to accomplish the goal. You must get off your ass and get to work to get what you want. Truth.
R - Results. With both believe and action you will get results. If you are missing one or the other you will not get the results that you want. It's simple and it's the truth.
Sadly the achievers of the world are in the minority. Most people aren't successful at high levels. The reason is more simple that most people think.
It's a lack of belief and a lack of action.
If you really and truly want something out of life that is more than you already have you MUST start with belief and you must create massive amounts of action.
I hope you got value from today's simple message. If you did will you please share so your friends can be blessed?
Are you within an hour or so of Eustis, Florida? If you are Teresa and I are doing a fun workout on Saturday that you may be interested in checking out. It's called "Rick and T's Amazing Race". What is this? You are going to have to come on Saturday to find out! It's going to be fun!
What is fitness really? What does it mean to be fit? Are you truly fit?
Teresa was just now telling me about a lady who told her that she could leg press like 300 lbs. Pretty impressive, right?
Maybe. This lady can't do a push-up.
So does a 300 lb leg press mean you are fit?
What if you can run a 5 minute mile but can't bench press 100 lbs? Is a 5 minute miler more fit than a guy who can only run 9 minutes for a mile...but can bench press 400 lbs.
I think it speaks to the essence of REAL FITNESS.
I would even argue that part of what is wrong with the health in our country is that we don't actually focus on true fitness.
In other words we place importance on singular exercises and numbers when we really need to place value on being fit.
The goal of today's post is again to get you thinking.
Ask yourself these 3 questions:
1. Are you happy with the way you look and the way you feel?
2. Are you focussing one one aspect of fitness? (i.e running or power lifting)
3. Are you you willing to make changes in your fitness plan?
If you said "no" to either #1 or #2 then #3 better be "YES".
It's as simple as that. If you focus on one thing you will not get great results long term.
The message for today may help you if you are wanting better levels of fitness but struggling.
It could be what you are doing.
If you want to be personally coached by Teresa and I we would be happy to help. Shoot me a quick email and we can see if you are a candidate for our coaching!
Please share this post if you find value! THANK YOU!
To I am going to keep this post short today. We have a ton of stuff to do to get ready for our twice per year trip to Texas for Advocare Success School. We leave tomorrow.
The message today is short but powerful.
Don't make excuses for your addiction.
I had a little bit of negative "feedback" from my blog post about the Coke "share" campaign. What the heck. Negative feedback is still feedback.
I'll take it.
My friend and mentor Mike Ferro likes to say that you need to have the courage to "define your reality".
Truth.
You have to have the COURAGE even if it's not a pretty picture.
If you have an addiction you must admit that you have an addiction and admit that you are two weak to fight the battle that you must fight to beat it.
Harsh? Probably. Truth? Indeed.
Lots if people have terrible addictions. I'm sure it is hard. There are also lots of people that overcome these addictions.
It can be done. Addiction can be beat if you have the courage to first admit it then have the courage to beat it.
It can be done.
Don't be lame and try to rationalize your addiction or make excuses. "It's not that bad...I and quit anytime...it's only once in a while."
You are not fooling anyone and you are only hurting yourself if you don't face the problem head on.
Are you making excuses for your addiction? Stop it. Stop it now.
You are better than that.
If you got value out of today's short message please share. Someone one there may need to hear this. I hope that got you thinking.
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To your success!
Rick Copley | Your Best Fitness Coach | "Empowering YOU to be a champion"
Honesty is the best policy. Have you seen this picture making the rounds on social media?
Brilliant. Freakin' brilliant.
Dale Carnegie talks about it in his famous book "How to Win Friends and Influence People." What is the most popular word in ANY language?
It's YOUR name!
It's the word that we all want to hear. We look for it in writing. We listen for it. We want to hear our own name. Research clearly proves that it is the word that we want to hear the most.
So Coke goes and puts peoples names on their cans and bottles. Wow. That is good thinking. I bet it's made them a lot of money and helped to further our health problems.
Well played Coke. Well played.
