Hey Guys!
Ok, I am really excited! I have a really crazy idea!!!
In my last post I mentioned that I started writing my new MAGIC Hundred list and planned to start on April 27th 2009, well, I have some awesome news!
I have just spoken to Dax Moy – Author of The MAGIC Hundred – and he is actually releasing a new version on The MAGIC Hundred! On that exact date!
What are the chances!
I have been told to let all those who already own the program know that they receive automatic update – which means you don’t have to re-buy it! Phew!
So yeah this crazy idea!
I was thinking, as it is now 6 days till I start my MAGIC Hundred and also 6 days till Dax re-releases the program it gives me (hopefully) enough time to get a group of people together all determined to push each other to achieve our own personal goals.
Let’s face it, Goal Achievement is amazing, but how many times do you stray off path?
How many times do you wish you had a kick up the butt but had no one there to do it?
What happened if you lost motivation? Who would you turn to?
Who would you speak to if you needed help figuring out how to complete a specific goal?
Generally you are on your own.
Sad huh :(
This is why we need a group!
A group of dedicated people all following the same program, following the incredible MAGIC Hundred Goal Achievement Program!
A bit like The Abs Forum, but for achieving all types of goals!
A group dedicated to success!
A group who will be there and support you no matter what!
Whether there are 2 of us or 200 of us – just imagine the support!
Who wants to?
Who wants to change their lives forever?
Who wants to climb the highest mountain and reach for the star of life?
I do!
Do you?
Who wants to join me from the 27th April in order to do so?
Interested? I hope so! I don’t want to go at this amazing journey alone!
Click here to get your copy of The MAGIC Hundred and then email me at MuscleMadness@ymail.com and I will give you instructions on how to find this group!
I can’t wait!
Really Excited!
Join me!
Sean Ryan
http://www.seanryan-pt.blogspot.com/
http://www.seanryan-nononsense.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Monday, 20 April 2009
What a message! :)
You have to admit, the last post was really inspiring wasn’t it? :)
(To view the last post click here)
How many of you wanted to get up and do something you had been putting off for too long?
How many of you sat there with your mid whizzing of all the amazing things you could achieve?
I bet all of you sat there and reflected on your own lives, even for just a second.
In fact I can almost guarantee it!
So what did you think this book was? Interested? I sure was when Dax first mentioned it to me.
Well let me tell you then. It is called Think and Grow Rich written by Napoleon Hill and it is one amazing read. Personally I have nearly finished it and I am not surprised at all that it managed to change Dax’s life so dramatically!
It has even begun changing mine!
Good huh? :)
If you are interested in reading Think and Grow Rich please send me an email at MuscleMadness@ymail.com as I have been given permission to distribute the first chapter of the book – for FREE with NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!
However, simply reading the book isn’t enough. You need to take action on the words you have read!
This is one of the reasons that Dax created The MAGIC Hundred.
To help YOU achieve YOUR aims,
To make YOU become more successful,
To make YOU realise you’re potential,
To help YOU change YOUR life
Let’s face it. Everyone has goals and dreams, whether big or small.
Whether it is a child’s wild fantasy of being a space man or an idle daydream of a bored office worker thinking of a better and more comforted life.
We have all been there!
That is why I love following The MAGIC Hundred. Already this program has helped me achieve a hell of a lot in life than I ever thought I could!
In fact after reading the message in my last post I have already started writing my next MAGIC Hundred!
I will be starting on the 27th April 2009 so look out for a new blog specifically for the achievement of my goals!!!
7 Days to go :)
Because I am in such a good mood – thank you Magic Hundred – I have spoken with Dax and I am allowed to pass onto you a FREE Audio about Goal Achievement!
It is well worth the listen :)
http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?preview=3&previewbar=1&eventid=4490418
Two free gifts in one blog post…
How nice am I :)
Sean Ryan
http://www.seanryan-pt.blogspot.com/
http://www.seanryan-nononsense.blogspot.com/
PS. Please let me know what you think of both Think and Grow Rich and the Audio. Just leave a comment below!
(To view the last post click here)
How many of you wanted to get up and do something you had been putting off for too long?
How many of you sat there with your mid whizzing of all the amazing things you could achieve?
I bet all of you sat there and reflected on your own lives, even for just a second.
In fact I can almost guarantee it!
So what did you think this book was? Interested? I sure was when Dax first mentioned it to me.
Well let me tell you then. It is called Think and Grow Rich written by Napoleon Hill and it is one amazing read. Personally I have nearly finished it and I am not surprised at all that it managed to change Dax’s life so dramatically!
It has even begun changing mine!
Good huh? :)
If you are interested in reading Think and Grow Rich please send me an email at MuscleMadness@ymail.com as I have been given permission to distribute the first chapter of the book – for FREE with NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!
However, simply reading the book isn’t enough. You need to take action on the words you have read!
This is one of the reasons that Dax created The MAGIC Hundred.
To help YOU achieve YOUR aims,
To make YOU become more successful,
To make YOU realise you’re potential,
To help YOU change YOUR life
Let’s face it. Everyone has goals and dreams, whether big or small.
Whether it is a child’s wild fantasy of being a space man or an idle daydream of a bored office worker thinking of a better and more comforted life.
We have all been there!
That is why I love following The MAGIC Hundred. Already this program has helped me achieve a hell of a lot in life than I ever thought I could!
In fact after reading the message in my last post I have already started writing my next MAGIC Hundred!
I will be starting on the 27th April 2009 so look out for a new blog specifically for the achievement of my goals!!!
7 Days to go :)
Because I am in such a good mood – thank you Magic Hundred – I have spoken with Dax and I am allowed to pass onto you a FREE Audio about Goal Achievement!
