Motivational YouTube Rants

I’ve been banging out these short “in your face” motivational rants on my YouTube Channel (by the way, I invite you to subscribe to my YouTube if you’d like to stay up to date with all of the new strength training, personal development and motivation videos I’ll be making over the next few months — CLICK HERE to join) and just wanted to make sure that you got a chance to see them, so I’m posting a few here.

WARNING! — some of my language in these videos is harsh, so if you have children in the room or are easily offended you might want to skip these.  Also, I share some “not so PC” ideas and experiences with you… I don’t expect everyone to agree with me and my position on some things, but I do expect everyone to be respectful when commenting.  Thanks and enjoy

Elliott’s Sick, Sad Addiction

Is there a method of training that ADDS energy and life force as opposed to detracting in the fashion that I’ve experienced?

Are there exercises that induces an ANABOLIC response while you are performing it?

Is anyone familiar with the “Autonomic Nervous System” and balancing it’s Sympathetic and Para-Sympathetic responses with exercise?

Any feedback you have is greatly appreciated?

How To Become The Strongest Version of YOU!

Elliott describes his evolving position on personal development, health and fitness. The 6 principles provide a holistic perspective for becoming “The Strongest Version of Yourself”.

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24 hours with Elliott Hulse

From what I understand, reality shows are ultra popular.  It seems that people just like watching other people going about their lives while experiencing their challenges, successes, failures and faults.

So, today I’m going to give you a “fly on the wall” look at 24 hours spent with me living my weird, rebellious and awesome life

24 Hours With Elliott Hulse — June 2nd, 2010

5:00 am – The alarm on my Blackberry Storm proceeds with a gentle humming alert to let me know that it’s time to “GET MY ASS UP”.

For the past 3 years I have been training a focused, dedicated and hard working group of men that average the age of 50-ish at 6 am on Monday – Friday.  Although I get requests for admittance into this exclusive training group on a weekly basis, admission to this class has been closed for about 1 year.

These guys have been well trained to work their asses off with little or no instruction on my part, I simply design the daily workouts and make sure they don’t mess it up.

Since my injury in April I have had to discontinue training for strongman, so I have joined this rough and rugged gang of men in training at 6 am.  I am their coach and training partner now.

Today we did a high volume combination of Keg Carries, Sandbag Loading and Knees to Elbows on the chin up bars.

After about 45 mins we are all soaking wet with sweat.  We tell a few jokes, share a quick story or two, then shake hands and go about our days.

7:12 am  – After taking a 10 minute ride in my 1988 Ford Econoline Van I arrive at our new home in Old North East St. Petersburg to cook breakfast for the ladies.

It had been a dream of mine to live in this neighborhood 5 years ago when Colleen and I migrated to the south from Long Island, New York.  I remember driving around these red brick paved roads in Colleen’s raggedy, white Ford Escort studying the large, beautiful colonial style homes that sat like proud relics of the “good old days”.  After 2-3 hours of burning more gasoline than I could afford, we would putt-putt our way back across town to our little condo in the “bad” part of town.

After I get home and toss my sweaty clothes in the laundry room, I wash my hands and climb the staircase to the bedrooms upstairs.  Isabelle, my oldest daughter, meets me at the top of the stairs with a big front-toothless smile and says “good morning daddy”… it’s enough to make me melt!

Colleen is brushing the younger girl’s hair and getting them ready for their first day of summer camp, and her first day without children for longer than 3 hours.  We are blessed (or crazy and committed) enough that we can keep Colleen home to be with our children.  Even when we were living on credit cards and on the verge of living in my van, we “stuck to our guns” and never decided for her to work outside of the home… it was THAT important to us.  Honestly, what is it worth to have more money (even enough to meet bare necessities) if you have to send your children to be raised by strangers in a daycare somewhere.

“Mothering” is the most honorable job on the face of the earth and should be treated as such!

I am always shocked by people who go to fertility clinics in their desperation to conceive a child and then after the child is born, the mother goes back to work at some stuffy law firm and daddy is nowhere to be seen until after 9 PM when all the executive meetings have finally let him out, leaving their darling little devil to be raised by some overweight, malnourished, middle-aged woman on Prozac an Prilosec, running a daycare.

Excuse my French, but that’s just fucking weird!!

After harvesting my kisses from all the ladies in my house, I head downstairs to cook breakfast.

Now, I have very little control over what my children eat when they are at school or at friends houses, so I make a concerted effort to feed them like prize winning racehorses when they are at home.