If you don't understand the dangers of soda then you definitely need to educate yourself. Lot's of great resources out there. I would start by going to Google and typing "dangers of Coke".
That is not the point of this article.
I want to share with you my personal history and my story when it comes to soda and more specifically energy drinks. My hope that is my story will impact and maybe help you in some way.
I always drank soda as a kid. I was an athlete but I was never told it was bad. I wouldn't say I drank a lot but... yeah...I had my share.
As I got into college I can honestly say that I got away from drinking soda for the most part. I was never addicted so I just didn't bother with it all that much.
When I got a little older I found Mountain Dew. I LOVED myself some Mountain Dew. I started to get addicted. For a period of time in my early 30's I had to have my Dew everyday. It was a crazy bad habit.
Then came my asthma and other health issues. As part of my change for the better and retaking my health I quit drinking soda for several years.
It's amazing how much better I felt!
Then I had my first Monster. I think I was doing a a long drive and I needed to stay awake. It's amazing how much of a jolt 16 ounces of Monster Energy Drink will give you!
A week or two later I bought another one. For a while I had one every other day until the fateful day that I had one two days in a row and I was hooked.
For 3 years I had to have a Monster Energy Drink each and every day. At times I was so poor that I didn't have money to put gas in my car so I could drive to work but I found a way to buy that Monster. It was a sad state.
Eventually the Monster didn't have the desired effect and by mid afternoon I could either suffer or I could have second Monster. When I had a second one I felt bloated and just BLAH.
If there was ever a day that I didn't have a Monster you would not believe how bad I felt.
Then one day I found Spark and I haven't had a Monster since. I feel so much better now that I don't have that addiction. If I don't have the Spark I feel fine. If I have a 2nd, 3rd or 4th Spark I feel good and never crappy and bloated like Monster made me feel.
This isn't a sales pitch for Spark but that is my story and Monster's are out of my life.
Do you see how it can happen? Share a Coke. Share another Coke. BOOM. Addiction.
My message to you today is simple. Don't play into this stupid marketing campaign; and that is what it is. It's a marking campaign that will make them billions at the cost of your health.
Please don't play into it. Please don't.
If you drink soda I would recommend two things. First I would look into our 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge. If you do some clean eating you will automatically start to feel better and it will help you get off the soda.
Also, I would check out Advocare's Spark energy and metal focus drink. Soda has caffeine and a boat load of sugar and other BAD, BAD stuff. Spark has some caffeine but it is backed up with 21 vitamins and minerals. It costs about the same as soda. Which do you think is better?
What were we designed to do? What were out bodies designed to do on a daily basis.
PLEASE keep in mind that this is NOT a creationism versus evolution debate nor is it me saying I believe or don't believe one or the other. Everything I say in today's short post is based on not knowing which is the truth.
Now that that is out of the way.
Were out bodies DESIGNED to get in our car, go to Publix, buy food, put it in a microwave and eat it? Or were out bodies designed to go out the door, chase down some food, catch it, kill it and eat it and plant and harvest our fruits and veggies?
What do you think?
Were out bodies designed to workout for 30 minutes a day?
HELL TO THE NO!
Our bodies were DESIGNED to sprint, lift, jump, walk, crawl, climb and do lot's other things in a random order thorough the day.
Our bodies weren't designed to carry a boat load of fat or an excessive amount of muscle.
I was having this discussion after the workout workout morning. I think I have done about 10 or 11 different workouts this week so far. The questions was: Is that too much?
My argument was that that just right and those that worked out 2-3 times didn't do it enough.
Our bodies were made for many short duration "workouts" that involve functional and intense movements.
Everybody want to look good on the beach. Everybody want to look good in mirror selfies. Everybody wants to feel good about what happens to their shirt when they lift their hand over their heads.
Everybody wants abs.
The problem is that when you go to the beach or the volleyball courts you don't see a lot of abs. The last time you went to the beach did you did as many hot abs as you saw people doing crunches at the gym? Somehow I don't think so. Likely you saw a lot of this....