It is well worth the listen :)
http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?preview=3&previewbar=1&eventid=4490418
Two free gifts in one blog post…
How nice am I :)
Sean Ryan
http://www.seanryan-pt.blogspot.com/
http://www.seanryan-nononsense.blogspot.com/
PS. Please let me know what you think of both Think and Grow Rich and the Audio. Just leave a comment below!
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Better Late Than Never!
Hey guys --
Been a long time hasn't it?
It seems that way. Now i am back from my very enjoyable spanish get-away I am able to finally post that message from Dax that i promised!
Here we go guys!
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I've been re-writing a few sections of The MAGIC Hundred today in order to update a few of the chapters with things I've learned since I originally launched the program in January 2007.
As I was writing away, it dawned on me how much my life has changed in the 2 short years since the program was released and how a simple decision at one moment in time can DRASTICALLY alter the hundreds, thousands and even MILLIONS of moments that follow.
You probably know what I'm talking about as it's happened to all of us, but I've got to tell you, when I started out with my 'little idea' all those years ago (even before I wrote the program) I had no idea where it would eventually lead me. No idea at all!
I mean, when I left the regular army about 8 or 9 years ago I had nothing.
No qualifications (I'd left school at 16 without taking my exams), no money (I was completely broke) and no obvious means to get either. To make matters worse, I had a young wife, 3 young kids and another one on the way, and nothing remotely approaching the slightest hint of how I was going to support them, let alone give them the things that every father and husband wants to provide for their family.
We were living in high crime council accommodation on a housing estate in North London (in what in the U.S would be known as 'projects') and claiming social security benefits in order to pay the bills and get by and dreaming of ways to improve upon our situation so that we could give our kids some of the better things in life.
I took many temporary jobs including bodyguarding, roadsweeping and even working in sewers in order to get the little bit of extra cash we needed and supplemented my income with my Reserve Forces pay from my territorial army unit weekends, camps and courses, but as fast as I was able to earn a little money it seemed to be eaten up on bills of every conceivable type so that, no matter how hard I worked, we were never able to get ahead.
It was frustrating to say the least but, like most people, it was a frustration i just had to learn to tolerate. After all, my bills had to be paid, right?
Then one day after an army weekend, I noticed one of the other guys in my patrol was reading a book in the back of the truck on the way home. He was coming to the end of it and as he finally turned the last page he glanced up and noticed me looking in his direction. Seeing I was bored he offered me the book, which I gratefully took and in that moment... started a chain reaction of events that would totally transform my life!
I'm not exaggerating.
I read that book all the way home, persuaded my patrol-mate to lend it to me until later in the week and took it home and read, and read and read.
Now, what was surprising to me was that this wasn't a new book. It was old. REALLY old, like 1920's, yet as I read through it I felt as though it had been written specifically with me in mind as it described many of the very things that I had been going through and, more importantly, why.
It told me to hold a major definite purpose uppermost in my mind, pursue it with all vigor and not to quit on it until I accomplished what I'd set out to accomplish.
So I did!
I'd always had an interest in fitness and having boxed, done martial arts and been a soldier, knew that I was naturally gifted in this area as well as passionate. I'd seen ads posted for gym instructor jobs but when I enquired they told me to go get a civilian qualification and they'd consider employing me. Trouble is, I didn't even have the £325 I needed for the YMCA gym instructor course, but the book said that I shouldn't let that put me off, so I set about getting a bunch of temporary jobs to raise the cash.
Eventually I did the course, got qualified and went back to the gym where they told me they only had work for me for 2 hours a week in the shifts that no-one else wanted and that the pay was a measly £5 an hour. I took the job and again, changed the course of my life.
In short, that job led to me becoming a personal trainer, becoming a trainer led me to owning my own studios, owing my own studios led to me working directly with people like Bob Proctor and Joe Vitale from The Secret and working with those guys led to me writing The MAGIC Hundred Goal Achievement Program which sold over $107,000 in the first 7 days of launch and that has led to me traveling the world, speaking at international events and teaching my own rapid goal achievement philosophy to thousands and thousands of people.
Since making that first teeny-tiny decision to read that book instead of going to sleep like my patrol-mates, literally EVERYTHING about my life has changed and I find myself in the weird and rather unlikely position of being some kind of 'goals guru' to people from all around the world who I've never even met and earning more money than I ever thought I'd earn whilst traveling the world and having all kinds of adventures.
It's very strange indeed!
Nice, but strange : )
I now live the kind of life that I'd only dreamed about before with travel all over the world to jungles, deserts and arctic wastelands as well as luxury hotels, secluded islands and all manner of other places that I'd only ever seen in books before I started on this amazing journey that my life has become.
But looking back at how I got to this point in my life and the opportunities I now have before me, I can honestly say it all started with reading that one book. It's as though that one decision was like setting a compass bearing just slightly off course to the original path I'd been on at the time, yet which over the weeks, months and years has moved far off the original course to deliver me to the place I'm at now.
I guess you're wondering 'What's this got to do with me?' right?
Well, nothing I guess...
...and EVERYTHING!
You see, just as my own life has been created by each of the decisions I've made along the way, so has yours.
Everything you've experienced so far is the result of the decisions you've made (or failed to make) up to this point.
That's a fact.
The good news is that that means you can also decide where you want to go, what you want to do and who you want to be just by the simple and straightforward act of making a decision right now. I mean LITERALLY right now!
Just choose to act on something you've been putting off, something you've been 'thinking about' or something that's been tickling away at the edge of your mind and you too could find yourself living the life of your dreams in some not-too-distant future.
I mean it.
It happened to me so why not you?
Make a decision TODAY my friend.
Set a new course!
Truth, joy and love
Dax Moy
Author of The MAGIC Hundred Goal Achievement Program
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Pretty inspiring huh? :)
That one book started a huge chain of events which lead to The MAGIC Hundred and then though that amazing Goal Achievement Program he is now living the life he wants to live.
