eTRaXC Happy Thoughts
Excuses
Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.
Quickness Is A Delusion
All great achievements require time...Maya Angelou
Time Travel
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
Gender?
Strength doesn’t have a gender
Wise, No?
We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending. - Zig Ziglar
A Crowd Of One
Go the extra mile. It's never crowded
It's Unavoidable
These next few months will go by, whether you workout or not
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.
Not About Competition
Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.
Be You
Dance like nobody’s watching
Change
Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” - Robin Sharma
Re Reasonable
Progress, not perfection
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
About Journeys
The only journey is the one within. - Rainer Maria Rilke
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.
Things Change
The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.
Your Choice
If you don't make time for exercise, you'll probably have to make time for illness.
It's One Or The Other
You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face.
It's The Price You Pay
If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you.
Don't Wait
A year from now you may wish you had started today.
From The Sultan of Swat
You just can't beat the person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth
In The Best Possible Way
Physical fitness and mental fitness compliment each other. Your body is psychosomatic.
But I'm Busy
Someone busier than you is working our right now.
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
Eating Is Fun...
...but nothing tastes as good as being fit feels.
Its A Journey
Stronger Every Day
One Steo At A Time
You may not be there yet, but you are closer than you were yesterday.
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.
Eastern Wisdom
Breathe. Stretch. Flow.
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
About Work
Nothing will work unless you do. - Maya Angelou
From Winston
The courage to continue is what matters
Do You Feel It?
If you always eat as soon as you feel hunger, you're probably not losing weight.
Everest
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. - Edmund Hillary
Confucious say...
The speed of progress is less important than not stopping
It's Personal
Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you.
Who's In Charge Here
Remember this: Your body is your slave. It works for you.
This Is Character
Keep working, even when noone is watching
Body Reclaiming
Consistency is the proof of conviction
Pain v Pain
There are two types of pain in this world: pain that hurts you, and pain that changes you
Discipline 1
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
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 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.
Wisdom of Honest Abe
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
You're Better Than That
You did not wake up today to be mediocre.
Strength
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. - Bob Marley
When Will It Get Easy
It never gets easier, you just get better.
Why?
Do it for the after-photo
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
The Three Stages Of Fitness
Muscles are torn in the gym, fed in the kitchen and built in the bed.
Doubt & Failure
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. - Suzy Kassem
Greek Wisdom
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle
Time Marches On But...
One of the greatest moments is realizing that 2 months ago, your body couldn't do what it just accomplished.
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.
Ain't It The Truth
Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it
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.
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.
Fashion Statement
A fit, healthy body is the best fashion statement.
Short And Sweet
The body achieves what the mind believes.
The Perfect Day
Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction
True That
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it
The Clock Is Ticking
The next few months will go by whether you workout or not!
We Are All Welcome
You don't have to be good at it, you just have to do it.
From My High School Idol
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Ryun
Honest Abe v 2
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. - Abraham Lincoln
How The Grand Canyon Was Made
You don't need to be extreme, just consistent.
What Is Sweat?
Sweat is fat crying.
We All Qualify
If you have a body, you are an athlete!...Bill Bowerman (Founder of Nike)
Excercise And Nutrition
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. - Jack LaLanne
Get Out!...Of The Rut
In order to get out of a hole, the first thing you have to do is stop digging.
Keepin' It Real
Strive for progress, not perfection.
Mind Over Matter
The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.
Time Travel2
Would you have told your younger self not to skip that workout?
It Happened To Me
What seems impossible today will one day become your warm-up.
Yeah, Tho I Walk Thru The Valley
If you’re going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill
Success v Work
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon
More From Mhatma
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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)
From The Best
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift...Steve Prefontaine
What's The Point
Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.
About the bike
Pedal your way to greatness.
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
Amen
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.
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
One of My Favs
Rome wasn't built in a day, but they worked on it every single day.
It's a Binary Thing
The only bad workout is the one that didn't happen
Greatness
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great...Zig Ziglar
Right Now
This can be the beginning of anything you want
Each Day Matters
This month's exercise is next month's health.
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.
Believe In Yourself
The gym is not a social club for the fit. It's a training ground for everyone.
20th Century Wisdom
We do not stop exercising because we grow old- we grow old because we stop exercising. - Dr. Kenneth Cooper
It's Your Road Map
A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself
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.
Discipline 2
Doing what you have to do. Doing it as well as you possible can. Doint that way all the time.
From Ben Franklin
Energy & persistence conquer all things.
Interesting Juxtaposition
It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up
Discomfort or Regret
You can either suffer the discomfort of discipline or the pain of regret.
Change, Pt 2
If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.
Just Sayin'
You're only one workout away from a good mood.
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
Living v Life
Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life. - John Wooden