Posts tagged GarageGym
Don’t plan - just start

as you go into this new week you may feel blocked


Perhaps you started a new diet and you fell off already


Or maybe you joined a new gym and haven't been for 2+ weeks


RED FLAG!!


It's disgustingly easy to justify the failing. Your failing.


Here are some classic excuses:


Why did you fail on your diet?


"I was at a wedding!"


"I was travelling with work!"


"My husband bought us a takeaway!"


"I was eating out with friends!"


Scientifically, of course, we know these statements are BS!

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Sit obediently as your soul cries...

You collapse into the drivers seat, happy yet tired, with a soft ache in your stomach.


All week you've waited for this day, Friday, and a few moments of counting down the freedom.


This weekend is going to be different. You're determined of that. Hit the gym. Take up Spanish. Stop drinking alcohol. Take your family somewhere nice.


This is your time to step up and show the world who you really are. Enough of the corporate bullshit. Enough of the meetings. This is your moment.


You're driving home thinking of the possibilities.


Then it happens. You start to question yourself. If you were better. If you tried. What would they think? What would she say?


Suddenly, you feel your resolve weaken….

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Carry Heavy Stuff to Kick Ass

There seems to be two types of strength, ‘gym strength’ and ‘real strength’. I believe that you must train for both.

The best way to do this is by throwing in some strongman style carries at the end of your strength workouts, so after a squat day you might do some sled dragging or walk with a yolk or heavy bar on your back, after a bench workout you could do some farmers walks, or bear hug a keg or a stone and take it for a walk!

Just grab an awkward, heavy object and get walking! Heavy carries kick ass for the following reasons:

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How Can I Smash my Personal Records?

If you are having a hard time getting results with your physical performance, body shape or mental strength, here are a few quick tips to help you smash some records:

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Why Training Lighter Makes You Stronger

When the general population thinks about strength training, the same image will likely come to mind: An athlete with a ridiculously heavy weight on their back, red-faced, grunting and grinding out a very slow difficult rep (or two). However, that image represents a very small percentage of the actual training that causes strength gain. …

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5 Reasons to join our Team Training

#1 - You'll learn from other members
Many of our RISE program members have been exactly where you are right now.

> overweight

> stressed

> physically unfit

> weak

> confused about nutrition

By asking the team (all the members at RSG) for advice you will immediately have several little tips to add to your training, nutrition and lifestyle!

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How much should a fitness program cost?

So you’re looking for a new gym to join, a new personal trainer or class, but you’re not sure what it should cost?

This article will help you determine whether the asking price is fair, how it compares to the industry as a whole, and where our services fit in at RSG.


In this post we’ll cover:

  1. Important questions to ask BEFORE signing up to any fitness program

  2. How to determine whether the program will fit your goals

  3. How RSG compares to the industry

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Why do haters hate?

"Tuna salad again?! Don't you get bored? I'll never understand you fitness freaks, just eat some cake"

Damn. I thought. I'm just eating my lunch.

^^ this is an all too familiar scenario when you're dieting

People feel an innate NEED to comment on your life

Especially when you're trying to eat clean

Suddenly you become a fitness FREAK!

for some reason, people can freely comment about what you eat, how you train or how 'realistic' your goals are.


WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS


PEOPLE HATE BECAUSE YOUR POSITIVE ACTION HIGHLIGHTS A DEFICIENCY IN THEIR LIFE


PEOPLE HATE YOUR SUCCESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRIED AND FAILED


HATE AND CRITICISM TURNS INTO ADMIRATION (THEY WILL ASK YOU FOR HELP SOON!)


EVERY GREAT CHANGE IN THE WORLD HAS FIRST RECEIVED NEGATIVITY (for example, Martin Luther King Jr and the Black Civil Rights Movement)

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Get Your Focus Back

So last Sunday I had a very strange feeling...

I felt sad

Honestly I don't really know why

Years ago I used to work in a bank

I hated it

And every Sunday I'd get that 'back to work ' feeling

Which, let's face it, is basically sadness.

But right now I love what I do

yet I had that same 'sunday sadness' feeling

So I wasn't sure why I felt sad and de-motivated.

there was no reason to be sad!

...then it HIT me like a ton of bricks...

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There is no PLAN B...

The problem?

I never got better at anything.

BUT

When I switched from a fleeting focus

To an ABSOLUTE LASER-GUIDED focus on ONE goal

Then I transformed myself

How can you do this with your own goals?

Well, imagine how your body could change with just 6-12 months of clean eating and intense training.

6-12 months of sticking to the basics. Eating healthy stuff. Showing up to the gym when you can’t be arsed.

6-12 months of …<READ MORE>..

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