Author: Eric Moss
Reflections from my Strongman act in Lake George, the foundation and the mindset
I’m writing this from a hotel room in Lake George before my strongman act combined with an inspirational speech tomorrow morning but won’t post this until I get home.
It was a crazy drive up here going through snow and freezing rain. Knowing that the drive was going to be treacherous my wife displayed her displeasure at me going. I told her I said I was going to be here and that’s all there is to it.
What does any of this have to do with strength, health and fitness? I’ll tell you 🙂
First, is the foundation. The future of your fitness and health is built upon the foundation that you set early on. That’s why in my system of training I analyze the way you move, because if we program on top of a faulty foundation, everything above it will also be faulty. In the case of me being a motivational speaker, one of the biggest fears that meeting planners have when they hire a speaker is whether or not they will show up in the first place. It’s important for my reputation early on that I’m a man of my word.
Second is about the mindset that leads to successful transformations. You see with the right mindset, a mindset that is committed to making it happen that’s where success is built. As a matter of fact, I turn people away if I don’t think they are committed to their own goals, simply because if you aren’t committed, there is nothing I can do to help you.
Tomorrow morning (today by the time this is posted) I have a group of teenagers that I am determined to inspire. I was not going to let neither a snowflake, nor a legion of them stop me. Do what it takes, it’s that simple.
If you need guidance from a personal trainer in Boonton Township or Mountain Lakes New Jersey who actually knows what they’re doing, and are committed to your own goals, I welcome you to test drive my training program.
Superbowl, parenting and your strength
This past weekend was Superbowl Sunday. It was the Eagles vs. the Patriots and truth be told, I couldn’t really care less. I mainly go to the Superbowl party because it’s a gathering of souls that I enjoy spending time eating food and tossing back a beer or two.
At this party two of my friends had announced that they were expecting a child this coming summer. Wonderful news! And along with the excitement comes the nervousness about the amazing life changing journey that lay before them.
Aurora Grace, my daughter
Now my wife and I had a baby 8 months ago and we sat down with the mommy to be to share our collective wisdom. (by the way, here’s a baby hack, when changing a diaper give them an unused wipe to play with so they don’t stick their hands in their poop)
Anyway, a bunch of things came up during the conversation that I think can apply to your strength, health and fitness.
For one, while she was talking about how nervous she was (they’ll make wonderful parents btw), I had said “Don’t worry, humans have been doing this since the dawn of time and modern medicine has come a long way since then”. There are so many things that have us set up to successfully raise a healthy child. As I look to my right, I have a barebones basic baby monitor…basic in that it only includes night vision, a 2 way microphone and music built into it, but that’s all.
When I was a kid, I remember the monitor that my parents had for my sister. It was like a one way walkie talkie, nothing more…and she survived.
Anyhow, people got strong, fit, lean and healthy long before complicated gadgets, gizmos, marketing concepts and supplements flooded the market place. They didn’t burden themselves down with complicated words like “transverse abdominus” or even have supplements like branch chain amino acids or creatine.
Me holding up a steel bar I just bent. Picture taken by Lynda Renee Photography during one of my strongman performances.
The oldtime strongmen intuitively knew that if you practiced doing things that required strength, you got good at being strong. Strength is a mindset, and part of that mindset is understanding that it is a skill to be practiced, cultivated and perfected much like a musician learning an instrument.
One of the other things that came up is that crackheads have kids, and if they can do it anyone can. Same thing can also apply here, there are people that were in worse situations than you that despite the odds were able to get into phenomenal shape. If they can do it, you can too with the right mindset.
If you need guidance in this and are looking for a personal trainer in the Boonton Township or Mountain Lakes area of New Jersey, give my trial membership a go. It won’t cost you anything and you may even surpass what you previously thought yourself capable of achieving.
The Mighty Atom Documentary
Last night I watched a documentary on the legendary Mighty Atom. If you don’t know who that is he is one of the greatest strongmen of all time despite the fact that he stood a towering 5ft 4in tall and weighed in at 148lbs of fury.
The Mighty Atom was a huge inspiration to me to become a strongman because it had set in my mind that if he at his size, and despite his circumstances could do such amazing things, maybe I could too. And he did it without the use of anabolic steroids…how I do I know? They weren’t invented yet…and he wouldn’t have used them anyways. So if he was able to do it without supplements, maybe I could too.
You see the fact that some people are able to achieve their goals, no matter how lofty they may be is proof that anyone can achieve their goals. Success leaves tracks.
In fact one of the things that I tell people is forget any marketing angle and simply look at the results. If you are in the Boonton Township or Mountain Lakes area of New Jersey, are looking for a personal trainer and are interested in training with me, check out my success stories page first. That should tell you all you need to know.
And if you are interested in watching the Mighty Atom Documentary go to http://www.MightyAtomDoc.com