Mental Edge 19/03/2009
Posted by judeken in Uncategorized.Tags: aim, burpees, chatter, energy, goals, intense, lack, motivational, session, training, voices
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During my workout yesterday… I don’t mind telling you I struggled!
My bed was very appealing!!
And I was very aware of lacking my usual ‘fizz’ as I was plodding through the training session.
It’s not that I wasn’t enjoying the session. But I found I had such a lack of energy and there was no one there to shout at me, so you know what happened… the little voices started….
When I talk about this, it makes me smile… I openly admit that I hear voices in my head… Didn’t people used to get locked up for that??
It’s not that you can’t do this, it’s just that you don’t want to…. I don’t have to do this as I am not overweight so stopping now isn’t going to have any major impact. I’m already fit and healthy so errr what’s the point here…
I suddenly caught this chatter whilst I was in the middle of my 5th or 6th set of 45 second burpees.
Burpess are a great full body workout
And suddenly I reaslied that whilst I had subscribed to this programme of intense training, because Jon Le Tocq had asked for help.. I hadn’t actually sat down and gone through the reasons why I WANTED to do this.. now we all know that if we don’t make a point of setting oursleves goals, then you never have anything to aim for!
So that was it… I knew I had to examine my reasons for doing this. That was after I told the little voices to ‘shut the #@¿Ç up’ of course :0)
So this all ties up with some other work that I have started this week on my goals..
Have you got your mental chatter in order?? Coming this week …some systems on how to STOP the mental chatter and replace with with something useful and motivational. While you are waiting … have a listen to yourself, you may be surprised by just how much YOU are holding yourself back!
Even Personal Trainers get a push sometimes.. 25/02/2009
Posted by judeken in Uncategorized.Tags: bjj, bootcamps, classes, energy, enhancing, fatloss, fitness, improvements, jon le tocq, kick ass, maintenance, personal trainer, power, programme, side effect, stamina, storm force, training
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When the opportunity came up to help out a colleague by being a guinie pig for a 12 week stamina enhancing programme.. I jumped at it.
Even personal trainers like a kick up the ass every now and again! We are so used to designing programmes for everyone elses needs that we quite often fall into maintenance mode, you know, keep things ticking over for our own fitness.
Since moving to Tenerife my regular training patterns have gone out the window. I have not yet found anywhere to do BJJ. I teach no classes and am not currently running BOOT CAMPs. So when Jon Le Tocq of Storm Force Fitness asked the question…. well, what could I say…. 
I’m not looking at the Fat Loss side of the programme personally, although this will be an inevitable side effect. I am however expecting impovements in stamina, energy levels and power.
So, starting this Monday I will be commencing on my routine.. Jon will send me details by email, each Sunday for the coming week.
I will be posting weekly pics and measurements here..
Why so public?? Apart from it being part of the agreement with Jon, I want to show people how you can make changes without going to the gym!! I will be working out at home with the kit that I have here and I have borrowed a rowing machine. Apparently I will be doing 4-5 sessions a week! It’s also an insight for you as to how distance training can work.
Jon’s introduction to the programme…If you want to rapidly increase your conditioning levels to that of a fully grown panther……
I’m excited 
….and perhaps a little scared.. Beware people, I may not be able to move next week so don’t laugh at me too much when I try to cart my kit about!!
Let’s see where this goes!
