So we surpassed our 30 comment quota on the last blog post, “The Curse of Motivation”…coolness.
NOW, it’s time to get freaky with the good stuff and, as promised, my 3 BEST tricks for you to absolutely crush the “Curse of Motivation” and keep rocking and rolling with your athletic success.
So, let’s get it on:
1. Write a thank-you letter to yourself TODAY
This little trick is all about personal accountability..
I discovered it a few years back when I was actually writing thank-you letters to some friends, and because I’m awesomely weird, I decided to write a thank-you letter to myself. Click here to continue reading
As I sit here writing this update within the comfy confines of my local Barnes and Noble, there is a “peculiar” old woman sitting 3 feet away from me, staring me down like I’ve got flames coming out of my eyes (and newsflash: no flames emanating from my deep blue pupils, just truth).
Kinda weird. Anyways…
Lots has been going on lately that’s prevented me from updating the blog recently, so my bizzad for that. Before you forgive me, let me tell you why, and what’s been going on.
I’ve been super busy with this crazy, but always exciting thing called life (did I pronounce that right? LOL).
Between training in “real life”, my new Platinum Athletic Clients, helping everyone in the Destroy The 40 Program and helping run all the different websites for TAQ, FIF and EBH (my 3 products), I’ve sort of been tied up.
On top of that, I’ve also started writing a book (a REAL book, that is). Very early stages right now, but it actually isn’t just about training or fitness, but about lifestyle, influence, self-help, lots of cool stuff that I’m enormously passionate about, so I’ve been beyond EXCITED about that (and I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted on that).
I’ve also think I’ve put together a good “email update” schedule that should work out well for you and for me…here’s what it looks like:
Hey there…hope your day is going great! Now, check this awesome content out below…
**IMPORTANT MESSAGE — PLEASE READ CAREFULLY**
Here is the PERSONAL video I promised you from BodyWeightCoach.Com Expert Trainer Adam Steer. In it, he’s going to tell you:
The NUMBER ONE problem with not using bodyweight training in your workouts
How bodyweight training specifically and DIRECTLY helps you on the field or court with your speed, power and explosiveness
One MAJOR HALL-OF-FAME ATHLETE who trained with Adam and WHY he said Adam’s bodyweight training techniques rocked his WORLD (this guy is a LEGEND)
EXACTLY why you need to include bodyweight workouts in your own training, but even more, exactly why you need to be using what Adam teaches to achieve the absolute BEST results
I spent last week in Cancun, you know, “where the wild things are”, BUT…
…it wasn’t all socializing and partying (too bad, right?). Almost every morning, while my buddies were on the beach “gaming and shaming”, I was in the warped and twisted hotel weight room, getting my sweat on!
I managed to capture some video of some of the workouts for you, but as you’ll see below in the video below, the weight room there was hopelessly weak!
The squat rack was the missing the barbell, the dumbbells only went up to 50 lbs. and when I even decided to give the machines a shot, I found that they only worked for half the repetition (the resistance disappeared for the eccentric portion of the lift — which to me, as I’m in a “muscle-building” focused stage is most important, since most of the muscular damage and the hormonal response it initiates comes from those intense eccentric contractions).
You would think you can’t get a good, athletic-specific workout in such a situation, right?
On Tuesday, we went over all the reasons why you MUST address the Speed Triad and its 3 key sections when it comes to YOU getting faster, specifically for the 40-Yard Dash (or the 60-yard dash too).
When I first started training for the 40 after Cory challenged my motivated ass, I found a MILLION different ways to train for the 40: different techniques, different exercises, different workouts, different training schedules, different everything.
I started at the top of the list and began to try and test out all the best ones, until the ones that seemed to work the best and most often rose to the top and all the other stuff began to get DROPPED. But along the way…
…I noticed a pattern in what worked and what didn’t.
What exercises needed to be in there and what wasn’t necessary…
What techniques needed to be in there and which ones actually slow you down…
What stretches need to be in there and what muscle do NOT need to be stretched…
What things need to be said, and what things need to be focused on most.
