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As you get older, what do you value in life?
. The corporate career, the bigger house, the faster car, the overseas holiday? Problem is those things can disappear in a flash. And I'm not a doctor but I've trained guys who's corporate job is probably killing them. Stressed to the max to sustain the house, the lifestyle, the holidays that add 5kgs each time. We need to get real. How about placing value on feeling healthy, awake, energised, strong, powerful and in control. Training is not a punishment for how long you sat, what you ate, drank etc. It should be a celebration of feeling bloody great about yourself, and being able to push a sled or lift a bar until your heart thumps out of your chest. Getting older is a lame excuse we tell ourselves so that we can stop trying to be fit. Being too busy is a load of crap. It comes down to choices, and placing value on your fitness. No one has a choice about getting older, only a choice in how well we age. Take time to re-evaluate, make changes, take action. It's simple. Start today.
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21 years ago today in 1996 I won my first world title fight. I was the boy from Dubbo, on top of the world. At the time I thought nothing could beat that achievement. Since that day I faced much greater challenges - my professional sporting career shaped who I am today and I am grateful for that.
. Fighting taught me you've always got more left inside. The body may be aching and your instinct is to stop. However your heart and mind are stronger - the willpower of a champion comes not from what his body can achieve, but from what his mind can overcome. There is always more inside. . The trophies, the prize money can be gone in a second. What remains is the courage, determination and sheer willpower that helped me overcome greater challenges than I ever faced in the boxing ring. . As I head into my 50's I still live by the principles my fighting career taught me. The greatest prize I received is a sense of self worth that comes from within - this is your true value that can never be shaken, worth the world once you find it. During my fighting career I had to work at upholding a winning mindset at all times. There were times when I had to pick myself up off the canvas and come up fighting and hungry for the win. The hungrier I was for the win the more I wanted to get up.
. What keeps you down is not your injuries or lack of ability, but fear. Fear of losing, fear of being hit, fear of not being good enough. . You've got to grab the middle rope, pull yourself up, look your opponent in the eye and say COME ON, this ain't OVER. And it's never over - in fighting, in training, and in life. . Everything you want is on the other side of your fear. Embrace that shit head on and keep fighting. It's that simple Bomber People question why I train myself hard daily. The answer is very simple - I'm training for life.
. What if you knew now that if you are not training regularly and with intensity in your 40s, by the time you are 50 you will not have enough energy to run with your kids, be too overweight to wear the clothes you want, and your quality of life will slowly fade away. . Excuses are bullshit. There's work, there's kids, there's injuries and complaints. Everyone has excuses and reasons to say no. What does it take for you to say "hell yes" to your life and get yourself moving, get yourself strong and realise that excuses are just a great way to undervalue yourself. . I'm old enough to say with conviction that there is LIFE in fitness, there is LIFE in movement. I train hard because I know that when you are at your physical peak, anything seems possible. . You become what you repeatedly do. If what you are doing is still keeping you fat and lazy, it's not rocket science that something needs to give? This is the one body we have for life, what priority are you giving it? . It's a choice to live an active life, and it's also a choice to stay on the couch until one day you find you can't get off it. . That choice is yours, and it's that simple. Bomber Training with Intensity. . Are you really training with intensity? Are you honestly giving everything you have every single session?. . If you had to think about this for even a second, then you are kidding yourself. . Training with proper intensity takes 100% focus and pushing your body way out of what is familiar and into a zone that is painful and uncomfortable. This is what produces dramatic and lasting results. We only have one body for life, so why would you not want to give 100% to every rep, every set and every exercise – it is what we are built for. . Throughout my kickboxing career I have always been driven by the will to win, and that still drives my training today. Every single training session is nothing less than self-destruction. I am too busy getting results and challenging myself to be taking selfies, texting between sets. . Just showing up is actually not enough. . Intensity builds champions. It’s simple. Bomber Commit to Change.
. No one ever woke up and decided to be average. No one had a life goal to be overweight and unhealthy by time they turn 40. If you are not where you planned to be, what is your plan for change? . Training is not just my hobby or something I do when I have time. It is something I live and breathe every day, because when you are at the peak of physical fitness, anything seems possible. . Competing at an elite level of kickboxing for over 20 years, I now coach my clients to train with the mindset of an athlete - to reach their potential both inside and outside of the gym. . If you are not where you planned to be in life then change it. . If you are living life in the comfort zone, get the hell out. . If you are happy being average then I'm not your guy. Accountability.
. The strongest day you will ever have won't be in the gym. . It will be the day you man up and become strong enough to own your mistakes, and start making better choices that move you forward in life - both physically and mentally. . Make strong choices, then take action. Hold yourself accountable for where you are in life. . It's simple - Bomber Law of Manifestation
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