Impressive :)
I bet you are all wanting to know what this book that started this incrediable chain of events is? Thought so.
Leave your best guess below and i may be kind enough to tell you tomorrow ;)
Work hard guys,
Sean Ryan
www.SeanRyan-PT.Blogspot.com
www.SeanRyan-NoNonsense.Blogspot.com
Been a long time hasn't it?
It seems that way. Now i am back from my very enjoyable spanish get-away I am able to finally post that message from Dax that i promised!
Here we go guys!
*************************************************************************************
*************************************************************************************
I've been re-writing a few sections of The MAGIC Hundred today in order to update a few of the chapters with things I've learned since I originally launched the program in January 2007.
As I was writing away, it dawned on me how much my life has changed in the 2 short years since the program was released and how a simple decision at one moment in time can DRASTICALLY alter the hundreds, thousands and even MILLIONS of moments that follow.
You probably know what I'm talking about as it's happened to all of us, but I've got to tell you, when I started out with my 'little idea' all those years ago (even before I wrote the program) I had no idea where it would eventually lead me. No idea at all!
I mean, when I left the regular army about 8 or 9 years ago I had nothing.
No qualifications (I'd left school at 16 without taking my exams), no money (I was completely broke) and no obvious means to get either. To make matters worse, I had a young wife, 3 young kids and another one on the way, and nothing remotely approaching the slightest hint of how I was going to support them, let alone give them the things that every father and husband wants to provide for their family.
We were living in high crime council accommodation on a housing estate in North London (in what in the U.S would be known as 'projects') and claiming social security benefits in order to pay the bills and get by and dreaming of ways to improve upon our situation so that we could give our kids some of the better things in life.
I took many temporary jobs including bodyguarding, roadsweeping and even working in sewers in order to get the little bit of extra cash we needed and supplemented my income with my Reserve Forces pay from my territorial army unit weekends, camps and courses, but as fast as I was able to earn a little money it seemed to be eaten up on bills of every conceivable type so that, no matter how hard I worked, we were never able to get ahead.
It was frustrating to say the least but, like most people, it was a frustration i just had to learn to tolerate. After all, my bills had to be paid, right?
Then one day after an army weekend, I noticed one of the other guys in my patrol was reading a book in the back of the truck on the way home. He was coming to the end of it and as he finally turned the last page he glanced up and noticed me looking in his direction. Seeing I was bored he offered me the book, which I gratefully took and in that moment... started a chain reaction of events that would totally transform my life!
I'm not exaggerating.
I read that book all the way home, persuaded my patrol-mate to lend it to me until later in the week and took it home and read, and read and read.
Now, what was surprising to me was that this wasn't a new book. It was old. REALLY old, like 1920's, yet as I read through it I felt as though it had been written specifically with me in mind as it described many of the very things that I had been going through and, more importantly, why.
It told me to hold a major definite purpose uppermost in my mind, pursue it with all vigor and not to quit on it until I accomplished what I'd set out to accomplish.
So I did!
I'd always had an interest in fitness and having boxed, done martial arts and been a soldier, knew that I was naturally gifted in this area as well as passionate. I'd seen ads posted for gym instructor jobs but when I enquired they told me to go get a civilian qualification and they'd consider employing me. Trouble is, I didn't even have the £325 I needed for the YMCA gym instructor course, but the book said that I shouldn't let that put me off, so I set about getting a bunch of temporary jobs to raise the cash.
Eventually I did the course, got qualified and went back to the gym where they told me they only had work for me for 2 hours a week in the shifts that no-one else wanted and that the pay was a measly £5 an hour. I took the job and again, changed the course of my life.
In short, that job led to me becoming a personal trainer, becoming a trainer led me to owning my own studios, owing my own studios led to me working directly with people like Bob Proctor and Joe Vitale from The Secret and working with those guys led to me writing The MAGIC Hundred Goal Achievement Program which sold over $107,000 in the first 7 days of launch and that has led to me traveling the world, speaking at international events and teaching my own rapid goal achievement philosophy to thousands and thousands of people.
Since making that first teeny-tiny decision to read that book instead of going to sleep like my patrol-mates, literally EVERYTHING about my life has changed and I find myself in the weird and rather unlikely position of being some kind of 'goals guru' to people from all around the world who I've never even met and earning more money than I ever thought I'd earn whilst traveling the world and having all kinds of adventures.
It's very strange indeed!
Nice, but strange : )
I now live the kind of life that I'd only dreamed about before with travel all over the world to jungles, deserts and arctic wastelands as well as luxury hotels, secluded islands and all manner of other places that I'd only ever seen in books before I started on this amazing journey that my life has become.
But looking back at how I got to this point in my life and the opportunities I now have before me, I can honestly say it all started with reading that one book. It's as though that one decision was like setting a compass bearing just slightly off course to the original path I'd been on at the time, yet which over the weeks, months and years has moved far off the original course to deliver me to the place I'm at now.
I guess you're wondering 'What's this got to do with me?' right?
Well, nothing I guess...
...and EVERYTHING!
You see, just as my own life has been created by each of the decisions I've made along the way, so has yours.
Everything you've experienced so far is the result of the decisions you've made (or failed to make) up to this point.
That's a fact.
The good news is that that means you can also decide where you want to go, what you want to do and who you want to be just by the simple and straightforward act of making a decision right now. I mean LITERALLY right now!
Just choose to act on something you've been putting off, something you've been 'thinking about' or something that's been tickling away at the edge of your mind and you too could find yourself living the life of your dreams in some not-too-distant future.
I mean it.
It happened to me so why not you?
Make a decision TODAY my friend.
Set a new course!
