Patience, Patience, Patience

We're changing how we live our lives. It takes time. Think of how long it took to get out of shape. Give yourself at least that long to get back in shape.

Gender?

Strength doesn’t have a gender

Greek Wisdom

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

Fashion Statement

A fit, healthy body is the best fashion statement.

Right Now

This can be the beginning of anything you want

It's The Price You Pay

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you.

Greatest Weakness

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison

Time Marches On But...

One of the greatest moments is realizing that 2 months ago, your body couldn't do what it just accomplished.

Powerful

I will beat her. I will train harder. I will eat cleaner. I know her strengths. I've lost to her before but not this time. She is going down. I have the advantage because I know her well. She is the old me

Change, Pt 2

If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.

One of My Favs

Rome wasn't built in a day, but they worked on it every single day.

Interesting Juxtaposition

It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up

Keepin' It Real

Strive for progress, not perfection.

Discipline 1

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Your Choice

If you don't make time for exercise, you'll probably have to make time for illness.

A Question Of Balance

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. (Hippocrates)

About the bike

Pedal your way to greatness.

We All Qualify

If you have a body, you are an athlete!...Bill Bowerman (Founder of Nike)

Pay Me Now Or Pay Me Later

Many people earn money at the cost of health and fitness, and later in life spend all that money on health issues.

Pain v Pain

There are two types of pain in this world: pain that hurts you, and pain that changes you

It Don't Come Easy

If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done...Thomas Jefferson

It's Personal

Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you.

The Perfect Day

Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction

But I'm Busy

Someone busier than you is working our right now.

From "The Greatest"

I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they're the only ones that count.- M. Ali

Time To Start

When you hit failure, your workout has just begun.

About Work

Nothing will work unless you do. - Maya Angelou

In The Best Possible Way

Physical fitness and mental fitness compliment each other. Your body is psychosomatic.

A Bit Of A Cycle

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did

It's Your Road Map

A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself

Everest

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. - Edmund Hillary

Things Change

The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.

What Is Sweat?

Sweat is fat crying.

From Ben Franklin

Energy & persistence conquer all things.

This Is Character

Keep working, even when noone is watching

Tangled Up? Tweak Your System and Tango On.

Don't become discouraged. This is a battle you can win! It could take several iterations of your process to get the results you want. If what you're doing isn't working like you had hoped, use the eTRaXC tools to figure out why and adjust accordingly.

Body Reclaiming

Consistency is the proof of conviction

Honest Abe v 2

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. - Abraham Lincoln

It's Unavoidable

These next few months will go by, whether you workout or not

How The Grand Canyon Was Made

You don't need to be extreme, just consistent.

It Happened To Me

What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up.

You're Better Than That

You did not wake up today to be mediocre.

From The Sultan of Swat

You just can't beat the person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth

True That

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it

Hand in Hand

Transform your body, Transform your life

And Before You Know It

Running teaches you to keep moving forward, one step at a time

About Journeys

The only journey is the one within. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Yeah, Tho I Walk Thru The Valley

If you’re going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill

What is Life

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene

Discipline 2

Doing what you have to do. Doing it as well as you possible can. Doint that way all the time.

Excuses

Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.

What's The Point

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.

Had A Bad Day?

Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.

Success v Work

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon

One Steo At A Time

You may not be there yet, but you are closer than you were yesterday.

Believe In Yourself

The gym is not a social club for the fit. It's a training ground for everyone.

Change

Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” - Robin Sharma

Get Out!...Of The Rut

In order to get out of a hole, the first thing you have to do is stop digging.

Not About Competition

Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.

Purpose

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

From My High School Idol

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Ryun

Time Travel2

Would you have told your younger self not to skip that workout?

Excercise And Nutrition

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. - Jack LaLanne

Greatness

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great...Zig Ziglar

Blast From The Past

Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out. - Jack LaLanne

Quickness Is A Delusion

All great achievements require time...Maya Angelou

It's a Binary Thing

The only bad workout is the one that didn't happen

Discipline 3

The process of scheduling the pleasure and pain of life so as to experience the pain first in order to enhance the pleaseure later.

Each Day Matters

This month's exercise is next month's health.

Its A Journey

Stronger Every Day

Wise, No?

We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending. - Zig Ziglar

From The Best

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift...Steve Prefontaine

Check Data Frequently

Weigh yourself and take your pulse often. Good news makes us feel, well, good. Of course, bad news doesn't. But the body has it's own day-to-day fluctuations. Doing frequent checks allows you to feel good more frequently and get past the bad news more quickly.

The Three Stages Of Fitness

Muscles are torn in the gym, fed in the kitchen and built in the bed.

Why?

Do it for the after-photo

Confucious say...

The speed of progress is less important than not stopping

It's One Or The Other

You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face.

Do You Feel It?

If you always eat as soon as you feel hunger, you're probably not losing weight.

It's Not About Speed

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

A Crowd Of One

Go the extra mile. It's never crowded

Living v Life

Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life. - John Wooden

More About The Elusive Time

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Re Reasonable

Progress, not perfection

Who's In Charge Here

Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you.

We Are All Welcome

You don't have to be good at it, you just have to do it.

From Winston

The courage to continue is what matters

Wisdom of Honest Abe

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Strength

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. - Bob Marley

Time Travel

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Just Sayin'

You're only one workout away from a good mood.

Doubt & Failure

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. - Suzy Kassem

Be You

Dance like nobody’s watching

Eating Is Fun...

...but nothing tastes as good as being fit feels.

Don't Wait

A year from now you may wish you had started today.

Eastern Wisdom

Breathe. Stretch. Flow.

Ain't It The Truth

Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it

More From Mhatma

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The Clock Is Ticking

The next few months will go by whether you workout or not!

Mind Over Matter

The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.

20th Century Wisdom

We do not stop exercising because we grow old- we grow old because we stop exercising. - Dr. Kenneth Cooper

When Will It Get Easy

It never gets easier, you just get better.

Amen

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.

Short And Sweet

The body achieves what the mind believes.

Discomfort or Regret

You can either suffer the discomfort of discipline or the pain of regret.