Hold on to your hats because today I am going to give you the top 10 ab exercises to help YOU get those flab abs that you have always wanted!
Are you ready? Are you ready for those killer abs that you thought only the girls in the bikini magazine could have? Here you go. The top 10 ab exercises based on my 15 years experience as a personal trainer and fitness coach!
Super secret special EXERCISE #1:BURPEES. Wait. What... What? How do burpees work the abs? What about crunches?
TRUTH: You can't spot reduce. You can only bust your ass to burn calories so you can eliminate fat. Most people will drop fat all over and the fatty layer on top of your abs may be stubborn but it will come off.
Check out Teresa's abs! NO CRUNCHES!
Burpees are the best exercise out there to get your heart rate up, help you develop functional strength and flexibility and get you super fit.
The process to developing killer abs is SIMPLE: Lower your body fat. Burpees are the best way to do that.
Here is a video showing you how to modify a burbee:
EXERCISE #2: Thrusters. This is also know as a squat to press. You can use kettlebells, a barbell or dumb bells.It really doesn't matter as long as you have weight in both hands and do a full squat and lock your arms out overhead when you come up.
This is a great core stability exercise and a real leg burner. You utilize the biggest muscles in your body (glutes) and well as your shoulders and arms. Make sure that you start with light weight and progress in weight a reps slowly. Here is a short video showing you how:
EXERCISE #3:Running (or walking FAST and HARD) with INTERVALS. Don't forget the intervals part. What is an interval? It's a period of hard work followed by a period of period of rest. The interval time doesn't matter as long as the rest is no more than double the work. If the work is 30 second then the rest should be 30-60 seconds.
A great interval workout is: 20 minutes of minute HARD, minute easy. Simple and efficient. Here is another: Each hard interval is followed by rest of the same amount of time. 1-1-2-1-1-3-1-1-2-1-1. The time combinations are almost limitless. You can do this on grass, on the roads on hills, on trails or on a treadmill.
Don't get sucked into the concept of long easy run all the time. They are OK but if you want to shed fat you need to do intervals.
EXERCISE #4:Kettlebell swings. I love kettlebell swings. We were just doing some last night and they were really killer. Swings can be a little technical but with some good instruction and a low starting weight they can be really beneficial. Before doing swing with challenging weights MAKE SURE you get some instruction from a qualified coach. If you do these wrong you can get hurt.
If you do them right you will prevent injury, have a strong back and sexy abs. SO DO THEM RIGHT!
EXERCISE #5:Sumo deadlift high-pull. (SDHP) I joke because when I write SDHP on the board I have people that have been working out with me for years that STILL ask what it is. Really...?!
The SDHP is great exercise that is easy to learn and easy to transition into during a quick metabolic workout. Just like the swings it is important to use good form and to be careful when you add weight. Make sure to challenge yourself as you get more proficient but don't be too aggressive. You doing want to get hurt!
EXERCISE #6:Push-ups. We do hand release push-ups which most everybody can do. Here is quick video showing you that those are:
A lot of people shy away from push-ups because they are hard. That is exactly WHY your SHOULD be doing them., The modification for the hand release push-up is to simply come up on your knees then lift your knees off the ground at the end. You will be amazing how many people can do this when they think they can't!
EXERCISE #7: Jump rope. Jump rope for on minute without stopping and see if you are out of breath. I dare you!
EXERCISE #8:Box jump. Same as number 7. Do 60 seconds of box jumps and your body fat will be running for the hills.
NOTE: If you are VERY overweight (i.e. 100+ lbs) you should avoid #7 and #8. The impact if you are very heavy is going to likely do more hard then good. Advice from a qualified professional is ALWAYS a good idea.
Jumping up onto a "box" doesn't have to scare you. Start but jumping up onto something just a few inches off the ground then stepping down. Slowing add height and jump down on two feet as you get stronger and feel more confident. Box jumps are a REAL heart rate shocker. LOVE THESE!