Truth, joy and love
Dax Moy
Author of The MAGIC Hundred Goal Achievement Program
****************************************************************************************************************************************
****************************************************************************************************************************************
Pretty inspiring huh? :)
That one book started a huge chain of events which lead to The MAGIC Hundred and then though that amazing Goal Achievement Program he is now living the life he wants to live.
Impressive :)
I bet you are all wanting to know what this book that started this incrediable chain of events is? Thought so.
Leave your best guess below and i may be kind enough to tell you tomorrow ;)
Work hard guys,
Sean Ryan
www.SeanRyan-PT.Blogspot.com
www.SeanRyan-NoNonsense.Blogspot.com
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
When Should I Begin?
Well, Dax promised he'd be back 'tomorrow' and it's been a week.
A family emergency got in the way and he was unable to get back to us and share some more of his goal achievement 'secrets' but he's finally back with another interesting and thought provoking message to help us achieve your goals faster.
Today he's answering the most common question that his thousands of readers often ask about goal achievement and success.
"When Should I Begin?"
Believe it or not, it's a really common question!
People are of the belief that there is some special 'buildup' they have to go through in order to achieve what they want or that they have to 'prepare' or 'get ready' or have all their ducks in a row before they can finally go after what they want.
They tell themselves they'll start to pursue their goals......
tomorrow...
next week...
next year...
when the kids get out of school...
when the kids go back to school...
when there is more time...
when things settle down...
when there are less bills...
when there is more money...
when the moment it right
And all the while they delay the pursuit of those things that would make them happiest because of... something. Some 'reason' for why they couldn't possibly go after their goals right here, right now.
So here's Dax's answer.
(I think you know it already) : )
Start right here, right now with whatever resources you have at your disposal to build the life that you most dream about having.
You see, you can carry on dreaming about the things you want or you can do something about them.
You can let the daily routine of your current life run the show or you can make the changes you want to see.
You can keep putting off and delaying your happiness until 'someday' or you can begin doing the things you know you are capable of doing TODAY!
The choice is yours.
You have the power to choose.
You see, it's all too easy to fall into the same old routine of saying to yourself 'someday I'll do it but right now I just have too much on my plate'.
The truth is, you will ALWAYS have tons of things to do, tons of people to see, tons of places to go, chores to be done and bills to be paid.
That's life for us all, right?
But if you don't at least START building the life of your dreams, regardless of how busy, tired, stressed, broke you are then you stand zero chance of ever getting there don't you?
So start today my friends.
Start today.
You don't have to do much. You don't have to change the world in an afternoon. Just change one thing. Do one thing different to how you did it yesterday and you've begun to move your life on a different course. This is the REAL 'secret' of goal achievement.
It's taking action.
But you knew this already, right? : )
Sean Ryan
www.MuscleMadness.tk
The MAGIC Hundred
P.S - What one action are you committed to taking TODAY? Write it in the comments area... I dare ya! :)
A family emergency got in the way and he was unable to get back to us and share some more of his goal achievement 'secrets' but he's finally back with another interesting and thought provoking message to help us achieve your goals faster.
Today he's answering the most common question that his thousands of readers often ask about goal achievement and success.
"When Should I Begin?"
Believe it or not, it's a really common question!
People are of the belief that there is some special 'buildup' they have to go through in order to achieve what they want or that they have to 'prepare' or 'get ready' or have all their ducks in a row before they can finally go after what they want.
They tell themselves they'll start to pursue their goals......
tomorrow...
next week...
next year...
when the kids get out of school...
when the kids go back to school...
when there is more time...
when things settle down...
when there are less bills...
when there is more money...
when the moment it right
And all the while they delay the pursuit of those things that would make them happiest because of... something. Some 'reason' for why they couldn't possibly go after their goals right here, right now.
So here's Dax's answer.
(I think you know it already) : )
Start right here, right now with whatever resources you have at your disposal to build the life that you most dream about having.
You see, you can carry on dreaming about the things you want or you can do something about them.
You can let the daily routine of your current life run the show or you can make the changes you want to see.
You can keep putting off and delaying your happiness until 'someday' or you can begin doing the things you know you are capable of doing TODAY!
The choice is yours.
You have the power to choose.
You see, it's all too easy to fall into the same old routine of saying to yourself 'someday I'll do it but right now I just have too much on my plate'.
The truth is, you will ALWAYS have tons of things to do, tons of people to see, tons of places to go, chores to be done and bills to be paid.
That's life for us all, right?
But if you don't at least START building the life of your dreams, regardless of how busy, tired, stressed, broke you are then you stand zero chance of ever getting there don't you?
So start today my friends.
Start today.
You don't have to do much. You don't have to change the world in an afternoon. Just change one thing. Do one thing different to how you did it yesterday and you've begun to move your life on a different course. This is the REAL 'secret' of goal achievement.
It's taking action.
But you knew this already, right? : )
Sean Ryan
www.MuscleMadness.tk
The MAGIC Hundred
P.S - What one action are you committed to taking TODAY? Write it in the comments area... I dare ya! :)
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Are you a Hardgainer?
I am hearing the term Hardgainer more and more recently.
“I can’t gain weight because I am a Hardgainer”
“I can’t build muscle because I am a Hardgainer”
“You’re not a Hardgainer so [insert program here] will work for you!”
Ok, so what is a Hardgainer? Well, the general definition that I know of is someone who struggles to gain weight and//or muscle through genetics. That to me is a true hardgainer.
So are you a Hardgainer?
Before you start nodding your head and saying that yes, you are in fact a Hardgainer let me answer it for you.
Chance is that no, you are not a Hardgainer.
In my opinion most people that claim they are a Hardgainer are in fact wrong – they are simply ill-informed about Nutrition and training.
I find people tend to use ‘Hardgainer’ as an excuse, a reason why something didn’t work the way they wanted. It’s not their diet or training (or lack of) it is simply all down to the fact they are a Hardgainer.