Everyday I scramble almost a dozen WHOLE (yolks and all) eggs for my growing tribe to chow on.  Many people are confused about the value of animal fats, egg yolks in particular, and make the mistake of eliminating them from their diets.  Well, the fact is that the fat and cholesterol found in egg yolks provide TREMENDOUS aid in physical and mental strength… and my girls are strong and smart!

I also give each of them some Fish Oil and a piece of gluten free toast smothered with grass fed butter, mmm!

8:12 am – After breakfast Isabelle and I pack our bags and hunt down the other women for good-bye kisses, then hop in The Van.

As she and I cruise south on I-275, sweating our butts of cuz’ The Van ain’t got no AC, we dance in our seats while singing our favorite song together in sync with Josh Turner.

After the song and dance Isabelle usually interjects with some very inquisitive, 1st grade philosophical question like, “Daddy, why does Ms. Alverez (her teacher) always smell like raisins?

Once I’ve concluded that she really did just ask what I thought she asked, I reply with something ingenious like, “Well baby, maybe Ms. Alverez eats raisins for breakfast!”

At school I always hold her hand as we walk to her class room.  She knows that holding her hand is one of my most favorite things to do in the world, so today instead of waiting for me to grab her hand she made it a point to purposefully place her hand in mine.  By the way, our other favorite song is “Hold My Hand” by The Beatles.

8:57 pm – My gym, Strength Camp, is about 5 minutes from Isabelle’s school.

I get over to the gym and get cracking on my “Passion Cash” business.

What I call a Passion Cash business is really termed “information marketing”, but that term sounds so cold and technical.  Really what it means is that I share my ideas and the things that I am passionate about with other people who also have the same interests, passions and values as I do.

Often times I’ll simply post an article or a video on my blog (which you are now reading) that I think would be interesting, entertaining and valuable to the people who like what I have to say (which, by the way, is NOT everyone!).

I use the internet to build this business, so all I need as far as equipment is my laptop computer, a camera and an internet connection.

Although misunderstood and believed to be a tool for spam, stealing, money schemes, pornography and E Bay by some (weirdos)… the internet is just a new and very powerful way to reach people.

If I were building my Passion Cash business 20 years ago I would have to write a published book that the publisher would pay me 30 cents for each one sold, do speaking engagements that would take me all over the country leaving my family for weeks at a time and hire a publicist to get me on television.

But we live in the most AMAZING time in human history!!  I and people who have Passion Cash business’s like mine (and I personally know dozens), make money by sharing their ideas and passions all while sitting at a computer for a few hours a day.  In fact, one very good friend of my text messaged me last night that he in projecting in the high $SIX FIGURES for income for this year… and I know for a fact that he sleeps until 10 am, goes on vacations all year round and spends about 5 hours a day working on his website all about a SINGLE EXERCISE! (not an exercise program, a single damned exercise!)

When I share information that I’ve learned through many years, many experiences, and tens of thousands of dollars, that people seem to really benefit from… I’ll often ask them if they would like me to spend time creating a product for them that may help them to better understand and implement the things I have been talking about on my websites.

To date I have created several “Passion Cash Machines” (or information products) that help people implement the things that I passionately speak about on my websites.

Examples are my Football Strength Program, How To Open A Warehouse Gym Course, Lean Hybrid Muscle and, my most recent service The Hulse Strength & Wisdom Tribe membership (which is currently closed to new enrollment)

If you think that this type of business is cool, you’re right!

It’s awesome! — It allows you to make very good money, work where ever you want, whenever you want, teaching people about the very things that you are most passionate about.

But, for all of you Lazy Larrys and skeptical nay-sayer’s out there, understand this…

YES, this requires work (not over working, but a solid commitment and effort) and the right knowledge to do it.

YES, this can be done legally.  If you think that I am a crook, then you’re probably not going to listen to what I have to say anyway.  But if you believe that I am honest; if you feel that you know, like and trust me… then I invite you to consider that this is EXACTLY what I do to earn a living and nothing I do compromises my integrity, NOTHING!

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10:04 am - I recorded and sent out a new video about How To Make Money By Helping People to my Hulse Strength & Wisdom Tribe Members, while snacking on almond butter and blueberries.

Then I called back several prospective athletes, who have applied through my website, that would like to train at my gym.

11:19 am – One of my best friends and business partners Mike Westerdal charges through my office door holding his laptop under one arm and a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee in the other hand.  He’s all excited about the new powerlifting program that he is making for his readers and asks me a ton of questions about the best way to help them.