EXERCISE #9:Pull-ups. Another body weight movement that will rock your world. I am OK with assisted pull-ups because most people can't do full on pull-ups. Make it a habit of doing full range on motion (chin over bar, elbows locked at the bottom) on each rep and CHALLENGE yourself.
EXERCISE #10:Air squats. My suggestion on air (body weight) squats is to do a lot of them and the touch your but to something. A bench or a medicine ball work great. Don't sit (Unless you are just staring off. If you are then that is a great modification!)
Why not weighted squats? I really truly believe that for weighted squats to be of benefit you need to be really strong and most people are not. Air squats are easy to perform and you can do them anywhere. No equipment is required and they are super easy to transition into.
Did you notice something about this list?
No crunches. No ab machine. No bicep curls. No elliptical trainer.
Why do people continue to go to the gym and focus on exercises that don't do them any good? I just don't know.
The real question SHOULD be this: How do you use these 10 exercises to get abs?
Do them as much as you can with varied weight, varied reps, varied order and shock the crap out of your body.
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ONLY 6 DAYS left to register for the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge. This program was so popular in July that we decided to open it up for August. Time is limited. As soon as you register you will have access to the program and to the accountability group.
I think this is a pretty cool topic and I know that you will get value from my perspective.
Truth be told there is more "failure" in fitness then there is success. I think the reason for this is that to many people are just doing the wrong things, thinking he wrong way and having the wrong expectations.
Not to toot my own horn.....
.... but my wife and I are probley two of the most fit people you know. Also, we have a BUNCH of people that we train that are in the best shape of THEIR lives.
The point is that I know what I am talking about.
Today's topic comes from a conversation that I had with one of our champions that work out at ASM Fitness. He comes with his wife and one day I saw him walking with her on a 400m run.
I took him aside and said, "What the hell are you doing?"
You see, she didn't need his company on her walk. She was going at her pace and could complete a 3 minute walk all by herself. His job wasn't to keep her company.
His job was to put her in the car and deliver her to the workout. It was HER job to do HER workout and HIS job to do his workout. The two were confused and they can't be.
It is my job a trainer to provide a challenging workout in an encouraging and safe environment. I do that. YOUR JOB as someone getting in shape is to show up and do your best. YOUR JOB is going to be to come 99% of the way. MY job is to make sure that you are doing your job.
Does that make sense?
Too many people in this world want to do it for other people. Help others pay for things or create an easy way for them to do X or Y. Sometimes that is not helpful. Sometimes you just need to put them in the car and drop them off.
I like the word "empower". My job is to write a workout and point to it. "Go!"
Then I throw a few words of encouragement and some form pointers your way and you do it.
We all have our jobs.
If you are in need of some better health well then your job is to get healthy. Do you want to help others? Well then your job is to point them to people that can help them. You job is to encourage, support and empower.
Your job is also to stop enabling people.
What does that mean?
You and your spouse work out at 6am. Your spouse says, "I'm not going, I'm tired." If you stay in bed with him/her then you are enabling. If you get up, turn the light on and start getting dressed then you are empowering a better decision?
I hope that makes sense.
Part of your "job" as a human is to help and empower others. Here are 5 ways that you can empower others to live a healthy lifestyle:
1. Share this blog. It may seem like I am being narcissistic and self serving but I really feel that this FREE response could change some lives. Share this and others blogs and article that teach and empower. You never know what someone might pick something up that changes their life!
2. Invite someone. REMEMBER that you can't do anything FOR people. You can, however, put them in the environment and let them decide for themselves. "I'm going to workout class, would you like to come...." It really is that easy Bring them along!
3. Live an active lifestyle and post your pictures and feelings on social media or on a blog. We live in a digital age and that is not going to chance anytime soon. Inspire others on your journey and give them the opportunity to jump on board.
4. Be the encourager. You can do this in workout class. Your not the coach but you CAN tell someone they look great or encourage someone to keep going when he or she looks tired. Be that person that says good job and gives a fist bump at the end of the workout.