There are tones of exercise programs out there that work amazingly well and I would recommend in a heart beat. For example Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training, Vince Delmonte’s No Nonsense Muscle Building or even Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle program.
(All programs I would suggest having a look at)
Following a set program makes everything so much easier, everything is already set out for you. Reps, Sets, Exercise, Tempo, progressions. All you have to do is put the effort in.
That bit is simple. Now for the harder bit….
The problem most ‘Hardgainers’ have is quite simple but harder to change, they do not eat enough.
It’s true!
A lot of people who fancied themselves to be a Hardgainer later changed their mind when they started to eat correctly (more) and continued to work hard in the gym – why? – Because they put on weight and gained muscle.
Before you all head to the biscuit tin to ‘eat more’ remember that eating more does not mean ‘eating junk’. What can you eat?
How about:
Ø More lean meat
Ø More Fruit
Ø More vegetables
Ø Nuts and seeds
There is more, but you get the idea.
Healthy un-processed food is the best option.
“I can’t gain weight because I am a Hardgainer”
“I can’t build muscle because I am a Hardgainer”
“You’re not a Hardgainer so [insert program here] will work for you!”
Ok, so what is a Hardgainer? Well, the general definition that I know of is someone who struggles to gain weight and//or muscle through genetics. That to me is a true hardgainer.
So are you a Hardgainer?
Before you start nodding your head and saying that yes, you are in fact a Hardgainer let me answer it for you.
Chance is that no, you are not a Hardgainer.
In my opinion most people that claim they are a Hardgainer are in fact wrong – they are simply ill-informed about Nutrition and training.
I find people tend to use ‘Hardgainer’ as an excuse, a reason why something didn’t work the way they wanted. It’s not their diet or training (or lack of) it is simply all down to the fact they are a Hardgainer.
There are tones of exercise programs out there that work amazingly well and I would recommend in a heart beat. For example Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training, Vince Delmonte’s No Nonsense Muscle Building or even Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle program.
(All programs I would suggest having a look at)
Following a set program makes everything so much easier, everything is already set out for you. Reps, Sets, Exercise, Tempo, progressions. All you have to do is put the effort in.
That bit is simple. Now for the harder bit….
The problem most ‘Hardgainers’ have is quite simple but harder to change, they do not eat enough.
It’s true!
A lot of people who fancied themselves to be a Hardgainer later changed their mind when they started to eat correctly (more) and continued to work hard in the gym – why? – Because they put on weight and gained muscle.
Before you all head to the biscuit tin to ‘eat more’ remember that eating more does not mean ‘eating junk’. What can you eat?
How about:
Ø More lean meat
Ø More Fruit
Ø More vegetables
Ø Nuts and seeds
There is more, but you get the idea.
Healthy un-processed food is the best option.
Stuck for ideas? Check out Dax Moy’s Elimination Cook Book – this has over 100 recipes all with proper healthy food - A must for anyone looking to improve their Health and Fitness!
So guys, are you a Hardgainer?
Comment and let me know!
Sean
So guys, are you a Hardgainer?
Comment and let me know!
Sean
PS. Don't forget about Dax Moy, the author of The MAGIC Hundred will be on here soon! Stick around!
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Are You Elite?
I have been asked on many occasions as to what motivates me to push myself harder and harder so that I always progress.
So what does motivate and inspire me?
Generally I struggle answering this, and I mean really struggle. How can I put what I feel into words?
I don’t have to anymore, someone has managed to do this for me and he hit the nail right on the head.
Going by the screen name dalbers he has lost 94lbs in 9 months dropping to 231lbs and still going strong. That in itself is amazing! What he had to say, however, is even more special…
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Become an elite athlete, instantly! No gimmicks! How can you do this? Decide to.
When I was 325 pounds and started at the gym, I decided I was not a fat guy trying to lose weight, but an elite athlete. So, since I was an elite athlete I trained like one. I woke up very early so I could go train before work. I shuffled my personal life and work life so I could train at night too. I ate food that would fuel my body, not my pleasure centres. In my mind I was an athlete, no question, and it was only a matter of time until my body caught up. Elite athletes sacrifice things to maintain their training schedule. Elite athletes make training IMPORTANT. We ALWAYS find times for things important (just ask any hockey nut if he caught the game last night, in the next breath he will tell you why he has no time to work out). I became an elite athlete in 30 seconds flat, my body only has to finish catching up.
Goals? Yes I had them. I still do. An athlete needs goals. Goals drive you and motivate you. Reaching them rewards your self esteem and encourages you to try harder, failing them humbles you and teaches you and, if you in your mind are an elite athlete, will motivate you even more than your successes.
People always ask me, at my gym, where I get my motivation from. I have easily the best weight loss track record at my gym in recent years. And of those who have lost significant weight, I am in a far better state of fitness. The reason is as I stated above, I am not a guy trying to lose weight. In my mind I am elite already, so I train that way. When I go to the gym, I am not "working out", I am "training".
Weight loss is not even a goal for me these days. My goals are to run a half marathon soon. To pass the police physical by my 40th birthday (but I likely can now), and to win a Muay Thai or kickboxing tournament fight. On the way to my athletic goals, I will lose weight, it is inevitable, and I do not have to pay extra attention or mental energy to it.
When I started Muay Thai, I liked it very much. That night, I became an elite Muay Thai warrior. So now I train like one. My body? It gets no say in the matter. It is being sculpted and honed as I leave it no choice. Mentally, I am an elite, bad ass motherfucking warrior at the top of the food chain, and I train that way. Every power punch I hold nothing back, even if I roll my wrist and hurt it that day (which thankfully does not happen now). Every round of speed punches leaves me completely exhausted, cause I give it my all. Why? Because that is what the best of the best do. And I consider myself in that crowd, my body only has to catch up.
