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Tell me if this sounds familiar to you:

It’s a couple of weeks before the New Year, and you have decided that this year is the year you are going to lose weight and finally get fit. You set yourself New Year resolutions to go to the gym 5 times a week, stop eating chocolate, wake up at 6AM, and stop drinking alcohol – sounds good on paper… right?

Unfortunately, 99.9999999% of you are going to fail.

Yes, I know that does seem harsh, but it is the truth. Let us be real with ourselves; do you honestly think you could make all these commitments and maintain them? The answer is most likely no, for multiple reasons…

1) You will resent fitness

Why are you giving up alcohol and chocolate and so much time!? Because of Fitness. This causes an unhealthy relationship with it, as it will become something you will resent and not enjoy. This will make it only harder to stay committed.

2) You are not ready to handle it

Fitness is a habit, and habits need to be developed over time. However, fitness is a positive habit, and positive habits take a hell of a lot more willpower to develop. If just managing to wake up in time up to rush into uni/work is hard enough,  what makes you think you are going to be able to maintain a strict workout AND diet regimen?

3) Cold turkey is unsustainable

Unless you are trying to quit a seriously life threatening habit/addiction (e.g. smoking, alcohol addiction, compulsive eating disorder etc.) I do not believe cold turkey is the right choice for you. Leading back to 1), going cold turkey will only aid in you resenting fitness and getting serious cravings which will lead to you giving up on your goal. Also, not only does cold turkey takes a significant amount of willpower too, but it is not fun.

So what should I do Mike?

Take it easy.

Consistency is key to achieving your fitness goals; it is so much more important to do something little consistently for years than to go all out and burn out…

So instead of trying to sort out your diet, exercise and sleep all in one go, micro-focus on only one aspect of it, such as controlling your diet a bit better.

Once you define your outline area you want to select a goal which you know you  can do, no matter how small – the one I suggest is to reduce the amount you eat by so little that it is literally a joke for you to not do it. When you slowly build momentum and willpower you will  be able to gradually build upon this and be able to add more micro-goals; before you know it you will be making great progress!

This method works as you benefit from the best of all worlds; you will be working towards achieving your fitness goals whilst not having to give anything up completely. Most importantly, you will be enjoying fitness as you will be smashing your fitness goals out the window which will give you an amazing daily feel of satisfaction.

I urge you to give it a try; throw out everything that you were planning to do and focus on one tiny thing which you know you can do, then work from there.

Good luck!

-Mike

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When people ask me for advice on how to get bigger/leaner I always ask them why. One of the main responses is to be more confident – however, let me explain to you why this may not always be the case.

Confidence comes from within

Confidence comes from the ability to trust and take pride in yourself. Confident people do not seek reassurance from others as they are self-secure about themselves. I would consider myself a fairly confident individual as I have a lot of pride and belief in myself, and do not rely on opinions or views of others. However, I do still have my flaws, and would be straight up lying to you if I said I did not doubt myself or my abilities sometimes.

Fitness has helped me develop my confidence; the feeling of becoming a better version of myself each and every day has helped me develop an immense amount of belief in myself.  Becoming stronger and getting a six-pack did help me become more confident, however, for some it can only make them feel more insecure.

If you are not doing it for yourself, then you will only become more insecure

The way you view fitness will determine your confidence levels.

If you view fitness and looking better as a tool for self-improvement and becoming a better version of yourself then yes, fitness will likely help boost your confidence and self-esteem levels.

However, if you are trying to look like a guy in a magazine because ‘they get the girls’ then you are likely going to feel more insecure.

Take the guy in this video for example – he is jacked. But, he is so insecure about himself as he is always comparing himself to others instead of the insane improvements he has made to himself – if you are always comparing your body to others then you will likely never be proud of yourself and of your body.

A lot of people get in to fitness to look like the models, to get the girls, or to be stop being bullied – even I got into fitness because I wanted a six pack and just to look ripped. However, most get hooked on fitness due to the feeling of progression and self-improvements – this is where the self-esteem comes form. 

Remember: Confidence comes from within, and if you are always comparing yourself to others then fitness is not going to help with confidence. Focus on yourself and becoming a better version of yourself each day.

-Mike

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In the world we live in we are always comparing ourselves to someone else. It may be your ex’s new partner, your childhood friend, or just some random guy who you walk past each day who you decided is your rival (or is that just me…)

For some reason we seem to always want to be better than someone else, and a lot of the time this is detrimental to ourselves progressing.
If you look at any fitness magazine, you will see these amazing bodies which we can only dream of getting – for most of us this is enough to stop us trying in the first place.

…Wait a sec… Why?

Just because Chris Evans is a beautiful human being with an outstanding body does not mean that we can’t get a better body than we already have.
Like it kind of shocks me sometimes how people believe that just because they think that they could never look like a Greek God means that they have to look like a slob and be completely dissatisfied with their looks…

I am miles away from looking like a model; I do not have enough muscle mass and my body fat percentage is too high… but it doesn’t mean I should just give up.

Compared to my former self I look like a god (#modest) and that is all that matters.

Fitness is about yourself; it’s about you becoming better than you. When you start to realize and understand that concept you will really allow yourself to steadily progress and improve and really become proud of the body you have achieved – and there is nothing more satisfying than that.

I am not going to lie to you, I compare myself to almost everyone all the time – and it’s not good.

However, when it comes to fitness I am able to focus on me. Each workout I focus on my goals and what I need to do to end my day that little bit more successful than yesterday, and that’s what makes me happy.

Ultimately, you can look as good as you like, but if you’re constantly comparing yourself to others you will never be proud of your body.

Realise the battle is against yourself, and go out and make a new self-record each day.
Doing so will make you confident, proud, and excited about life – and that’s ultimately what we want to achieve – right?

-Mike

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