Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts

Friday, November 12, 2010

CHANGE - CHANGE TODAY FOR CHANGE TOMORROW

MOTIVATION



Hey Team, once again we cover the topic of change. Currently I’m still patiently waiting for my chest to heal. I have been working out day in and day out for over a year now and loving every minute. Feels nice and cozy. Comfort. Then I had to change it due to my injury. Make the changeI started feeling complacent, doubtful and worried. Oh, man will I start gaining fat? Will I lose the muscle I have gained? This was a change from what I had become accustom to. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the change.  It’s what wrecks most of our efforts to reach our goals. We are forced to change what we do day in and day out for better or for worse. We want change but don’t want to change what we do to get there. It disrupts our daily routines. It disrupts our comfort zone. It may even disrupt other peoples comfort zone.

 

We have to change what you do each and every day to make change in your fitness. It’s not just the weekends its EVERY DAY! Each and every day. Embrace change and see it as a FANTASTIC and WONDERFUL way to put you in a place where have always wanted to be. So what if you can’t eat a big mac. Trade it in for the body and life you deserve. People who succeed have one thing in common. They change. They try it and when it doesn’t work they change it. When they asked Edison what his secret was to invent the light bulb, he said he figured out 10,000 ways NOT to invent the light bulb first. If you only change a little, you get a little change. Make a big change and you get a big change. Change You first have to change and keep changing. Embrace it and make it work. Throw out fear and replace with strength. Write it down. Each and every day. I AM CHANGING,  I AM FEARLESS,  I LOVE CHANGE! When your brain believes it your life will also. WRITE IT, BE IT!

 

We are all changing together here so you are not alone. I have your back and so do millions of other people on the same journey. You are never alone. When you push play, when you make the right nutrition decision, you are not alone. We are all here together with you making the same decisions day in and day out. DO IT and CHANGE! This team is moving forward.

 

 

 

 

TEAM SIXPACK



Hey TeamSixPack!

     If you haven't seen it on Facebook yet, it's true: Beachbody is waiving the initial $39.95 start up fee as a Coach/Preferred Customer for the rest of the year starting yesterday. That means anyone can get a program or product right off the bat at a 25% discount, and only pay the $14.95 a month after the first. You'll save $30 on the initial order of P90X, for example, and if you use the Recovery Drink and a box of protein bars per month, you'll be saving money every month. That's in addition to being able to build a business with this just by telling others to do the exact same thing.

     If someone buys Shakeology as a Coach/Preferred Customer it's $89, vs. $119 retail. Add in the $14.95 per month service charge and it's still only $103.95, which is $16 off the retail cost. If they get it auto shipped on Home Direct, it's free shipping. That's $3.46 per serving.. you can't go into a store and buy a Muscle Milk Protein Shake (pre-made) for that much. You can't buy a healthy meal for breakfast anywhere for that much. Most people spend more on Starbucks every day than that.

The best part of it all is if you love Shakeology, tell your friends about it. Then they can sign up with you and order it at the Coach/Preferred Customer discount and no sign up fee as well and you can earn 25% commision.

This is a big, big deal people! I just had to share this with you all! The have also released a new Shakeology video on what 100 doctors think about Shakeology.  Listen to it from my site: 100 Doctors Can't Be Wrong



 

Shakeology

WHO IS TEAM SIXPACK: Team Six Pack is made up of you. You and people striving for the same thing. This is SYNERGISTIC fitness. Putting all the little pieces together to sky rocket our fitness experience to the next level. Sum of the whole. I will be placing a TEAM SIXPACK support thread on the forums in a few days where we can meet and discuss our journeys. Help support each other and many others that may need our help. I'll post the link in the next weekly coaches email.

You can always find out what's going on with me at my site, or my
blog. Check it out! Please like my Facebook fan page and help promote SYNERGISTIC FITNESS to others! You tweet? Follow me on twitter.
You all have a great week and thanks for being a part of what makes TEAM SIXPACK great. YOU!


