"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost." - Zig Ziglar

"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost." - Zig Ziglar

Much more need not be said. Everyone should understand this, it's straightforward; it can be applied to all aspects of life, professional, personal and training.

Read it, deeply understand it; and apply it everyday in your lives.

More Great Thoughts and Tips

Here's some more Thoughts and Tips to help you with your thinking about training and your actual training.

Coach Ben Bruno providing the useful info this time. Hit the link below and check it out.

8 More Random Thoughts and Training Tips - Ben Bruno

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15 More Practical Tips

Not posted much in a while...so here's something useful.

15 more training tips from Coach Bret Contreras.

Not much to be said here really, just a list of great tips to help you push your training even harder; so hit the link below and give it a read.

Contreras Files V: 15 More Practical Tips - Bret Contreras

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Bench Press Seminar

Here is a great article by Jim Wendler on how to improve your bench press, I think this is a fantastic piece if you have been struggling with your bench for a while or suffer from some sort of joint issues.

I have been benching with a powerlifting style for years due to my dodgy shoulders and it really helped me push more weight and really develop my chest. Some of the tips are really simple and effective; like the positioning of your elbows, but can make a huge difference to your press.

An important thing to remember is that to build a big bench you need strong shoulders, and he mentions that in this article and previous one's he has also written. Anyway, hit the link below and give it a read. It will help anybody, not just those who are struggling with their bench.

The Virtual Bench Press Seminar - Jim Wendler

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All You Got To Do Is Start....

You hear it all the time; I have not got the motivation to train, I want to get back into shape but I can't, I don't have the will power to train or eat healthy.

I all honesty; all this is a bunch of B.S. It all comes down to you just getting started; and that's the key, getting started.

This following great video is by The Hodge Twins who have a couple of different channels on YouTube who talk about training, diet, motivation and random life advice. In the video they are basically going over motivation for training and their message is really simple; YOU JUST GOT TO START. We all have to start somewhere, you don't just magically become super strong and conditioned.

What you need to take away from this post is that if you are not happy about where you are now then THAT POINT is your starting point; and you will build up and improve from there, accept this point as the point where you start and begin to make the changes you want to. It will take time, but remember it is the start; and that position is better than the one where you were and much better than those that did not even bother to start.

Watch the video below to get the HodgeTwins point of view, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

I hope this helps some people out there.

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Great Training Tips

This article I think contains some great tips for for helping us get the best out of our training and really maximising our time in the gym. It might go over the head of some people who will not understand the benefits behind the tips, but take your time to really understand what has been written.

Hit the link below and give it a read.

7 Overlooked Habits of Very Successful Lifters - Jesse Irizarry

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Practical Tips

So I have not posted much lately, been busy with starting a new job and what have you. I'll try hard to keep the posts coming though!

Here as usual is a very useful article from Coach Bret Contreras; he goes over some really practical tips to help us get the most from our training and really help us to push our training further. Hit the link below and check it out.

The Contreras Files IV: 15 Practical Tips - Bret Contreras

Enjoy!