Mike owns a bunch of strength training and fitness websites including CriticalBench.com and is partners with me on Lean Hybrid Muscle. He has been a great friend and tremendous resource to me about building my Passion Cash business.  He has been doing this type of work for over 10 years!

It’s funny, last night I was reading an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson on friendship.  In it he describes your real friends as spiritual extensions of yourself.  Basically, before you even physically meet, the friends you are meant to attract into your life already have a soul connection with you.  Your souls are conjoined, but your bodies have yet to meet!

This is exactly how I feel about Mike.  He and I both played high school and college football (in fact, we played against each other and didn’t even know it), we both compete in strength sports, we both started Passion Cash businesses and we both harbor many of the same life, religious and political values.  We’re really like soul-brothers!

Our meeting was pretty strange also.  One day I found his website and called him to order a DVD that I wanted to purchase.  After Googling my name he realized that I was a sports trainer that happened to also live in the same city as him!  He came down to my gym to train a few weeks later… and the rest is history.

Mike and Ryan Magin along with Chris Barnard, Byron Brazzle (2 college football players that I’ve trained for years) and a few of my long-time clients and training partners, make up the closest extension of my Walking Tribe.  I don’t have too many friends and usually keep people at arms distance, but I am grateful for each of these men.

1:22 pm – One of the coolest things about not working for “the man” is that you get to live on “off peak times”.  Basically you get to go for lunch when everyone else has already left the restaurants to hurry back to their cubicles before Mr. Ludsberg discovers they are missing.

About twice a week Mike and I take a beautiful scenic trip, over bridges and past million dollar yachts, about 15 minutes south of the gym to eat lunch at a resteraunt named Billy’s.  Usually we stuff ourselves with fish and iced tea while sitting where we can see the water, but on several occasions we’ve gassed up on Rum Runners and spent 2 hours there… just… bullshitting.

Today I had a grouper sandwich and Mike ate Mahi-Mahi.

3:00 pm - After our 90 minute lunch we headed back to the gym where I met my buddy Brandon who was lifting some stones and logs while I waited for Chris & Byron to show up and help me train the high school athletes at 3:30.

3:30 pm – Chris, Byron and myself trained a group of 6 baseball players for strength and speed.

When they first arrive they go through a series of warm up exercises and stretches.

Next, Chris takes them through about 10 minutes of agility and speed training.

Then they come “inside” and perform their weight training workouts.

Today it was heavy dead lifts and high rep inverted rows followed by a barbell complex that included keg carries for 3 rounds.

After about 60 minutes of kicking ass, they are done!  Soaking wet, tired and accomplished.  I love watching boys become men while training at my gym!

4:30 pm – The next group of athletes comes in to train but I sneak away to push The Prowler (a horrific training sled that is notorious for making people puke!) with my buddy Ryan while Chris and Byron train the next few groups.

Ryan and I have been pushing The Prowler 3 times a week for about the last 3 months.  Since my injury I have been focused on losing fat and increasing my conditioning.  The Prowler is like a fat burning / cardio massacring apparatus from hell… but it works!

We load it up with 2 45′s and 2 25′s and push it in turns for 40 yards.

After about 5 sets I was ready to pass out and puke in my sleep!

Once we killed our mini workout we went back in the gym where I could yell some encouraging rants at the athletes training, slap a few butts and exchange high-fives.

20 minutes later Colleen text messages me to get my ass home because she’s “going out with the ladies tonight, so I had better get home and wash these kids!”

5:35 pm - Driving home at 65 MPH which is fast enough to make The Van explode (and happens to be the speed limit in FL) to get home in time for Colleen to serve dinner and for me to get the girls ready for bed.

Colleen made chicken and coleslaw.

She is an AWESOME cook, mainly because my mom taught her how! (don’t tell her I said that)

Around the dinner table we deal with the same old shenanigans every night… Simone is screaming for bananas (she calls them “blah!”) and refuses to eat her chicken, Emerson insists that there is something “yacky” on her plate, and Isabelle jams as much food down her throat as fast as possible and proceeds to ask for desert before she has even swallowed.

At this point Colleen has already snatched up all her bags and stumbles out of the front door carrying her shoes in one hand and waving “hasta la vista baby!” with the other!

I’m stuck with the maniacs, but at least they’re clean.

Colleen bathed them before I got there… what a relief!

6:42 pm -Instead of letting them watch 1964 re-runs of Tom & Jerry I ask Isabelle to take Emerson to the one of our several “thinking walls” (white boards attached to the walls in our home where we draw mind-maps and share ideas) where the affirmations are written and teach her sister how to memorize an affirmation.

