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If You’re Failing At Anything, Here’s Why.
This article discusses the three main reasons you are likely to fail at anything. Learn how to overcome the most important obstacles you’ll face.
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Your Thoughts Are Making You Sick
Negative thinking can increase your risk of illness. Here’s how.
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When Being Healthy Becomes Unhealthy
When do healthy behaviors become unhealthy? Find out in this article.
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Why Not You? – An Inspiring Weight Loss Transformation Story
An incredible 10-year weight loss transformation story. Extraordinary people are created through daily actions and decisions.
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One Daily Practice To Immediately Improve Your Life
I want to talk briefly about an often overlooked daily activity. Like many things, we get busy in the hustle and bustle of the day-to-day and forget to pause and reflect. I want to talk to you about the power of gratitude. Today, after a headache of a morning that included getting stuck in construction traffic,…
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Abstaining From Moderation
[Article originally published in Breaking Muscle] Business and self-development coaches will often tell you that the secret to success is to focus on your strengths, while either outsourcing your weaknesses or becoming just good enough at them not to mess everything up. This approach allows you to avoid spinning your wheels doing the tasks you…
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From Fat Kid To Fitness Competitor, Vol 2:
From Liberation To Self-Discovery Discovering that oftentimes it is the growth you experience during the journey that matters far more than the achievement itself. In, From Fat Kid To Fitness Competitor, I wrote about the liberation of an obese kid from his past struggles with weight loss and low self-esteem. This story is the sequel to…
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One Simple Trick To Invite More Adventure Into Your Life
We are facing an epidemic. It affects a larger proportion of the population than most people realize and can be detrimental to the well-being and functioning of any adult who suffers from it. This epidemic is a lack in fulfillment within our lives. We can easily differentiate people by whether or not they are fulfilled…
Read MoreWhy Your Biggest Fear Is Bullsh*t
I recently came across a video on Facebook of a woman singing on America’s Got Talent. If that were the end of the story, you’d be pretty pissed off that you wasted a few seconds of your life reading such a useless statement. Don’t worry, there’s a point. This woman, Mandy Harvey, is deaf. Yes,…
Read More[Podcast] Increase Motivation and Adherence With Morning Workouts
I was stuck in the car on the way to Toronto this past weekend, and with no service on my phone I thought what better way to spend my time then record some new content! Let me start by saying that any time you can complete your workouts is going to be beneficial. If you…
Read More[Video] Insider Look At Alex’s Online Fitness Coaching ‘Strategy Sessions’
I’ve recently entered the online fitness coaching market. However, unlike many online personal trainers, I don’t only provide workout templates and nutrition plans. I create custom workout plans based on the needs and lifestyle of the client, I track nutrition via food logs online, and most importantly I complete 20-min Facetime “strategy sessions” with every…
Read More[Podcast] The Biggest Excuse Holding You Back From Living The Life Of Your Dreams
As a trainer, I hear this excuse all the time. Heck, I’ve even caught myself using this excuse a time or two. Undoubtedly, overcoming this one obstacle will put you in the better position to achieve all of your goals in life. Tune in as I discuss why, “I don’t have enough time,” is merely…
Read More[Podcast] The Most Important Skill You Need To Be Successful
I call it my “pseudo podcast,” another medium of providing you all with some great content. My hope for this project is to discuss mindset- and motivation-related topics in a very real, raw, and authentic manner. Tune in as I discuss the most important skill you need to possess, in order to be successful in…
Read MoreFitness Secrets Revealed: Why Is Fitness Easier For Some Than Others?
People often assume that fitness is easy for me: that I’m some kind of unbreakable Superman who can do everything. In fact, a lot of people assume fitness is easy for anyone who is fit. The workouts look effortless, we always seem to be on point with our eating, and temptations don’t seem to faze…
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