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Motivation: One Thing Won't Stop You

One Thing Won't Stop You
     I’m right in the middle of my P90x/Insanity hybrid program and adding muscle like crazy and feeling on top of the world when all of a sudden an old chest injury from my Power 90 days decided to pay me a visit. Now I may be sidelined from weight lifting and healing could take a whole month. I was starting to get furious. Then I remember what I preach about synergistic fitness. It’s the sum of all parts. Not one single thing will determine my outcome. It’s a collective effort. It’s following proper nutrition, working other body parts, doing other routines. It’s the support I get from those that are on this fitness journey with me. I will examine my injury. I will heal my injury so that it’s stronger than ever I will get right back where I left off with the weights and continue my journey and reach my goal!
     Now. Stop and reflect. Don’t let ONE thing stop you from your goal. Change. Change with it. I have researched my injury a lot more than before and am applying the proper healing techniques. I am starting to feel much better after only a few days. Did I give up? No, I examined, changed and kept moving forward. NO excuses. I look to the other aspects of my fitness journey to carry me through to my goal. This applies to all aspects of your synergistic fitness journey. If you are unable to PUSH PLAY, then you have to focus on the other aspects and strengthen them to get you to your goal. When I was injured doing Power 90 and couldn’t PUSH PLAY, I examined my nutrition, adjusted it and really focused on that until I could get back to it. Guess what? I lost most of my weight during that time! Why? Because I looked for other ways to reach my goal. I lost 50lbs on Power 90 because I kept at it any way I could.
     Don’t let one thing distract you from your goal. Don’t let things like, “I just don’t have time”, “I missed a workout” keep you from the goal. You have time to change. You have time to synergize your fitness. You don’t need a every supplement in the world to get started, or every fitness cd to get it going. Don’t wait. Start TODAY! Look to other aspects. Eat one less thing for lunch. Have one less bite at dinner. Cut out one fat. Throw two or three protein bars in your purse. Every small step over time will add up. Write down what you think is blocking you from starting or synergizing your fitness journey. Then write down how to unblock it. I bet you can find ways to start or enhance your journey no matter how small they are. Add one more thing each day or week. Over time you will have reached your goal. Nothing can put you on the sideline because you own the field! GO! GO! GO!



A few of my synergistic friends from the Beachbody forums and that I coach have started a support thread. This group of guys/gals have been shredding fat for months and have helped motivate me and themselves to new heights with SYNERGISTIC FITNESS. We would like to welcome any of you to join us for support, advice, daily accountability or just shoot the breeze. You can find the forum here: http://bit.ly/duRx8S
GET SAMPLES OF SHAKEOLOGY: I am also offering to send two sample packs to any of my paying customers. If you have purchased product from me, shoot me an email and I will send you a green berry and chocolate to try.

WHO IS TEAM SIXPACK: Team Six Pack is made up of you. You and people striving for the same thing. This is SYNERGISTIC fitness. Putting all the little pieces together to sky rocket our fitness experience to the next level. Sum of the whole. I will be placing a TEAM SIXPACK support thread on the forums in a few days where we can meet and discuss our journeys. Help support each other and many others that may need our help. I'll post the link in the next weekly coaches email.

You can always find out what's going on with me at my site, or my
blog. Check it out! Please like my Facebook fan page and help promote SYNERGISTIC FITNESS to others! You tweet? Follow me on twitter.
You all have a great week and thanks for being a part of what makes TEAM SIXPACK great. YOU!
John Cowart
Independent Beachbody Coach

http://www.wheresmysixpack.com

Social Networks:
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NEW TO BEACHBODY

Are you completely new to Beachbody?

First thing I always suggest is getting on a forum group for your program to help with accountability and support. Trust me. It was the best thing I ever did to get me to where I am today. When you surround yourself with like-minded people with the same goal SYNERGISTIC things happen.
Go here
Programs and find your program or here Support. Then find a post that is close to your date and introduce yourself, tell your goal.
Second
. Log all your workouts in
WOWY. You can win cash and prizes daily. It helps to reinforce your fitness. It's the same thing I always mention about writing your goals down daily. This is the same concept except you could win some nice prizes or cash just for reaching your goal. What's better than that.
Third. Contact me
. Send me an email and let me know your alive and what I can do to help you. Let's chat about your goals and get a strategy going for your transformation. In this way I can open up more things to help you SYNERGIZE your fitness.
Fourth
. Join the
TEAM SIXPACK group. This is how we show unity in our fitness together. See all the other members of TEAM SIXPACK who are on the same mission as your are. Support each other!
Fifth
. Calculate your daily calorie intake using BeachBodies
Fitness Tools. If you have questions on it email me.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Day 22 to Day 28 Report - P90x Insanity Weight Lifting Hybrid Program

     I like to blog each and every day but this week was full of real life scenarios. This is good considering that when people follow the hybrid, "real life" will probably sneak into it.