I taught Isabelle that in order to teach different people she must discover their preferred method for learning.  Unlike Isabelle who is a very auditory learner,  Emerson is visual.  So, I show Isabelle some physical gestures in order to act out the affirmation in pantomime for her sister.

7:30 ON THE DOT! – It’s bed time for all little ladies in my house

Emerson and Simone hop into their bunk beds and Emerson protests on her way up the latter to her bunk.  After hugs and kisses I stand next to the bed and stare at Emerson.  After about 40 seconds she become uncomfortable with me standing there and says, “Daddy, can you let me go to sleep — and you get out of here now? She is the exact opposite of her older sister Isabelle.

I go into Isabelle’s room to say prayers and kiss goodnight, afterward she asks me to stay a little longer so we can talk about our “favorite part of the day”.

Her’s was going bowling with her Girl Scouts and mine was sharing my ideas and helping people.

After a second attempt to leave her room she calls me back to check if there are any more termites in her bed (we had huge swarm this weekend).

By the third attempt she had to go pee-pee.

7:45 pm – I go downstairs, wash the dishes and then grab a new book that I am reading by Brain Tracy called No Excuses – The Power Of Self Discipline.

8:57 pm – Colleen gets home.

We talk about our days (women love to do this!).

We shower.

We go to bed.

And in 7 hours… it starts all over again!

Scientific Construction of a Strong Character

In this highly motivating video I teach you my system for Scientific Construction of a Strong Character.  These are the exact steps that anyone looking to leave an enduring positive LEGACY must follow.

I’ve very interested to learn more about your challenges and successes with regard to the development of a STRONG CHARACTER.  I invite you to add your thoughts below.

Strength & Wisdom Journal part 10

What’s The Worst That Could Happen?

Earlier this week I created a highly inspirational video titled “Doing Whatever It Takes” for all Strength & Wisdom Tribe members.  (by the way, I am considering opening Tribe enrollment for a day or two before I increase the membership cost by 50% in a few weeks.  If you are interested please let me know by posting a comment below or sending me an e mail at support[at]hulsestrength.com and I will take it into consideration… thanks!)

In the video I tell a very personal story about my challenges as a up-start business owner and how I came very close to living in my van in order to continue pursuing my passion and goals.  The reason why I revealed this personal and sensitive story is because I wanted to show you the POWER OF COMMITMENT in real life… and inspire you to take action towards your goals, especially when it is NOT “the right time”!!

I also wanted to teach you about a very powerful tool that I use in order to “assess the risks” inherent in any new venture that I begin.  If you are thinking about “taking a plunge”… either in your career, your business, your family, or any passion that you hold dear to your heart then this technique is really going to support you and your efforts.

What is the absolute WORST thing that can happen?  & Can you handle it?

5 years ago when I quit an oppressive job, that was stifling my passion and creativity, in order to venture out on my own as an entrepreneur I had ALL the chips stacked against me.

First of all, 3 months prior to my departure from slavery Colleen and I had purchased our very first home.  Our oldest child was only 10 months old, and Colleen and I agreed that we would never put our children in daycare… so, I would be the sole “bread winner” and she would stay at home to raise our children.

So here is a snapshot of the situation:

#1. I had a family including 1 young child and a second one that would make her way into the world a few months later.

#2. Colleen was supporting the family with the absolute BEST of her resources as a stay-at-home-mom and homemaker.  While I was to provide the income to support our COMMITMENT of raising our children ourselves (the way nature intended).

#3. I quit a job I hated.

#4. I started a business with ZERO capital, ZERO experience, ZERO assets, (except my willingness to sacrifice and work hard) and only one client (paying me about $700 per month for training).  I didn’t even have a location to train potential clients!

Now… here is where I discovered the powerful mental exercise that allowed me to pull myself and my family out of this seemingly impossible situation.

I sat alone in a park one evening where I was to meet a potential client (that never showed up), with my elbows resting on my thighs and my head hung down between my legs as I watched a tear-filled puddle form between my feet.

Then I asked myself out loud, “Elliott, what is the worst thing that could happen RIGHT now?”

When I came up with an answer for the absolute worst thing that could happen to me, I then asked myself “Can you handle that?”

I quickly knew the answer was ‘Yes‘!