So the next time you set goals, or find yourself lacking in motivation, ask yourself "What am I?" Are you a guy trying to run faster? Lose weight? Fight better? Or are you an elite athlete, training hard?
I write this to share what motivates me to train hard, as I know that conditioning training is about the hardest training there is. An elite athlete welcomes it, and a person who wants to lose weight, or just work out, dreads it.
It is your choice.
The question is guys - are you an elite athlete training hard? Or are you just another gym goer going through the phases?
What about at home? Are you an elite husband or wife being the best you can for your partner? What about an elite father or mother being the best you can for your children?
What about work? Are you an elite accountant, elite engineer, elite social worker? Constantly looking to improve your knowledge and the way you work? Or are you an average worker who is only there because you have to be?
You can be Elite in every area in your life if you want to be, as long as you are willing to work towards it as if you were already there.
Me?
Well I am an Elite Personal Trainer – I have ‘A list’ famous clients and charge top rate, they just don’t know it yet.
I am an Elite Swimmer – I have won an Olympic gold and set record in the 50 meter and 100 meter breaststroke, my times just have to catch up.
I am an Elite Boyfriend – Showing more love, caring and kindness than anyone else. Bringing everything that is expected and more to my amazing girlfriend Su :)
I can tell you now. I am Elite. Are you?
Leave me a comment below and let me know how Elite you are in areas of your life.
It’s time to be Elite!
Sean Ryan
PS. Don't forget to check out the previous posts (Could 'The Secret' be wrong? and What were you doing 77 days ago?) Plus don't forget Dax Moy author of The MAGIC Hundred will be spilling his guts VERY soon! :)
So what does motivate and inspire me?
Generally I struggle answering this, and I mean really struggle. How can I put what I feel into words?
I don’t have to anymore, someone has managed to do this for me and he hit the nail right on the head.
Going by the screen name dalbers he has lost 94lbs in 9 months dropping to 231lbs and still going strong. That in itself is amazing! What he had to say, however, is even more special…
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Become an elite athlete, instantly! No gimmicks! How can you do this? Decide to.
When I was 325 pounds and started at the gym, I decided I was not a fat guy trying to lose weight, but an elite athlete. So, since I was an elite athlete I trained like one. I woke up very early so I could go train before work. I shuffled my personal life and work life so I could train at night too. I ate food that would fuel my body, not my pleasure centres. In my mind I was an athlete, no question, and it was only a matter of time until my body caught up. Elite athletes sacrifice things to maintain their training schedule. Elite athletes make training IMPORTANT. We ALWAYS find times for things important (just ask any hockey nut if he caught the game last night, in the next breath he will tell you why he has no time to work out). I became an elite athlete in 30 seconds flat, my body only has to finish catching up.
Goals? Yes I had them. I still do. An athlete needs goals. Goals drive you and motivate you. Reaching them rewards your self esteem and encourages you to try harder, failing them humbles you and teaches you and, if you in your mind are an elite athlete, will motivate you even more than your successes.
People always ask me, at my gym, where I get my motivation from. I have easily the best weight loss track record at my gym in recent years. And of those who have lost significant weight, I am in a far better state of fitness. The reason is as I stated above, I am not a guy trying to lose weight. In my mind I am elite already, so I train that way. When I go to the gym, I am not "working out", I am "training".
Weight loss is not even a goal for me these days. My goals are to run a half marathon soon. To pass the police physical by my 40th birthday (but I likely can now), and to win a Muay Thai or kickboxing tournament fight. On the way to my athletic goals, I will lose weight, it is inevitable, and I do not have to pay extra attention or mental energy to it.
When I started Muay Thai, I liked it very much. That night, I became an elite Muay Thai warrior. So now I train like one. My body? It gets no say in the matter. It is being sculpted and honed as I leave it no choice. Mentally, I am an elite, bad ass motherfucking warrior at the top of the food chain, and I train that way. Every power punch I hold nothing back, even if I roll my wrist and hurt it that day (which thankfully does not happen now). Every round of speed punches leaves me completely exhausted, cause I give it my all. Why? Because that is what the best of the best do. And I consider myself in that crowd, my body only has to catch up.
So the next time you set goals, or find yourself lacking in motivation, ask yourself "What am I?" Are you a guy trying to run faster? Lose weight? Fight better? Or are you an elite athlete, training hard?
I write this to share what motivates me to train hard, as I know that conditioning training is about the hardest training there is. An elite athlete welcomes it, and a person who wants to lose weight, or just work out, dreads it.
It is your choice.
The question is guys - are you an elite athlete training hard? Or are you just another gym goer going through the phases?
What about at home? Are you an elite husband or wife being the best you can for your partner? What about an elite father or mother being the best you can for your children?
What about work? Are you an elite accountant, elite engineer, elite social worker? Constantly looking to improve your knowledge and the way you work? Or are you an average worker who is only there because you have to be?
You can be Elite in every area in your life if you want to be, as long as you are willing to work towards it as if you were already there.
Me?
Well I am an Elite Personal Trainer – I have ‘A list’ famous clients and charge top rate, they just don’t know it yet.
I am an Elite Swimmer – I have won an Olympic gold and set record in the 50 meter and 100 meter breaststroke, my times just have to catch up.
I am an Elite Boyfriend – Showing more love, caring and kindness than anyone else. Bringing everything that is expected and more to my amazing girlfriend Su :)
I can tell you now. I am Elite. Are you?
Leave me a comment below and let me know how Elite you are in areas of your life.
It’s time to be Elite!
Sean Ryan
PS. Don't forget to check out the previous posts (Could 'The Secret' be wrong? and What were you doing 77 days ago?) Plus don't forget Dax Moy author of The MAGIC Hundred will be spilling his guts VERY soon! :)
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Could The Secret Be Wrong?
Have you seen the movie The Secret?
