Fitness Exposé

Bodybuilding Secrets Exposed

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • Articles
    • Training
    • Diet & Fat Loss
    • Supplements
    • Experiment
    • News
    • Resources
    • Reviews
    • Contest Prep
  • Podcast
    • Fitness Freedom
  • Coming!
You are here: Home / Fitness / M5:D45 (D453) If you talk it, you’d better walk it

M5:D45 (D453) If you talk it, you’d better walk it

January 21, 2009 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

  

What's on my mind today?

People tend to give advice out without being asked.  They do it in alot of ways—some intentional and some unintentional.  This is where they reveal whether or not they do what they say through the advice they give. 

I believe that the most important thing for your credibility is if you talk it, you’d better walk it.  What the heck does that mean?  Simple.  If you say things should be a certain way, you need to be sure you live that way.  If you preach about getting in shape, you’d better get yourself in shape.  If you fail to do so your credibility will be non-existent.  This may not matter to some people, but I am sure it matters to most people. 

The fact is that maintaining your credibility is a matter of having integrity.  One reason people start accountability blogs is so that others can see what they are up to and hold them accountable.  To me it means that if I put it out there I’d better live up to the standards I set.  Even the Bible tells us that if we expect higher standards of other people, those will be the standards by which we ourselves will be judged.  Thus, you have to do the things you say you are going to do.  You must stick to your plans because you’ve put them in writing and published them for the world to see.  You must stick to your workout plan because you put it out there for the world to see.  That’s what accountability is really all about.  You do what you say you are going to do.

Take some time to think about it today.  Make the necessary changes.  You won’t be sorry.

 

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

Mike’s Workout Log:

  

Matty’s Workout Log:

Today was interesting because it involved some things that we hadn’t experienced before during this program.  There were alot of body weight exercises (dips, push ups) and for the first time, we did 2 sets of certain exercises.  The workout started with a bench press to the neck.  This is different from a normal bench press.  You start with a wider grip and bring it down right above your neck.  It works the upper part of your chest.  I personally feel that decline bench press would have been more effective, but this is what the plan calls for and I want to see if it works properly.  We worked to our maximum effort throughout the entire workout.  Matty had some trouble at first understanding the negatives on the dips.  It was an alien concept to him and at first he used the dreaded term “I can’t do this” until I showed him that he could do a complete dip (which includes negatives) and he figured out what was missing from his technique. 

 
Exercise the brain with the Thought of the Day!

Never say you can’t do something because you won’t ever be right about that. 
 
Get a discussion started by answering the question!

How do you avoid negativity slipping into your workouts?  Comment this post to answer the question. 
 

 
  

M3 : D53 Losing my grip

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

 

Feeling overwhelmed by the information you get on the web?  Not sure if that guy is a "guru”?  The answer is finally here!
Free eNewsletter and basic fitness eCourse just for visiting!

https://www.fitnessexpose.com

Related Posts:

  • No Related Posts

Filed Under: Fitness, Old Blog Entries

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.

News

Toronto Pro Supershow 2016

June 12, 2016 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

IFBB Arnold Africa 2016

June 9, 2016 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

IFBB California Pro 2016

June 5, 2016 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

Coming Soon!

Featured Video

Regaining Focus!

Find out what I am doing to regain my focus.

We Recommend

Increase the internal rotation of your shoulder with the Rotater

New eBook!

Copyright © 2025 by Fitness Expose