At the time I devised a worst case scenario being that I would have to give our new home over to the banks; send my young family to go live with my parents, 40 minutes north of our new home; I would go and work as a day laborer seeking menial jobs on a daily basis, such as picking fruit or digging ditches in order to feed myself and fund my failing business venture, all the while living in my van.

As a means to avoid falling back on the trap of employment, I decided that I could handle living in my car and digging ditches as a day laborer while separated from my family for days at a time.

I became very comfortable with this idea.  So much so, that whenever things began looking grim I would simply remind myself that “the worst that could happen” was something that I already decided I could handle.

Doing Whatever It Takes!

The truth is that most of our fears are completely irrelevant… and from a recent study I read, only 1% of our fears ever come to fruition.  Basically, we are scared of NOTHING.

That is why this technique works so well.

I have used this time and again with even more devastating imaginings such as possibly losing a limb, becoming paralyzed, and in the worse case scenario ever devised in my mind… I lost everyone that I love.

And when I asked myself, “Elliott, can you handle this situation?  Are you strong enough?” The answer is always — Yes.

I have conditioned myself to become fearless and to take action… no matter what the pending doom.

Now if the risk that I am about to embark upon requires that I may lose all my money and be late with paying my bills and endure the scourge of “bad credit”, so what? — I’m still willing to “Do Whatever It Takes.”

Stop for a moment right now and think…. What type of life would I choose to live if I knew with 100% certainty that it WILL come true?

Now ask yourself…. What is the very first step that I can take toady that will place me on the path of my vision?

It may mean ending a useless relationship; It may mean committing to a rigorous exercise program; It may mean going back to school; It may mean quitting a job that you hate; It may mean a 180 degree shift in your paradigm that literally changes WHO you are… and chances are that the thing  you would have to do in order to fulfill your passion, is going to be something SCARY!

Next, ask yourself what is the ABSOLUTE worst thing that can happen if you take that action?

You need to literally create, in your mind, the most atrocious and terrifying outcome of  taking action towards your dream… and when you have finally painted that picture, look at it and seriously and consider, “Am I tough enough to handle this?”

Here is one more, very resourceful, paradigm or mindset that will ease your fears and give you the confidence to live out the life of your dreams.

God created you to fulfill a unique role amongst mankind, for the short duration of your life.  He planted this seed in everyone.  We each have a unique calling.  Some callings are grand and some are mundane… but each is VERY, VERY IMPORTANT!

God NEEDS you to do your work.  He needs people who love music to play it.  He needs mothers who love their children to remain in the home where they can raise them.  He needs YOU to do what is in your heart… otherwise He would not have placed it there.

The passion screaming in your heart is your purpose, it’s God’s purpose for you.  As our Creator and Father… do you think He would plant a seed in your heart only to set you up for failure?

No!  But what He does expect is that you abide in His will.  When he asks you to create delicious meals for friends, family and clients… yet, you continue to deliver mail for a living.  You are living in disobedience.

Many times we whine and believe that it would be “nice” if we were to follow and fulfill our dreams.

But I say, that not only would it be nice… not only is it your RIGHT to pursue your passion, it is your RESPONSIBILITY.

Get over your fears, get over yourself, stop whining and do YOUR work!

What is the worst that could happen?

Strength & Wisdom Journal part 9

Wake up, we NEED you!

In my most recent Strength & Wisdom Tribe video lesson, titled Effortless Success, I gave you a few examples of how to effectively remove the self-imposed mental roadblocks that have been holding you back from tackling your dreams.  These roadblocks typically manifest themselves in the form of Fear, Doubt and Anxiety.

Let me tell you an honest story… Although I may present with a posture of solid self-confidence and purpose, I have battled with the sin of self doubt for my entire life.  Still today, as you actively observe me shift my main focus in teaching, from the building of mere physical strength towards FULL personal development and the building of character and life strength, I have tremendous self doubt. (but from all the recent registrations for our new Strength & Wisdom Tribe membership, I think I am finally on the right path)

Tell me if this sounds familiar. Have you ever thought of a great idea for a new business or project that involves the enrollment of other people, then you think about or physically map out the entire plan… only to sit on it and never bring it to fruition?

I have done this COUNTLESS times.  In fact, last weekend while packing up our belongings to move our growing tribe to a bigger “hut”, I found several old fitness and lifestyle manuals that I created over 4 years ago, that I never built up the balls to actually sell to people! — And here is the REALLY bad part… the information that was in these manuals are life changing!  There was really some great stuff in these books, that I created, that were just sitting on a shelf in my daughters closet.

Why would anyone do this?

