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Your experience of life will always be the reflection of what you focus on.
Focus on the bad economy, the annoying neighbor or the jerk in the gym and you will have one experience in life. (more…)
In most areas of life, there’s an awful lot of work that goes into the last ten percent..
Getting your body fat from 11% to 8% is much more difficult then going from 14% to 11%. (more…)
Your road map to success
“My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.” - Ronald Reagan
The world seems to just work with the person who knows what his or her goals in life are. A goal is a success magnet. Once you set a goal worthy of your life, you will some how be pulled toward that objective. People, circumstances and events will all seem to be working for you and for your good. This is true of any goal and bodybuilding is no exception. (more…)
Add the word self in front of discipline and it takes on a powerful new meaning. Self discipline is training yourself. So you can improve. So you can get better and grow into the person you were meant to be. (more…)
I began my serious weight training and education at R&J Health Studio in Brooklyn. R&J was made famous by all the incredible bodybuilders who called R&J home, including my good friends Dennis Tinerino, Jerry Brainum and Lou Ferrigno. Scenes from the movie Pumping Iron were filmed there documenting Lou’s preparations for his clash with Arnold in Pretoria South Africa. This was the golden age of bodybuilding and what attracted me to this hard core dungeon of a gym. Several years after joining, I ended up buying R&J.
Gyms like R&J were the laboratories for our current fitness revolution. Even though many don’t realize it, the bodybuilding community has been leading the pack with regards to developments in the wellness, weight loss, and fitness arenas since the beginning. If you want to know what the next diet frenzy will be, just look at what the bodybuilders are doing today. If you are an avid reader of the Labrada Nutrition site you know all this! (more…)
Monday is very important because it sets the tone for your week.
Skip your workout on Monday and it is easy to skip Tuesday. By the time Wednesday rolls around you think to yourself, “already missed Monday and Tuesday may as well wait until Monday!” (more…)
Nowadays there are a number of new diets and exercise gadgets advertised on t.v. or in the fitness magazines that promise you will have the body of your dreams in no time. They state that all you need to do is follow their program for a couple of weeks and presto!
Do you feel like achieving your weight loss or fitness goals are impossible? If so I would like you to read this article below as I am 100% confident that it will change the outlook of your current situation!
There are many reasons why people fail to achieve their bodybuilding goals. Unfortunately, when goals are missed, many people get frustrated and toss the whole bodybuilding program and never come back to it. However, if you are frustrated with your progress, the best strategy is to regroup, take a look at your training journal (I am assuming you have one), analyze the reason the goals were missed and create new goals. (more…)
Dear Friend,
Have you ever stopped and listened to the sound of your heart during a workout? After a set of squats or leg presses, sometimes you can feel the beat in your eardrums. It’s an exercise in self-awareness to follow its beat as you lay the weights down and it begins to slow back to its normal rhythm. Your heart is an amazing piece of biological artwork, continuously pumping life-giving blood to all of the cells of your body. That’s 1900 gallons per day to be exact, or 700,000 gallons per year. (more…)