If you have you'll know that it practically became the goal-achievement 'bible' overnight due to it's very simple, yet very powerful message about how you can be, do and have practically anything in life that you want as long as you do one or two key things.
They are:
1. Think about what you want on a regular basis
2. Think about it positively
That was it really. That was the 'secret' of The Secret!
Now, I'm not knocking this at all, far from it. First off, most people (myself included) can be really unfocused and unclear about what they want and spending some time focusing can be really beneficial, right?
And thinking positive, well, that's just obvious isn't it? After all, going through life with a dark cloud over your head is not really going to help you feel good about even STARTING your goals, let alone achieving them is it?
So I've no real problems with the advice that The Secret shares, it makes sense and, truth be told, thousands of people have already gone on to achieve great things as a result of following this simple advice, but again, there are a lot of people who couldn't seem to make it work for them and are now dismissive of the whole goal achievement 'thing'.
Maybe you're one of them?
I certainly used to be.
I tried thinking positive and holding my goals in my thoughts but still, the bills piled up and the same old hassles that were always in my life before were still there so I did what most people would do. I gave up the whole goal-setting thing as a waste of time.
That is until I came across (yet another) goal achievement program that was saying some things that were very different to what I'd been hearing from the thoughts become things crowd.
In fact, this program said that thoughts DON'T become things, but rather, they could become things, but not necessarily.
It jokingly explained that if thoughts really did automatically become things then most teenage boys would materialise pretty young girls into their bedrooms. After all, this is what's on their minds most of the time, right? : )
Sounds funny, I know, but it struck a chord. After all, if thinking clearly of something that's important to you, holding it in your mind and thinking about it a lot works to bring goals to life, then it should work, right?
And as to thinking positive...
I'd always been told that thinking positive was a critical step to making your goals come to life, but again in this program I was told that this simply wasn't true. After all, if being positive made your goals come to life you should be able to sit in the middle of a busy road, smile and say 'I won't get hit, I won't get hit, I won't get hit" and sure enough, all the trucks will completely miss you.
Not a strategy that I think I'd like to try : )
It all makes sense doesn't it?
The idea that you can't just put on a happy face, think about your goals and have them come to life?
I think so anyway : )
So what's the real 'secret' to goal achievement?
Well, I guess it's simply that there isn't one. Not as in one hidden thing that once exposed will bring your goals to life. It's more a case of having a strategy that is proven to work rather than relying on hope or wishful thinking.
What's the strategy?
It's coming... I promise!
In fact, I've persuaded Dax Moy, author of The MAGIC Hundred to spill the beans right here on my blog over the next week so DEFINITELY stay tuned.
Speak soon!
Sean Ryan
http://www.seanryan-pt.blogspot.com/
P.S - Don't forget to leave your own comments about this post. What do YOU think are the not-so-secret secrets to achieving success?
LEGAL STUFF
The Secret(R) is a registered trademark of TS Production LLC.
If you have you'll know that it practically became the goal-achievement 'bible' overnight due to it's very simple, yet very powerful message about how you can be, do and have practically anything in life that you want as long as you do one or two key things.
They are:
1. Think about what you want on a regular basis
2. Think about it positively
That was it really. That was the 'secret' of The Secret!
Now, I'm not knocking this at all, far from it. First off, most people (myself included) can be really unfocused and unclear about what they want and spending some time focusing can be really beneficial, right?
And thinking positive, well, that's just obvious isn't it? After all, going through life with a dark cloud over your head is not really going to help you feel good about even STARTING your goals, let alone achieving them is it?
So I've no real problems with the advice that The Secret shares, it makes sense and, truth be told, thousands of people have already gone on to achieve great things as a result of following this simple advice, but again, there are a lot of people who couldn't seem to make it work for them and are now dismissive of the whole goal achievement 'thing'.
Maybe you're one of them?
I certainly used to be.
I tried thinking positive and holding my goals in my thoughts but still, the bills piled up and the same old hassles that were always in my life before were still there so I did what most people would do. I gave up the whole goal-setting thing as a waste of time.
That is until I came across (yet another) goal achievement program that was saying some things that were very different to what I'd been hearing from the thoughts become things crowd.
In fact, this program said that thoughts DON'T become things, but rather, they could become things, but not necessarily.
It jokingly explained that if thoughts really did automatically become things then most teenage boys would materialise pretty young girls into their bedrooms. After all, this is what's on their minds most of the time, right? : )
Sounds funny, I know, but it struck a chord. After all, if thinking clearly of something that's important to you, holding it in your mind and thinking about it a lot works to bring goals to life, then it should work, right?
And as to thinking positive...
I'd always been told that thinking positive was a critical step to making your goals come to life, but again in this program I was told that this simply wasn't true. After all, if being positive made your goals come to life you should be able to sit in the middle of a busy road, smile and say 'I won't get hit, I won't get hit, I won't get hit" and sure enough, all the trucks will completely miss you.
Not a strategy that I think I'd like to try : )
It all makes sense doesn't it?
The idea that you can't just put on a happy face, think about your goals and have them come to life?
I think so anyway : )
So what's the real 'secret' to goal achievement?
Well, I guess it's simply that there isn't one. Not as in one hidden thing that once exposed will bring your goals to life. It's more a case of having a strategy that is proven to work rather than relying on hope or wishful thinking.
What's the strategy?
It's coming... I promise!
In fact, I've persuaded Dax Moy, author of The MAGIC Hundred to spill the beans right here on my blog over the next week so DEFINITELY stay tuned.
Speak soon!
Sean Ryan
http://www.seanryan-pt.blogspot.com/
P.S - Don't forget to leave your own comments about this post. What do YOU think are the not-so-secret secrets to achieving success?
LEGAL STUFF
The Secret(R) is a registered trademark of TS Production LLC.
Monday, 16 March 2009
What were you doing 77 days ago?
