Have you ever watched a food advertisement on television and suddenly felt you were hungry? Have you ever heard someone cough and immediately felt the need to clear your throat? Ever watched someone release a big yawn and felt the urge to yawn yourself? That is the power of suggestion. We naturally move toward whatever we focus our attention on. The more you think about something, the stronger it takes hold of you. That is why repeating “I must stop eating too much . . . or stop thinking about pizza . . . or stop 'insert activity here' is a self-defeating strategy. It keeps you focused on what you don’t want. It’s like announcing, “I’m never going to do what my... read more 6 comments

Today I'm posting a guest blog from LBC client Anca Saccaro, who wanted to share the stark contrast in her competition prep experience last year, relative to this year, with some photographic 'proof' of her progress. Anca is an example of someone who gets results because she works hard and works hard doing the right things and as a result, she's progressed and looks better than last year. And that's what it's all about - making improvements. If you look the same as you did last year (and you're trying to improve in some aesthetic sense) ... chances are you're doing something wrong. This next month will mark two years since I started training with the specific purpose of becoming... read more 9 comments

The quote in the title is one that a number of us on the Lean Bodies Fitness forum have gotten used to seeing - namely from one long-term LBC client and personal friend, Ileen Natic. It's a quote she stands by in the pursuit of her physique goals and it's powerful in its simplicity - if you're going to achieve something, you have to want to achieve it. And really want it. Rather than do Ileen any injustices in my sharing of her journey to where she is now - someone admired by many of her peers for her consistently strong effort and as a result, consistent payoff with results and physique improvements - I'm just going to post... read more 13 comments

Ok, let's finish this off ... I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record with some of this stuff ... Hard. Back to that for a minute. As I said above (more than once now), it's the same as saying it's not supposed to be easy. By saying it's supposed to be hard, I simply mean, don't be surprised if it does carry a measure of difficulty with it. Again, “hard” is a word of degree; it's all relative. It's HARDER to be very lean or exceptional compared to the population norms than it is to be average or overweight. Can anyone deny this? Let's also remember that higher bodyfat (here's our population context again) – is... read more 5 comments

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