I like to listen to a lot of personal development stuff.  It’s actually one of the things that in addition to becoming a personal trainer also led me to become a motivational speaker.  It helps cut through the negativity that is all around us, and because people come to me to help improve their lives through getting in shape, I also like to help guide other aspects of their life so that everything improves, not just the way they look in before and after pics.

As I was setting my workout up, I was listening to a personal development podcast called “The Mindset Mentor”.  I’ve pasted the episode below.

As I was listening to the episode, I was struck by a small handful of the nuggets and how it applies to training.  The first one was about habit stacking.  Basically if there is a habit you wish to have, pair it with something you are already doing.  As an example, one of the ways I stay consistent with promoting my motivational modern day strength performer business is I pair it up with my workouts.  Basically, I set up the equipment for my workout and update the programming so I know how much time my workout will take.  Then once its all set up, I simply go across the street to the library and send out prospecting emails.  Then I workout before my clients come in.  It keeps me consistent, and because I don’t have the typical distractions, I minimizes decision fatigue which brings me to the next one.

The next one was about simplifying your life to minimize decision fatigue.  Basically, you only have so much decision making ability in a day, and every decision you make taps it just a little bit.  There is freedom in structure.  A lot of people’s workouts (and even some personal trainers that don’t really know what they’re doing) are just made up as they go along.  That’s actually harder to do from a decision fatigue standpoint.  For me, I simply update the plan, and follow the plan.  The hard part of the decision making process was at the beginning.  And for my personal training clients its even easier.  They just have to show up and do what their coach says.  They’re pretty much all professionals in their given field and can probably figure out how to train, but there is value to “because coach said so.”  It takes those decisions of their plate so they can focus on what they need to focus on.  The main decision they made was choosing Eric Moss Fitness for all their health and fitness needs for which I’m thankful.

If you want to get in phenomenal shape fast, and want to minimize the decision making fatigue, then one choice you have is to take my free trial so you can decide if you think its for you.  Then assuming you choose to continue, I’ll program your workouts and guide you so you never feel lost and you are on the effective road towards your goals.  I take care of the complicated part for you.  All you have to do is text me at 973 476 5328 and introduce yourself to get started.

Eric Moss is a personal trainer in Boonton and moonlights as a world-record-holding modern-day professional performing strongman, author, and motivational speaker. In the tradition of the strength performers more common during the turn of the century, he performs feats of strength such as bending steel and breaking chains as part of a live show and travels across the country doing presentations on goal achievement for conferences, corporations, associations, nonprofits, and government entities as well as for schools and universities. His personal training studio is located on Main Street in Boonton New Jersey and is close to Mountain Lakes, Denville, Montville, Kinnelon, Pine Brook, Butler, and Parsippany New Jersey.