Time
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day, every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do?
Spend every last dollar, of course!
Each of us has such a bank.
Its name is TIME.
Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you failed to invest.
It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back.
There is no drawing against "tomorrow".
You must live in the present on today's deposits.
Invest it so you get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success.
The clock is running.
Make the most of the day.
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE, KID....
What is a Workout?
A WORKOUT is 25 percent perspiration and 75 percent determination. Stated another way, it is one part physical exertion and 3 parts SELF-DISCIPLINE. Doing it is easy once you get started.
A WORKOUT makes you better today than you were yesterday. It strengthens the body, relaxes the mind, and toughens the spirit. When you workout regularly, your problems diminish and your confidence grows.
A WORKOUT is a personal triumph over laziness and procrastination. It is a badge of a winner, the mark of an organized, goal oriented person who has taken charge of his or her destiny.
A WORKOUT is a wise use of time and an investment in excellence. It is a way of preparing for life's challenges and proving to yourself that you have what it takes to do what is necessary.
A WORKOUT is a key that helps unlock the door to opportunity and success. Hidden within each of us is an extraordinary force. Physical and mental fitness are the triggers that can release it.
A WORKOUT is a form of rebirth. When you finish a workout, you don't simply feel better, you feel better about yourself.
-George Allen
Attitude
Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life.
The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-today basis Is my choice of attitude.
It is more important than my past, my education, my bank account, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me.
It alone fuels my fire or crushes my hope.
When my attitude is right there's no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, And no challenge too great for me.
-Charles R. Swindoll
Sabotaging |
Empowering |
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I CAN'T I WILL TRY IF I I SHOULD I HOPE IF ONLY THIS IS A PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW I FAILED I MADE A MISTAKE I'M FRIGHTENED LIFE'S A STRUGGLE |
I WON'T I WILL DO WHEN I I COULD I WILL NEXT TIME THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY I WILL FIND OUT I STUMBLE THIS IS A LEARNING I'M CHALLENGED LIFE'S AN ADVENTURE |
-tiger heart tiger mind |
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It Doesn't Interest Me
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know when you shoot for bulls-eye and miss, do you settle? Or keep on shooting?
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know what you experienced in your time here on this planet? Do you make the most out of the hand you are dealt? Or do you fold under pressure?
It doesn't interest me if the story your telling is true. I want to know if you could lie to me just so you can feel good about yourself.
It doesn't interest me where you live or how much money you have. I want to know what you do with your money? How do you invest it? In what the billboards sells or what your soul craves?
It doesn't interest me what color or nationality you are or how you came to be here with me today. I want to know if you could stand in the center of a fire, through thick and thin, perched on top of this world and not shrink back. I want to know if you'll risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, and for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me with whom or how many you been with. I want to know what you ache for? What turns you on and do you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing?
I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, drunk an hung over, weary or bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done. I want to know if you can use good judgment or do you succumb to temptation?
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep in those empty moments of your L.I.F.E.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
-original unknown... edited by g.miele
THE WARRIORS PRAYER
I AM WHAT I AM.
IN HAVING FAITH IN THE BEUTY IN ME . . . I DEVELOP TRUST.
IN THE SOFTNESS I HAVE STRENGTH.
IN SILENCE I WALK WITH THE GODS.
IN PEACE I UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AND MYSELF.
IN CONFLICT I WALK AWAY.
IN DETACHMENT I AM FREE.
IN RESPECTING ALL LIVING THINGS, I RESPECT MYSELF.
IN DEDICATION I HONOUR THE COURAGE WITHIN ME.
IN ETERNITY I HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE NATURE OF ALL THINGS.
IN LOVE I UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPT THE EVELOUTION OF OTHERS.
IN FREEDOM I HAVE POWER.
IN MY INDIVIDUALITY I EXPRESS THE GOD FORCE WITHIN ME.
IN SERVICE I GIVE OF WHAT I HAVE BECOME.
I AM WHAT I AM.
ETERNAL, IMMORTAL, UNIVERSAL AND INFINITE.
AND SO BE IT.
- reference affirmation by Stuart Wilde.
Common Misconceptions About Competing
Many people shy away from competition because they think they have to be huge, or have to have years and years of weight training experience.
These are common misconceptions that are due in part from supplement company ads and many of the more popular magazines primarily showing professional level athletes who aren't drug-free. Many people think these images are what it takes to be a physique competitor…And are often surprised by the difference once they actually see a local drug-tested competition. A wide variety of physique types and conditioning levels can be seen at local drug-free shows. Some athletes compete after only a few months of weight training experience too. It doesn't take years of training to compete.
Drug-free competition is more about conditioning (lowering body fat) to show more detail in the physique. When more detail shows in the muscles, a person appears more muscular. Natural bodybuilders look like regular people with their clothes on, but when the clothes come off… look out! They look much bigger, especially under the lighting conditions on stage. Many figure and fitness competitors think that they need to be at a certain low body fat percentage before even beginning their contest prep. This is untrue. A competitor simply needs to allow enough time to lose the desired amount of body fat.
- Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders Ocbbodybuilding.com