And I was able to put it all together in a cool little system I call “The Speed Triad” that allowed me and everyone who uses it to seriously decrease their own 40-yard dash. I want to show you now how you can use it for your own workouts and training…
“Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned.
The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.
Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.”
-Frank Abignale, Catch Me If You Can
I first heard that story in one of my favorite movies, “Catch Me If You Can”…it’s powerfully delivered by supporting actor superstar Christopher Walken and with it comes a great lesson.
I really find it really interesting though when I think about that second mouse and running the 40-yard dash (or any athletic endeavor for that matter).
The way I see it, to drastically improve your 40-yard dash time, you have 2 options:
1. Be like the second mouse, and fight, kick and push your way until you get your 40 time down to a respectable number (which is going to take insane amounts of effort, time and patience — the last 2 being things I personally always seem to be running short on)
Hey! First off, I hope everything in your life is as awesome and exciting as what’s going on in mine right now (SO much goin’ on!). I have a pretty rare story I want to share with you today…
….it’s a seriously embarrassing story about me and the FIRST time I ran the 40-Yard Dash, cleverly titled “The Fraud” story.
The Fraud Story
As you’re probably well aware, I am naturally a very SLOW athlete.
Tell me, what’s the issue with the current state of speed and sports with athletes?
More and more, the only athletes I see out there on the field or the court who have game-breaking speed or unreal acceleration are the ones who were born that way — the ones with the genetics that had them pre-determined to blaze around like gazelles in an open field on a scorching hot Friday afternoon, after a quick meal of Red Bull and wheatgrass!
What about the rest of us? The ones who aren’t born with obnoxious speed or explosiveness, who actually have to work for the results we want?
When I was younger, I was S-L-O-W. Heavy feet, weak thighs and glutes that couldn’t even imagine cracking a walnut between them (sidebar: if anyone now needs to open up a walnut…lol, I digress). It reminds me of when I was playing in that big AAU tournament as a teenager in front of all those college coaches down in Kentucky.
I hope you’re in the process of killing it right now using Kelly’s free report, “The 7-Day Vertical Jump Cure”, preparing and setting your body up for massive vertical jump gains when you start using any of the THREE breakthrough vertical jump programs in our new program, Flying in Four.
Also, please remember that Flying In Four finally goes live this Tuesday February 16th and for the first 3 days until next Thursday February 18th, it’ll be yours for a full $20 OFF the normal price to celebrate it’s long-awaited release…4 inches in FOUR weeks is coming for you VERY soon….
…definitely make sure you get ready next week to get there within those first 3 days so you can save yourself some money and start blasting your vertical jump skyward immediately.
1. I’m sorry for not blogging more lately…I’ve been crazy busy with life, preparing for this MAJOR release of Flying in Four and putting together that FREE Giveaway you saw last week (you did pick something up right? …more than 15,000 people did in just 3 days…if you missed it and wanna see what you missed out on, go here: Free Sports Giveaways).
Lots of positive, helpful stuff will be coming to you in the next 3 months so, yeah, be kinda excited.
2. My friends have taken to calling me “The Situation” the past couple weeks (totally hate you guys too), in reference to the dopekiller MTV show, “Jersey Shore”, mainly because it seems like there is usually a “situation” surrounding me (clearly never my fault) and probably because of my general gravitation towards being a little cocky, ya know, like all the time.
They even decided to put it in writing:
Is this a good thing? LOL…if only I could tell you…
3. I watched the South Carolina-Kentucky basketball game last week
As I was enjoying this Arizona-Green Bay football game, I had a sudden jolt of inspiration to crank out something here for you on Game Speed Insider…
Now, I’m from Michigan. My dad spent some time back in the day with the University of Michigan football team (at 5-9, 170 lbs., he was a beast of an O-linemen…ok, he was actually a punter), when good ‘ol Bo Shembechler was coaching and it rubbed off on me growing up…we always cheered for the Wolverine football team on some fun, fall Saturday afternoons.
So as I was watching the Cardinals mollywamp the Packers, a familiar name kept coming up from the Cardinals
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