     This week was P90X recovery week. I pretty much stuck to a straight week of INSANITY with only one modification. I was getting a little to much body fat and my wrists were still sore from last weeks weight lifting. NOTE: If you are ok with your body fat percent then add chest/lat/traps weight lifting on THURSDAY for the INSANITY workout and combine with REST DAY, Cardio Recovery move to FRIDAY then finish with SATURDAY Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs, SUNDAY with Plyometric Circuit.

     As I mentioned above I did make one modification. I added in my weighted abs routine on THURSDAY. I changed it up a bit. See below routine for a better description. WOW! My abs were sore for 2-3 days post workout! I have decided to keep doing the INSANITY Cardio Ab routines, but add in one day of weighted abs using my new technique. It takes much less time and seems to really punish the abs. I think this is a good point to change up the weighted abs to less time and more weight/intense elements. Ab Confusion! I will carry this line of thought through to the end. This would produce the effect of an ab build up over time. Beginning in phase 1 with INSANITY Cardio Abs and my 1st phase weighted ab routines twice a week, then into a second phase using INSANITY Ab routines, with just one day of my 2nd phase weighted ab routines. 2nd phase being different routines, and some added weight on particular routines. I plan to draw up a phase map this week to simplify it visually for everyone.

Day 22 Monday Workout(s):
     Was sick this day with sinus. The workout actually made me feel better. This is the night I only got one hour of sleep. Not sure why.

INSANITY Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs(PM)
Time: 55 minutes - Average HR: 144 - Peak HR: 173 - Min HR: 87
Calories Burned: 776

Day 23 Tuesday Workout(s):
     On only 1 hour sleep I was still able to >#BRINGIT! Yes, coffee was involved.
INSANITY Cardio Power and Resistance(PM)
Time: 41 minutes - Average HR: 152 - Peak HR: 175 - Min HR: 95
Calories Burned: 639

Day 24 Wednesday Workout(s):
     Third day of straight cardio. Weight decrease noticed. Monday was at 158.2lbs, today at 154.2. Cals monitored to about 3100-3300 a day. Still slightly ill. Could tell in the workout. Thank you p90x Recovery Drink for getting me through.
INSANITY Plyometric Cardio Circuit(PM)
Time: 44 minutes - Average HR: 150 - Peak HR: 178 - Min HR: 94
Calories Burned: 637

Day 25 Thursday Workout(s):
     Oon this day I did a new weighted ab routine as described above.
HYBRID Weight Phase 2 Ab Routine(LUNCH)
Time: 30 minutes - Average HR: 133 - Peak HR: 160 - Min HR: 101
Calories Burned: 380

Pre Supplement:
Few sips of P90X Recovery Drink w/ Glutamine, Arginine, BCAA
Jack 3D - 2 scoops by itself

During Workout Supplement:
P90X Recovery Drink mixture
Post Workout: Immediately Following:
Drink rest of P90X Recovery Drink mixture.

Routines:
  • 1 Set - 50 Reps : IN OUTS (warm up)
    4 Sets - 10 pumps each on roll up - 0lbs/20lbs/15lbs/8lbs - V-UP ROLL UPS
  • 1 set(both sides) - 25 reps - OBLIQUE V-UPS 20lb dumbbell *not feeling this very much, may sub.
  • 1 set - 20 reps - DECLINE SIT UPS 25lb dumbbell
  • 1 set - 30 reps - DECLINE CRUNCH 10lb dumbbell
  • 1 set - 30 reps - HANGING KNEE LIFTS Go Slow with KNEES together entire movement, don't swing body.
  • 3 sets - 50 reps - 20lbs/25lbs/35lbs - WEIGHTED CRUNCHES

Day 26 Friday Workout(s):
     Abs on fire from yesterdays ab routine. SICK DAY! Sinus also on fire. Real LIFE! Missed PURE CARDIO and Cardio Abs.

Day 27 Saturday Workout(s):
     Abs are STILL SORE! WOW!
INSANITY Plyometric Cardio Circuit(PM)
Time: 41 minutes - Average HR: 153 - Peak HR: 174 - Min HR: 85
Calories Burned: 655

Day 28 Sunday Workout(s):
     Taking this as my REST DAY. Have to go into work. More REAL LIFE.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Where's My SixPack | Weekly Fitness Email

I do a weekly nutrition/motivational/fitness email. I talk about p90x, Insanity, Shakeology, Fitness, Motivational topics and more.

If you want to get on the list to receive the weekly email please txt me, email me, fb me, twitter me...etc. and I'll add you to the list. I will be creating a email subscription program soon so you can just sign up if you like directly from the site. Just like with all things. Many small steps will get you there. Just take the steps!

J