Why would someone be gifted with a great idea, talent, faculty or passion and just SIT on it… letting it collect dust?

Why wouldn’t they just get off their butts and bring their POWER to the world? — Serving perhaps millions of people with their gift!?!?

I personally think it is because of 2 nasty, insidious, little *sins that tackle us while we’re on our path towards creative servitude and SUCCESS.

*NOTE: Unlike how Christian conditioning has totally destroyed the root meaning of the word “sin”, where it is professed that sin is some sort of possession by “the devil” that makes us bad or “sinful”,  I use it here in its original context derived from an Archery term meaning “to miss.”  When I say “sin”, I simply mean that we’ve “missed” the point.  We’re still good people, we just missed something and can always go back to correct it.

Like I mentioned in my last video, Fear and Doubt act as inhibitors that disallow God’s work to be completed through your hands. THIS is a very powerful paradigm to adopt!

God fulfills His work, His plans, His-tory through the hands of men!

When we begin to remove the focus from ourselves, when we stop asking “what will people think of me?”, or “what if I fail?”, and begin to consider that the seed that God has planted in you… whether it is to start your own coaching business, open a gym, begin writing novels, play the harp, become a stay-at-home mom (or dad) OR… begin a blog where you can share your stories, ideas and deepest convictions with your readers for the sole intention of seeing them take action and living up to their TRUE potential — it is Gods plan, not ours.

God loves beautiful, stronger bodies that are disease resistant. God loves football. God loves great stories and literature. God WANTS you to be home to care for your children, and God NEEDS you to share your wisdom and experiences with others in order to inspire them.

It is NOT about me.  It is NOT about you… and if you ask God, it really isn’t about Him either.

God want you to SERVE his children.  He wants all of the beautiful things described above, not for himself, but for us to share with one another.

When we let fear and doubt stop us from quitting a job that is unfulfilling in order to pursue our dream of opening a warehouse gym where we can train young athletes and build their character.  When we ignore the “Still, Small Voice” within, that is urging us to pick up the guitar we once loved to play so joyfully, but “life” got in the way of it’s practice, we are not only letting ourselves down… we are letting God down and even worse, we are letting each other down.

When this becomes our habit we are no better than the apple tree in the orchard that yields no fruit.  We are, for all intents and purposes, functionally useless.  Perhaps the apple tree still creates shade with its leaves, but it’s true function… is dead.  It is functionally useless.

What kind of legacy do you want to leave when you die?

How do you want to be remembered by others, especially your loved ones?

Will they say that you were “a giver”? — You freely gave of your BEST parts? — Or did you let your BEST parts die and wither away like the once fertile buds of a now useless apple tree.

If you are stirred by what I am saying… then continue to THINK about it.  Awareness effortlessly breeds change.

And when you Wake Up, we’ll still NEED you.

Strength & Wisdom Journal part 8

*** Before I begin this weeks journal… I’m sure you’ve noticed the change in my Journal title from “Strongman Training Journal” to “Strength & Wisdom Journal”.  The reason why I have changed the name of these posts, is because I feel that Strength & Wisdom better reflects the content that has been distributed through these musings.  ALSO, over the course of the next few weeks you will notice several awesome upgrades to this site as well as the quality and quantity of content.  My purposes for this shift will become more apparent to you as the evolution takes place and I show you how this new position will support you in not only maximizing your physical strength, but act as a catapult for success in your WHOLE personal development.  THIS is what really matters most!***

How To Succeed With “Quantum Leaps”

Emerson – Colleen and mine’s middle daughter has taken what seemed like an eternity to stop sh_tting herself.

Unlike her older sister who spoiled us by being potty trained at 13 months, Emerson had been “pooping her pampers” until shes almost 3 years old.  I’m sure many parents are saying that 3 years of changing “crappy pampies” is really not that bad, but we had enough!

For the past year or so Colleen and I had been “training” Emerson to tell us when she had to poop.  We’d say things like, “Emme, be sure to tell mommy or daddy when you need to poop… okay?”

Emerson would shake her head, say “Yes, daddy”… and the proceed to explain why her favorite color is yellow and since the bird outside has yellow feet, she would need to wear yellow shoes (or some random musing of the sort).

Then, no longer than an hour later she would come and climb on my lap smelling no better than the nasty-ass “reclaimed” water that nourishes the public lawns here in Florida (If you’ve never smelled reclaimed water, just imagine sticking your face in a Port-A-Potty toilet bowl.)

