Month: December 2019

 

Resolution Abandonment Syndrome and how to overcome it

So a little earlier today, I was browsing facebook and I saw a post by Mike Gillette. If you are unfamiliar with him, he had been a bodyguard for Bill Gates and Sylvester Stallone, holds a couple of world records in various tough guy related feats and I once shared the stage with him along with other modern-day performing strongmen.

In his post he had mentioned that the turning of the new year represents a chance to reflect on various ways to improve, and people start out really wanting to make a change but most inevitably give up on their resolutions.

It’s true. Most people don’t achieve what they originally intended for various reasons. I’m not going to go into the reasons why they fail, but what I will do is present a way for you to actually make progress towards your goal…whatever you define it to be.

And speaking of that you’ll need to have something specific to work towards. If you don’t have a clear target to aim at, you won’t know if you are heading in the right direction.

I’ll use health and fitness as an example, one because “getting in shape” is commonly at the top of the new year’s resolutions list, and two because I’m a personal trainer with a personal training studio on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey…and getting people “in shape” is what I do.

First, you need to define what “in shape” actually means. Many times when people come to me, they just kind of have this vague notion of what they want. Figure out what you want, and figure out where you are compared to where you want to be. Do you need to lose fat…if so how much? 10lbs? 20lbs? 50lbs? These are all measurable. For getting stronger it’s easy. If the weights are getting heavier, or if a previously difficult weight becomes easy…you know you are getting stronger…ie making progress.

Then get a plan/system that will take you from where you are to where you want to be. Then simply follow the plan periodically checking what’s working and what isn’t along the way.

result of following a system with a coach

Now, something additional you can do that has been written in several books on success is to seek expert counsel, and/or a mastermind/accountability group. There is something about having an “authority” or someone that you have to answer to that can keep you on track en route to your goals. The other part, is the going can get tough sometimes and when that happens, some gentle encouragement can go a long way to helping you achieve what you set out to achieve.

I’ve had coaches in various aspects of what I do because I’m a big believer in seeking expert counsel. That’s how I got my world record. I also have accountability groups for both the entertainment business as well as my personal training business.

Now if you have a health and fitness resolution, I’d be more than happy to help you out. My personal training studio is on Main Street in Boonton and I offer a one week trial membership at no cost. This way you can test me out to see if you like working with me.

Call or text me at 973 476 5328 (text is usually easier for me) and just tell me who you are and what you’d like to accomplish to get started.


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.

re: The Internet’s Going Crazy Over Kumail Nanjiani’s Transformation

Anybody that knows me, knows I love superhero movies both in Marvel and DC. To the point that when I first went on match.com back in 2012, I even wrote in my profile “With all these superhero movies coming out, I’m in my glory!”

Now being a personal trainer with a personal training studio on Main Street in Boonton, I often talk with my personal training clients about the various programs that celebrities often do to get into killer shape.

And the most recent one that’s come out is Kumail Nanjiani’s transformation for his role in one of the upcoming Marvel movie “The Eternals”.

Now, I’ll be honest I didn’t train Kumail Nanjiani for the role. Truth be told I didn’t even know who he was until this youtube video came up in my feed.

But I do know a bit about body transformation and what’s required to do it.

For one thing, you need desire and a commitment to do what it takes to make it happen. If you lack commitment, then no personal training program will ever work. In fact, one of the questions I ask during my goal assessments is “on a scale from 1-10 how committed are you?”

If it’s a number less than I want to hear, I don’t accept them as a personal training client. Not to be a jerk but there is only so much I can do on my end.

If the desire and the commitment is there, the rest is getting optimal technique with proper exercise selection, optimal nutrition that supports the training sessions and optimal programming of training and nutrition variables.

And you’ll need to dedicate 5 hours per week for 12 weeks.

When all that is in place you can have incredible results, drug-free. Results like what the Amazing 12 Body Transformation program systematically produces.

Now you may not have access to the “mighty movie fitness program” but if you are near Boonton New Jersey you could have access to something comparable! I offer the Amazing12 Body Transformation program in my personal training studio. You’ll get incredibly strong like a superhero and you’ll look amazing. Contact me direct to learn more if you

If you aren’t near Boonton New Jersey check the map on Amazing12.com to see if you are near someone that can do this program. Here is a link for your convenience https://www.amazing12.com/find-a-coach/


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.

Vlog from my strongman show in Bangor PA

You probably already know that in addition to being a personal trainer with a personal training studio located on Main Street in Boonton, I’m also a modern-day performing strongman.

Basically I perform feats of strength like bending steel and breaking chains as part of a live show (kind of like the way they did in Vaudeville times, but with a modern-day twist and as part of a motivational speech).

Having done over a hundred shows in several different places, I chronicle my shows in a vlog so that I don’t forget and also to show what goes into life as a modern-day strongman.

This vlog was from my last show of 2019 and was in Bangor PA.

Now onto a stronger 2020!


Eric Moss is a world-record-holding professional performing strongman, author, motivational speaker, and personal trainer. In the tradition of the strongmen during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a show and speaks on goal achievement for corporations, nonprofits, government as well as for schools and universities. His exclusive personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.