It’s the little moments that make the difference
If you want to achieve something, one shortcut to the top is having the right coach. I’ve had coaches that helped me establish a world record in bending steel, I’ve had vocal coaches help me achieve a 5 octave range and I have a business coach to help make sure my business remains a float (I’ve seen too many business’ go under). A good coach will ask questions that can challenge your thinking and get you to see it from a new perspective.
Yesterday my business coach stumped me. He asked me “where would you be now if you hadn’t discovered a passion for strength training?”
Now it’s the day after yesterday and I still don’t really have an answer. I found a passion for this stuff early in my life. I was a kid with Attention Deficit Disorder at a time when Ritalin was the be all end all of all things ADD. Ritalin suppressed my appetite and my personality which made me an easy target for ridicule.
Strength training enabled me to go from a kid that was picked on for being meek to getting a standing ovation as I show off my strength when keynoting conferences for physical education teachers. I didn’t excel at Phys ed until I reached high school and started training.
Standing ovation from my keynote at TAHPERD, You can see me on the far left.
When he asked that question, it was a way of getting me to see it from the perspective of those who don’t even consider strength training which unfortunately is the vast majority of people. I wasn’t able to answer it because I literally can’t see myself doing anything else. I wasn’t always strong and I still remember what it was like and I’ll never go back.
I do understand what other people go through though because I hear it all the time when I do the free trial at my personal training studio conveniently located on Main Street in Boonton. I hear about what life was like before strength training, and as people train and get stronger and start looking and feeling better, I hear about those little moments that being strong gifts them.
Over the weekend I got a text from one of my personal training clients.
One of those little moments that became the highlight of her vacation. She was the only one with the upper body strength and core stability to pull that off. One of my more life experienced personal training clients told me earlier today that people often under estimate her as she puts her luggage in the overhead bin without issue.
But it’s not just for the adventures, it also comes from every day living. From an appearance standpoint one of my girls I train gets complimented by the other moms all the time. One of them recently said “You look strong” to which she replied “Well I am”. She regularly posts her hip thrust weight in her facebook and instagram stories. Most recent one was 460lbs for a sub-maximal 3 sets of 10. If everything goes according to plan, she’ll be doing over 500lbs before her next beach vacation. One of my other clients gets compliments on her glutes from her teenage daughter and their friends. Pretty solid right?
One of my guys told me it’s incredibly motivating to see the numbers climb up in the gym which helps keep him consistent (progress is a phenomenal motivator which unfortunately not a lot of people know how to do).
From just an every day living standpoint, one of my clients who is in her 60’s carried a safety deposit box by herself. Another one of my girls carried those water jugs up the stairs without issue. One of my other girls needed to get strong for her job as a flight medic pretty nearly doubled her overhead press in the first 3 months and has to carry a tremendously awkward piece of equipment. Others view being strong gives them a sense of security and confidence. Being strong, is being free from the limits that affect regular people.
I don’t always love training, especially if it’s squats, but I do love the life I have because of it. Its made me a better father and husband. It’s made my life better, and I can’t imagine it any other way. I would love the same for you too.
If this is something you want for yourself, I can help you. I have a free trial so I can show you the path and you can decide for yourself if you want to walk it. Just text me at 973 476 5328 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.
Organize your training, improve your life
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.
You are not meant to crawl
One week ago was first Friday and Boonton Main Street did a nice job organizing and promoting a community building event where participating business’ would offer a trinket that I guess in some way would represent what they do. I ended up running out of the trinkets (I bought all the ones that were in the store) and gave out some nails that I had bent in training.
But nails that I bent in my hands don’t truly represent what I do.
The trinket that I gave out was a butterfly. Might seem strange that a no frills personal training gym conveniently located on Main Street in Boonton run by a world record holding modern day strength performer would have a butterfly as a representation of what I do.
But butterfly’s have long been a symbol of transformation. That’s what I do. I transform people from their current state to what they are supposed to be. A stronger, leaner, fitter, more agile, more confident person.
A caterpillar may only be able to move slowly up a tree branch wondering what it could do. That’s its current state, but that’s not what it’s supposed to be, at least not forever. Its supposed to be a beautiful butterfly. Its purpose is to spread its wings and fly.
We aren’t supposed to witness life from the sidelines wishing we could be more. We’re supposed to live life on our own terms, free from the shackles of not being physically capable. We are meant to fly.
If you want to find out what you’re capable of, if you want to be stronger, leaner, fitter, more agile and more confident. If you want to be the one you’re supposed to be, but don’t know how, I have a free trial so you can see if it’s for you. Just text me at 973 476 5328 and introduce yourself to get started. Easy right?
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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.