Limiting Mindset

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in body building, Chris Faildo, drug free, IFBB, inspiration, mind set, Skip La Cour, Team Universe | 2 comments

It always amazes me how so many people box themselves into mediocrity by having a limited mindset on what they believe is possible. If you believe something is not possible then you are correct, it is not possible. However, if you believe you can do it that opens up the possibility that you CAN achieve it. If you don’t believe you can forget about achieving it and that is the origin of my...

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Positive Affirmations

Posted by on Mar 30, 2010 in affirmations, mind set | 0 comments

You’ve heard me talk about positive affirmations before and how effective they can be at directing your thoughts and molding your attitude. I had two positive affirmation statements that played a big role during my training in 2003. I wrote these two statements on white note cards with blue Sharpie marker and placed them in multiple locations that forced me to look at these cards...

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Attitude is Everything!

Posted by on Mar 21, 2010 in body building, drug free, mind set, muscle | 0 comments

When you are striving to achieve a goal your attitude is so important. No matter how motivated you are, you won’t always feel like doing everything on your schedule. That’s just a part of life. It doesn’t mean you want your goal any less it just means you are human. You have to direct your thoughts and control your attitude to stay on track and perform each task, each day to the...

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Day by Day

Posted by on Jan 10, 2010 in body building, drug free, mind set | 0 comments

When you are working towards a goal sometimes it is easy to get overwhelmed by the enormity of the task at hand. That is why you need to remember the simple concept that each goal, no matter how big or small, is achieved by your accumulative efforts over time – or as they say a journey of 1000 miles begins with one single step. One of the keys to my bodybuilding success was the ability to...

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Take advantage of every day.

Posted by on Aug 15, 2009 in body building, drug free, Max-OT, mind set, NPC, Team Universe | 1 comment

I was recently asked what were the biggest strategies that allowed for my dramatic increase in placing from 2002 to 2003? I would not say it was any different strategy but rather an improvement of my mindset and greater execution of the plan for a longer period of time. Let me explain….. In February of 2002 around the Arnold Classic time there was talk about the NPC making a rule change...

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Mental Demands of Steroid Free Bodybuilding

Posted by on Jun 17, 2009 in body building, documentary, drug free, mind set, steroids | 0 comments

I’ve often compared it to a guy who walks across hot coals. In order to achieve outstanding condition you have to get your mind in a place that takes your body beyond where it comfortably wants to go. When you are training drug free and striving to get “bodybuilding lean” you really have to dig deep as I explain in this clip from “I Want to Look Like That Guy“. By...

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