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What's on my mind today?
Anyone reading this blog long enough knows my feelings on pushing yourself to new heights each time you get into the gym. I've been fighting a battle with someone I train. He just doesn't understand the concept behind pushing yourself further than the previous trip to the gym. I sat him down after the last incident and explained the concept. I let him know that it is a choice he has to make, but with the goals he has, the choice needs to be to push himself or the goals won't be drawn to him.

Today we hit the gym in the morning together. He was back in rare form, hitting all his lifts and pushing himself hard. He set a personal best on his bench press and tied a personal best on his squats. He managed some pretty good deadlifts as well. When he walked out of the gym he had a huge smile on his face and I felt very satisfied.

I was involved in a discussion on the Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle Yahoo group this week. I answered a question regarding doing cardio first or weight training first. I said that cardio should never be done before weight training due to the drain on the glycogen needed for weight training when you do cardio first. One person had a very good argument for doing it either way, but it was based on the premise that not everyone works out to their maximum effort. My response was that it shouldn't matter. They should do it the correct way. The correct way is to workout to your maximum limit and therefore, they should do cardio after weight training.

I would appreciate it if you guys out there could start commenting this blog when you hit a personal best. By doing this you will make my day. I will know that you are pushing yourself as hard as you should. Just like my trainee, you will be making my day each and every time I read a comment about your personal bests.

You guys all have it in you to do this. You can all push yourself to your maximum limits. When you do I guarantee you will leave the gym with a huge smile on your face. There is no doubt in my mind about this at all. You will make your own day and then when you post on my blog about your accomplishments you will make my day.

Find out what I'm doing to my body!
Today I spent some time learning the exercises in the Pose Running Technique. I then ran for 1 mile trying to put what I learned into practice. It was a good run. I am running a bit slower right now as I learn this new technique. It is very different indeed.