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Reflecting on the Future

September 15, 2009 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog  #107
September 14, 2009

 

         

 


What's on my mind today?

Day 692
Day 2 of 335
 

Today I spent a little bit of time thinking about the future and what it holds.  I am approaching this next year with both excitement and fear.  It is a huge undertaking, but a step I’ve wanted to take for a long time. 

I have had a few people ask me what made me decide to do this right now.  The answer is pretty simple.  I was listening to an old podcast from Skip Lacour and he made a very salient point.  He said that goals involve setting a date and going for it.  He used the example of a bodybuilding competition as a goal that people always make, but rarely fulfill.  He said that the reason they never achieve their goal of being on stage at a competition is that they never really pick a competition and a date.  He said by picking a competition and a date you lock that into your brain which then goes to work making it happen.

To me it came down to accountability.  Skip is absolutely right. By setting a date I am forced to achieve what I want to achieve—getting up on stage and winning a bodybuilding competition in my age group.  Thus, I decided to step up and just do it.  I set the date and then asked Carlos DeJesus to train me.  He graciously agreed and began to give me advice right away.

Matty Update

As it is Monday, I am doing my Matty update. 

He is joining me on the new workout program.  He is excited because he really wasn’t loving the Combat the Fat workout at all.

He and I sat down and went over the new workout.  Together we decided that we needed to do 2 “warm up” workouts before the real deal starts.  We both felt that after 12 weeks of the Combat the Fat training we should ease ourselves back into the High Intensity Training mode.  As a result, we plan to do a HIT workout tomorrow and again on Thursday. 

Matty has lost several inches in his abdominal area.  The Combat the Fat workout definitely works to strip the fat off your body and Matty is a perfect example of that.  We have mutually agreed to continue the cardio portions of the Combat the Fat training as we move forward.

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

 

Today we hit the gym in the morning and did a 60 minute Combat the Fat training session.  This cardio session is designed so well.  It makes an hour seem like just a few minutes, but at the end I am saturated with sweat.  The intensity is incredible and yet it is all low intensity cardio.  Pretty amazing how that works! 
 

 
No new pictures until Sunday when this mission truly starts.

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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