5. Wear your colors. If you belong to a gym or are involved with supplement company or any fitness organization then wear your colors. Be proud of your active lifestyle and wear it on your chest. People will ask and you can point them in the right direction.
So there you go. Do your job and you will change yourself and you will change those around you and you will change the world.
Teresa and I are super excited to announce that we are opening the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge for August. It is opening up for a limited time. As a matter of fact it is only open till Monday at 9pm.
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"
The biggest success in life come when you are coachable. The lesson here is simple. Want more from life? Become coachable.
I had a lot of good qualities as an athlete when I was young. Being coachable clearly wasn't one of them.
It took me a long time to learn that one. Really wish I had picked it up earlier. More about me later....
So what does it mean to be coachable and how can YOU be coachable?
First we should look at the people that are un-coachable and PROUD. We all know these people. These are the one that will squawk all over Facebook, "I did it all myself with diet and exercise" or the people you know that are going to this or do that and create an entirety new way to do the thing that millions have already done another way.
Do you get my drift on this one?
One of the principles in Jack Canfield's AWESOME book, "The Success Principles" is SUCCESS LEAVES CLUES. In other words if you are trying to do something that many people have done doesn't it make sense to learn from their victories and their defeats.
This is the essence of being coachable. This is a lesson that we all need to learn.
If you have a task at hand, a goal, a desire, a dream....the first thing you need to do is to find someone that has done what you want to do and emulate them. Do what they did.
It is also a good idea to be COACHED by someone that has helped others do what you want to do.
I would go as far as to say that the MAIN REASON people fail is they do not seek out guidance from people that have failed and succeeded before them.
Here is your action plan to achieve virtually ANY goal. Ready?
1. Define your WHAT. It's to be CLEARLY define and stated in the present tense. "I am feeling proud and fit weighing in at 130 pounds SO THAT I can be an energetic mother."
Where did I get this from? Did I make this up? No. It came from Jack Canfield's book. If you start making up new ways to succeed based on what you made up then you are setting yourself up for failure. Get guidance. The top success coaches ALL say that you need to know what you want before you can do anything about it.
2. Define you why. This is along the same theme as number one. It need to MEAN SOMETHING. Thus the SO THAT statement.
3. Get help and accountability. FOLLOW A SYSTEM that works. Posting on a Facebook asking a bunch of people that don't know what they are talking about is not the best practice. Find someone that has had proven results helping others and seek guidance from them.
4. Create an action plan and stick to it. The action plan is going to be one that fits your needs but it is going to be one that has worked for others like you.
This is how people succeed. They define what they want, they know why they want it, they get help and accountability and they get to work.
So many people get lost in this process. USUALLY it comes down to people that think it is some big fat badge of courage or something to say, "I did it one my own."
Nobody cares if you did it on your own. It doesn't make your accomplishments mean any more. It just means you are stubborn and uncoachable.
The fact of the matter is that somewhere, someone JUST LIKE YOU did what you are trying to do. There is a system and method. Why make up your own when you can just copy someone else?
I can't tell you the number of times that I have heard people tell me all this crazy stuff they are trying to do to lose weight. Most of those programs don't work.
So to close out today's short post I want to share with you a personal story about me as a young athlete.
I had lot's of success as a runner back in the 80's and early 90's. To be honest I was a handful for my coach. I didn't seek guidance when I should have an I did my own thing more than I should have.
If I could go back I would change one thing and one thing once. I would have trusted my coach more and been more coachable.
I can't change that but you can change what you do. Seek guidance. Be coachable. Succeed.
It's a winning formula.
My wife and I have helped many hundreds of people succeed in the area of weight loss. We do offer distance coaching to people to help them they their workouts. If you live far from us we can still guide you.
We are here to help. Call me if you you need a coach (352-989-6795)
If you think that there may be people out there in your Facebook world will you please share this post. You might be able to change someones life.
To your success!
Rick Copley | Your Best Fitness Coach | "Empowering YOU to be a champion"
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 clothesI 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!
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