Life is for living, fitness should make it better.
So earlier today, I saw a challenge going around facebook about reposting the first picture you ever posted to Facebook, and a current one to see how much you’ve changed. It just so happened that the first picture I ever posted was one of my “after” pics from a body transformation I had done way back in 2007. I was a man on the mission back then and the mission was
It got me thinking about how we change and evolve. You see I’m not as ripped as I was back then, but I’m not that far away either, but I live a lot more freely now. I train for all around strength and to break free from limitations.
And yeah, being a personal trainer and professional performing strongman I am expected to look a certain way and I’m also not going to lie, I enjoy looking good, but not at the expense of living.
For comparison
As you can probably tell, I’m not far away from that look, without the perfect lighting, fake tan and posing oil. No “dad bod” for this guy, but no living like a monk either. I had pasta earlier, and am sipping some bourbon as I write this article. Tomorrow after my strongman show, I’ll have
You see, life and training are all about balance. Let’s pretend that there are two sides of you. The one that wants to eat, drink and be merry, and the one that wants to look like a superhero and is willing to sleep in the gym and eat nothing but boiled chicken and spinach. Think of it as a balancing scale.
If the scale is out of balance, more weight needs to be put where it’s lacking.
Let’s say you’ve gained a ton of weight and you know that losing it will improve your life, by all means, improve it by putting more focus into it.
Diet and exercise can work wonders for improving people’s lives. Diet and exercise
However, it can also get out of control too. I’ve seen this happen with a number of people within the fitness industry who God forbid ever ate something non-organic and with high fructose corn syrup. Ironically also today I saw a facebook post by Thomas Plummer, an influencer in the fitness industry who had written about new years resolutions and I just had to steal this, but that’s common place in our industry anyways.
A pint and a laugh with friends are sometimes far more important than another perfect meal in a plastic bowl perfectly keto balanced.
Thomas Plummer
Don’t you mean another perfect meal in a glass bowl perfectly keto balanced so it doesn’t raise your estrogen??? I kid of course.
Because what we do in the personal training studio or what you do in your gym is supposed to make your life better. Everything we seek to achieve in our lives, careers and health should be to enrich and improve
And yes, your strength and your health are very important, but equally as important is the fact that life is for living.
But of course what happens next is up to you and if you got value out of this please share it with someone that needs to read it.
Eric Moss is a world record holding professional strongman, author, 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 in Boonton Township New Jersey with Lewandowski Chiropractic and is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.
Some Thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions
About a week ago, I was having a conversation with one of my personal training clients. The topic had come up about how taking charge of their health was near the top of just about every New Year’s resolutions list you can think of. He had quipped that he didn’t buy into it, because if there was something that you wanted to do, don’t wait for the year to change, just do it.
I agree and disagree at the same time. No, not because I’m a Libra and can’t make up my mind. But because many people simply don’t think about it during the other times of the year.
The New Year brings up an opportunity to ask yourself “What do I want to accomplish this year?” or “What can I do to improve myself this year?” It’s a way of proactively taking charge of your life.
And the problem is, most people don’t ever take a moment to stop and think “What do I want?”
When you don’t ever take the time to figure out what you want, you just kind of drift through life taking whatever comes your way, only improving when something that started as a little thought, has now become too big to ignore.
I often times see this in health, fitness, strength, losing fat etc. They don’t decide to do anything about it until they have that wake up call that jars them into action. The longer you wait, the harder it becomes.
If you have set taking charge of your health, getting stronger or losing weight and all the awesomeness that comes with it and you are unsure what to do, I have good news! I have a one week trial membership available at no cost where I will teach you how to get stronger, leaner, fitter and healthier, safely and effectively.
Eric Moss is a world record holding professional strongman, author, 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 in Boonton Township New Jersey with Lewandowski Chiropractic and is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, and Parsippany New Jersey.
Footage from my recent Strongman Performance
This is footage of part of my strongman performance I had done for a tech company in New York. Great group of people.
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Eric Moss is a world record holding professional strongman, author, speaker