Shenanigans of this sort, including the removal of poop from her pamper with her hands, pooping in her Dora The Explorer panties, and pooping in the bathtub with both of her others sisters present went on… FOREVER!

And with each and every “Fecal Failure” Colleen and I would reiterate… “EMERSON! Where does poop belong?” — her reply, “in the potty.”

In one of my least proud Daddy Moments I then proceeded with, “Then WHY do you keep sh_tting yourself!”

Well, I am proud to announce that this weekend… about 5 days ago, Emerson is 100% potty trained.  She even wipes her butt and washes her hands like a big girl.

After more than a year of “training”, something clicked.  It was like a switch was flicked last Saturday morning.

Friday night, she craps herself…. Saturday morning, potty trained.  This was CRAZY!  I still can’t believe how this seemingly instant transition took place.

Even crazier… was what I noticed next!

Tuesday morning at breakfast Emerson joined me, Colleen and older sister in saying grace.  Prior to this day Emerson would either be babbling obnoxiously with her little sister or kicking her older sister under the table while we attempted to thank The Creator for our food!

After grace I leaned over to Colleen and asked her, “Is it just a shift in my personal perception of Emerson since she’s now potty trained or is there something all together different about her?” Colleen affirmed the latter.  “Yea, she is definitely NOT the same child!”

New Personal Advances In Emerson Since Being Potty Trained:

* Talks more and is expressing herself verbosely
* Is more affectionate with her little sister
* Eats (most) of her dinner without being harassed
* More awareness of other people and her environment.

Here is a VERY IMPORTANT principle that I noted that morning and began to explain to Colleen at the table…. “This type of rapid personal transformation NEVER STOPS! Whether you are 4 or 40, your brain, body and spirit is predestined to Continuous Evolution. ”

We NEVER stop growing, unless we decide to.

Personal Growth Happens In Quantum Leaps!

It seems that when Emerson become potty trained, she had also accessed an entire new level of consciousness that not only fulfilled her desire to “poop on a potty”, but was accompanied by a basket full of other, new virtues!

I’ve seen it happen before….

A skinny, young , weak baseball player at the age of 13 joins my Strength Camp.  He can barely do 10 push ups and crumbles to the floor when I ask him to perform a body weight squat… he is structurally and functionally – a mess.

12 weeks later he can squat with a barbell weighing 135 pounds; he can do 50 push ups and has gained 23 pounds of lean muscle.

Besides the obvious physical changes, he is also looking me straight in the eyes instead of at his shoes when talking with me; he is text messaging girls when he walks into the gym; he is wearing cut-off sleeve t shirts and his parents tell me his grades are the best they’ve ever been.

He is NOT the same kid.  He has evolved… with a Quantum Leap.  He has accessed a new, more powerful level of consciousness by simply affecting one area in his life… in this case, his physical strength.

How Do You FORCE Quantum Leaps To Occur?

Like I said, we always have the capacity to evolve… until the day we die.

But, what it takes in order to grow rapidly is something that most people avoid.  They avoid it in one area of their lives which is reflected by the dysfunction in that area or they avoid it all together.

The formula for Quantum Leaping is (Challenge + Consistency)

In order to grow you have to be under pressure.  Most people wait until pressure is placed on them (losing a job, divorce, etc.) before making a shift.

But people who are AWARE of this formula create pressure for themselves to grow.  Theses people love challenges, not for challenge-sake, but because the know that these challenges if approached with CONSISTENCY and constancy of purpose will reap an enormous reward!

What’s better… is that they understand that when they evolve in one area of their life, they can also expect to reap the rewards of growth in other areas as well (like Emerson and the young baseball player). — If they make more money, sex might be better! hmm?

Here are just a few ideas for ways to challenge yourself in order to stimulate a Quantum Leap in Personal Growth.

1. Get Stronger… strong enough to lift a weight that has always intimated you.

2. Apologize… to someone that you have a strained relationship with.

3. Start… a new business on the side if you have a job. (stop wasting weekends)

4. Learn… a new language, instrument or to change your oil.

5. Quit… harmful behaviors (smoking, drinking, drugs, porn)

6. Be nice… to people, even when you don’t want to be. (smile)

7. Take up… a new hobby, sport or art project you’ve wanted to.

8. Ask… for a raise, the sale or a date with that hottie in your office.

Basically, do something that you thought you could NEVER do.

Challenge yourself to talk to people, quit something you hate, start something you love or just to sit…. quietly, by yourself, doing nothing, just sitting, alone for 30 minutes per day.

And in time you will LEAP your way to being a newer, better version of yourself… all around.