I know, funny question, but there is a point, you see, today is day 76 of 2009 which means that 77 days ago you were celebrating New Year’s Eve and, like most people, you were setting up your New Year’s Resolutions and goals.
And look, here we are at day 76 already.
Time goes by pretty quick, huh?
But I’m not just blogging you to act as some kind of timekeeper or clockwatcher, rather I wanted to share with something that I’ve been thinking about a lot this week.
You see, it recently dawned on me that, we’re already approaching the end of the first quarter of 2009 and that many of the goals I’d set for myself this year haven’t even been started. In truth, many of them haven’t even been thought about.
It’s not like they’re not important to me. They are, many of them would REALLY change my life for the better if I could bring them to life but, well, I just haven’t seemed to get around to them.
I bet you’re the same right?
I bet you have a huge list of things that you KNOW would absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt change your life for the better, yet you haven’t taken a single, solitary action on them, right?
Weird isn’t it?
For instance in my own life I know that these goals are important to me:
1. No more fizzy drinks//sodas – I am addicted to this stuff, going through 5/6 cans a day! Not healthy in the slightest!
2. Keep a detailed Training Log – This is something i recommend to people all the time yet have never followed my own advise, it's about time i do!
3. Reduce my bodyfat % to 10%– What man doesn't want to see his abs?
4. Learn basic spanish off my brother – Not only would this give me and my brother quality time but also gets me learning another language,
5. Reduce and get rid of all debt – This is very important. Debt is not good nor nice.
6. Visit Dublin - I would love to visit my Irish family
Most likely you’ve got a bunch like this too haven’t you?
For example, what financial goals did you set for yourself on New Year’s Eve?
What about your health goals? I KNOW you had a bunch of those!
How about adventures? We all want to travel more and experience more and I bet you had set some goals in this department, right?
Not to mention relationships, education, family and career goals.
I bet you had a bunch, yet where are you with them?
That’s not a rhetorical question guys, I mean it. Where are you with these goals?
Did you achieve them as you said you would?
More to the point, did you even START them?
I know that I didn’t even BEGIN many of the goals I set at the start of the year. I know they’re important to me, I know they’ll change my life in more positive ways than I can even begin to tell you but for some strange reason, I haven’t even begun to chase them yet.
Like I said, weird.
So look, I’ve got this mad, crazy idea.
I want to help you achieve YOUR goals over the course of this year and I want you to keep ME on track. Sound like a fair deal?
It starts today.
Comment on this blog and tell me what your most important, most pressing goals are and I’ll tell you mine and (hopefully) together we can see 2009 through in great style.
Of course, you could simply ignore this and pass it off as silly but, well, that’ll just mean that the next 76 days are just like the first, and the ones after that, and the ones after that.
I need help to bring my goals to life.
So do you.
So let’s do this!
Sean Ryan
Fitness Advisor
http://www.theabsforum.com/
P.S – I got my idea for this email from my friend Dax Moy, Author of The MAGIC Hundred. I’m glad he kicked me in the butt today : )
And look, here we are at day 76 already.
Time goes by pretty quick, huh?
But I’m not just blogging you to act as some kind of timekeeper or clockwatcher, rather I wanted to share with something that I’ve been thinking about a lot this week.
You see, it recently dawned on me that, we’re already approaching the end of the first quarter of 2009 and that many of the goals I’d set for myself this year haven’t even been started. In truth, many of them haven’t even been thought about.
It’s not like they’re not important to me. They are, many of them would REALLY change my life for the better if I could bring them to life but, well, I just haven’t seemed to get around to them.
I bet you’re the same right?
I bet you have a huge list of things that you KNOW would absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt change your life for the better, yet you haven’t taken a single, solitary action on them, right?
Weird isn’t it?
For instance in my own life I know that these goals are important to me:
1. No more fizzy drinks//sodas – I am addicted to this stuff, going through 5/6 cans a day! Not healthy in the slightest!
2. Keep a detailed Training Log – This is something i recommend to people all the time yet have never followed my own advise, it's about time i do!
3. Reduce my bodyfat % to 10%– What man doesn't want to see his abs?
4. Learn basic spanish off my brother – Not only would this give me and my brother quality time but also gets me learning another language,
5. Reduce and get rid of all debt – This is very important. Debt is not good nor nice.
6. Visit Dublin - I would love to visit my Irish family
Most likely you’ve got a bunch like this too haven’t you?
For example, what financial goals did you set for yourself on New Year’s Eve?
What about your health goals? I KNOW you had a bunch of those!
How about adventures? We all want to travel more and experience more and I bet you had set some goals in this department, right?
Not to mention relationships, education, family and career goals.
I bet you had a bunch, yet where are you with them?
That’s not a rhetorical question guys, I mean it. Where are you with these goals?
Did you achieve them as you said you would?
More to the point, did you even START them?
I know that I didn’t even BEGIN many of the goals I set at the start of the year. I know they’re important to me, I know they’ll change my life in more positive ways than I can even begin to tell you but for some strange reason, I haven’t even begun to chase them yet.
Like I said, weird.
So look, I’ve got this mad, crazy idea.
I want to help you achieve YOUR goals over the course of this year and I want you to keep ME on track. Sound like a fair deal?
It starts today.
Comment on this blog and tell me what your most important, most pressing goals are and I’ll tell you mine and (hopefully) together we can see 2009 through in great style.
Of course, you could simply ignore this and pass it off as silly but, well, that’ll just mean that the next 76 days are just like the first, and the ones after that, and the ones after that.
I need help to bring my goals to life.
So do you.
So let’s do this!
Sean Ryan
Fitness Advisor
http://www.theabsforum.com/
P.S – I got my idea for this email from my friend Dax Moy, Author of The MAGIC Hundred. I’m glad he kicked me in the butt today : )
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