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Kickin' Butt During Xmas...
It's that time of year again and people are already starting to plan the Christmas feasts. Even people I know that practice other religions are out and about at Christmas parties partaking of the feasts and sweets. This season we've got some great advice on how you can enjoy this time of year without having to kill yourself in the gym in the new year to lose the holiday pounds!
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| 19 Nov 2009 |
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Focus Foremost
Being able to focus your thoughts and energies in one direction in order to earn the gold medal, the promotion at work, or any other type of reward is never an easy thing and I would argue that it's not something you're born with. Focus is like anything else in life. You have to work at it. It's no different than you going to the gym to work on your six pack, bulging pecks, or beautiful biceps.
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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Develop the Mental Toughness of the Special Forces
Any athlete or person that wants to strive for a significant goal, title, or championship can learn a lot from the Special Forces that make up the elite units of every military force on the planet. They are skilled operators that have been highly trained to focus and concentrate on the details, to adapt to environmental conditions, to understand and operate a wide range of weapons with skill, to develop strategic plans on the fly that give them a distinct advantage, and to have a ‘do it at all costs’ mentality that drives them towards the success of their ultimate mission.
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| 2 Sep 2009 |
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Aim High...Kick High!
Throwing powerful kicks at the head level is EASY... providing you're willing to invest some time in a few basic principles and techniques.
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| 30 Jul 2009 |
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Beating the Unbeatable
If you plan on taking on any challenge in life you'll need to learn how to become a master of removing anxiety. This is one of the single most important steps in order to achieve personal peak performance. Top athletes and performers the world round have the ability to make the biggest challenges seem trivial. How do they do this??
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| 20 Jul 2009 |
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Attitude vs. Adversity
No matter what the challenge or how big the problem...your attitude is your best weapon for overcoming adversity. This sounds great but unless you currently have the right attitude or know how to shape attitudes, overcoming adversity won't be easy. Fortunately, attitudes can be developed to face any challenge.
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| 2 Jun 2009 |
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3 Things Champions Always Do
After years of working with and talking with champions in sport, business, and in life there are three things that I've learned. These three lessons are easy to understand and even easier to implement into your own life.
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| 7 May 2009 |
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What are You Good at?
If you've watched as many kung fu and karate movies as I have you'd probably agree they always portray the master as someone who has a gigantic arsenal of amazing moves that defeats any attackers no matter what the odds are.
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| 3 Mar 2009 |
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From the Archives: Muhammad Ali
This is a great article that can be applied to business or personal life. The lessons are taken from the life of Muhammad Ali.
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| 9 May 2008 |
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Let's Drink to Summer
If you are thirsty, then you may already be on your way to mild dehydration. Even if you are drinking the same amount of water you always drink, it may not be enough during the hot summer months
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| 16 Apr 2008 |
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Patience - Decisive Contentment
When was the last time you found yourself shuffling your feet impatiently in line, craning your neck to see what was holding everything up, felt your blood pressure rising, that coiling tension in your chest…
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| 21 Feb 2008 |
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Close Grip Bench Press
The close grip bench press is a variation on the regular bench press. A close grip bench press is a regular bench press but with your arms positioned close on the bar. It may seem like a small change, but moving your hands to about 18-24 inches apart on the bar totally changes the muscles worked.
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| 30 Jan 2008 |
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Winning: The Formula for Success
Nobody walks up to you and hands you a world title belt for nothing. Winning depends on a multitude of elements working together in order to get a desired result, kind of like a scientific formula or mathematical equation. If you have all the right ingredients and you mix them together in just the right way, winning is what you'll do best...
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| 8 Jan 2008 |
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Setting Your Sites for the New Year
Over the years I've discovered the best way of setting your sites on a target and hitting the bull's eye is to make sure you're aiming at the right target. It's not as easy as it sounds. In the fitness world most people at this time of year decide, that they are going to lose 30lbs...or something to that effect. This is a recipe for failure...
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| 2 Dec 2007 |
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The Sweet Science of Fighting...
Anyone who's ever been involved in any form of combative art whether it's the martial arts, boxing, or kickboxing, will tell you there's a sweet science to achieving the highest levels of performance. To demonstrate how true this is, let's take a closer look at Newton’s laws of motion and see how they apply to the combative arts and the ingredients needed to become a champion both inside and outside the ring...
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| 2 Nov 2007 |
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3 Critical Steps to Running Pain Free
As with all things in life the lessons that seem to sink in the most usually come from either hardship or pain. In other words...we do something stupid, get hurt, and while we're recovering from our injuries we learn all the essential steps we should have know to prevent our injury in the first place. When it comes to learning how to run properly I definitely learnt the hard way...
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| 2 Oct 2007 |
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Add a Staircase to your Training Routine
You haven't trained hard until you run up a flight of stairs repeatedly. Running up a flight of stairs is a great way to get into shape. No special equipment is needed and their are a lot of options. Best of all, the results come quickly...
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| 28 Jan 2006 |
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Yoga & Martial Arts
This is a great article which is well written by a Yoga Instructor who has a martial arts background. It's a great read and certainly something for you to consider adding into your training routine.
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| 19 Jan 2005 |
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Getting back into shape, with kickboxing?
No matter what you choose to do in life, taking the first step is usually the scariest one. After that...hang on and enjoy the ride!
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| 26 Jun 2001 |
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Is this the same guy?
Anything is possible when you truly decide to do something. Find out how Sandy lost the weight of an entire person.
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