How To Make A Mindmap

I decided to shoot this video for you today as I was writing a new “life map”.  Hopefully you can glean some positive uses from this video and can use it to enhance your journey towards “The Best Version of You”

You Must Have The Wrong Guy

Guest Post by Jason Ferruggia – Author Triple Threat Muscle

Not surprisingly, a lot of people get offended by the fact that I am not in the business of promoting fitness. When I post something to this effect on FaceBook or Twitter some people get very upset and even call me mean names. (I have feelings, ya know)

Now I know this may come as an odd statement, considering what I do for a living and the fact that I am a part of the fitness industry. But I really don’t care to “give the gift of fitness” to people. I’m not going to be showing up at your front door dressed as Richard Simmons and telling you to pull your fanny of the couch because “it’s time to get fit!”

I don’t give a shit.

Before I go any further I should point out that I am not talking to most of my regular readers because, obviously you wouldn’t be here if you fit the description. Rather, I am pointing out the fact that people have often mistaken me for the wrong guy and I am trying to clear that up.

If you want to sit around and eat donuts all day why would that possibly bother me? And why would I want to motivate you? I’m not Jenny Craig or Matt Foley the motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river. What you do is your choice. Sure I will make fun of you, laugh at you and encourage others to do the same; but it’s your life, not mine.

If you are too stupid to realize that regular exercise and a healthy diet is a necessary part of life I’m not going to waste my time telling you. Get on some prescription drugs, order a sausage pizza and watch another episode of Friends.

People ask me all kinds of questions when they find out what I do for a living.

“How do I lose this?” (grabbing a handful of a 48 inch waist)

“I don’t know.”

“How long should I do the stair climber for?”

“I don’t know.”

“I can’t give up carbs but I want to get lean. What should I do?”

“I don’t know.”

“I only have twenty minutes to train, twice a week. What should I do?”

“I don’t know.”

“I know you’re into all that heavy lifting but I can’t do that. What can I do instead?”

“I don’t know.”

“I’m a girl and I don’t want to get too bulky so how should I lift?”

“I don’t know.”

“How do I get motivated to go to the gym?”

“I don’t know.”

You either want to do something or you don’t. I’m not in the business of motivating people. Sure, I’ll shout some words of encouragement to serious trainees before they attempt a new squat max, and may even question their manhood in an attempt to get them even angrier. And I’ll cheer a guy on during a grueling conditioning finisher, but if you are not internally motivated already, you’re looking toward the wrong guy for help. I just don’t care enough to waste my time on those types of people.

Often times people will tell me that they want to train with me and that I if they hire me or come to my gym I really need to push them. No, I don’t. You need to push yourself. You’re hiring me for my program design skills which are based on 16 years of experience. I am not a cheerleader. Any nitwit can yell at someone like a drill sergeant. Just because a workout is hard doesn’t mean it’s effective. Just because a coach yells loudly it doesn’t mean he’s smart.

If you can’t find it within yourself and are not driven to excel, there is nothing I can do for you.

I’ll give hard working, motivated, intelligent people everything I have. But for everyone else I have no time or patience. I know this offends many people. But it’s just me being honest.

If someone needs to lose 15 pounds of fat in order to compete at a higher level in a weight class sport I’m all for helping them. If someone needs to lose 150 pounds I don’t have a clue what they should do. All I know is they shouldn’t have gotten into that situation in the first place. And allowing themselves to do so shows me they are undisciplined and lazy. I have little tolerance for these types of people.

Guest Post by Jason Ferruggia – Author Triple Threat Muscle

There’s nothing I like more than helping guys get bigger, stronger and faster. Taking a new guys squat from 225 to 455 is a lot of fun for me. I know how to do that. But I don’t know what fat people should do. I don’t know what lazy people should do. And it doesn’t interest me to find out.

I told some fat people recently that they couldn’t out train a bad diet. Some were offended. They thought that as long as they trained hard on some high intensity circuit type workout a few days a week they would get lean.

They won’t. Nobody gets lean from doing kettlebell swings and burpees. If you’re eating clean, these will help, but unless your diet is spot on you aint losing an ounce. All the exercise in the world will do you no good without eating properly. These are the cold, hard facts, my friends.

So before you send me another email telling me that I am discouraging fat, lazy people from even trying to get fit in the first place, please realize that I don’t care. These are not my kind of people and that is not my market.

You must have the wrong guy.

Jason Ferruggia is the owner of Renegade Gym in New Jersey and the author Triple Threat Muscle

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