Thursday, December 23, 2010

Get Back on Track!!

Well, after my stomach punched my wife in her face this morning, it’s official: I’ve been eating waaaay too much this holiday season! Yet, this is what I do every year at New Year’s and Christmas- I continue to train hard but eat what I please at any meal I choose to. For instance, yesterday at lunch I had a big hand full of rolos. (I can’t remember the last time I had those, but they were calling my name in Target as I was grocery shopping.) And last night after dinner I think I ate a ½ pound of the peppermint bark that Mary made! So, since my vacation 3 weeks ago I’ve been over indulging like crazy and now it’s really taking it’s toll.

And my cardio workouts? Ugh! Last night I needed to get a workout in with the Level 3 training session because my schedule is so busy and boy was I feeling the food I’ve been eating! I was slow, wore out quickly and was belching like fat pregnant yak the whole time! Weight training is OK for now as many times the extra calories can help but on size and aid a little in the strength area as well.
The part that I look forward to the most is also the part that is the hardest for me to obtain- getting back on track for the New Year! 6 meals per day. 250-300 grams of protein. FightZone training 3 days per week in the AM and 6 nights lifting weights with Mary- it’s stuff I love! I love it because I love the physical results of the way my body looks and how easily I can move when training. But I what I love even more is the feelings both mentally and emotionally I receive from living that type of disciplined lifestyle. I feel more in control, more focused and more accomplished.
So, if you’re game, I invite you to join me next year in the FightZone Training Program to reach a new level with training in both Boxing and Kickboxing, learn a new approach to food, enter an entire new realm of training methodology and be held accountable for all of it! I promise, if you join this program and give it 100%, you’ll be amazed at the results!!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

FightZone

What is it?

I’ll tell you soon, but first you need to understand the mental framework that went into this program – the why and the how behind it all.


I’ve been training as a martial artist/fighter for 30 years now and as a coach for 22- that’s a long time. And the great part about that length of time is that I’ve learned some many things from so many people. From my Instructors, to my training partners and even from many of my own students. I’ve learned what works and how certain criteria can truly help others reach new levels in life and I’ve also learned what does NOT work and how damaging those things can be. And of course I've learned that not everyone is the same! Everyone's body is different and therefore their nutritional needs as well as what exercises are helpful or harmful to them vary accordingly.

4 years ago I asked myself what I needed to take myself to another level- FightZone was my answer. I needed something new! Something inspiring, interesting, motivation, emotionally and physically engaging, innovative, up-to-date, fresh and most importantly ….. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. I know that I can only enjoy a training session when it is hard because that’s when I’m fully engaged in the process. I love the challenge that muscle failure brings. I love the test that a difficult session of cardio (REAL cardio) throws at me.



(Note: before some sessions I’m sometimes exhausted as I do many training sessions after 9pm, and many times it’s also due to the fact that I know how damn hard the training is going to be! But once I get moving I’m fine. I’ll sometimes tell my wife Mary how a certain body part hurts and she’ll call me a wimp and to suck it. Of course I do and then get on with the session. I say this because YOU will have days when you’re exhausted too and you’ll simply have to deal with it and press on.)

I asked myself some simple questions: what are some of the hardest exercises to do? What are some of the most beneficial exercise to do? What will make me faster, stronger, go longer and make me a better fighter? What will make me look better, feel better? What will be the most fun? What will put on muscle, take off fat yet make sure it doesn’t slow me down?







The answers came after considerable time and money spent on my part to learn more and master more.

You’ll eat different. You’ll train different. You’ll set goals differently. Why? Because if you want something different you’ll have to DO something different.

FightZone is different.


And the best part? I’ll be holding YOU accountable for your results.

Keep your eyes and ears open …… Be ready.

info will out next week!!