This morning I was chatting with a colleague within the larger world of health, fitness, wellness and longevity.   I had asked her what she would do different if she had to start fresh in her career, but had all of the wisdom, knowledge and skills that she has now, kind of like in the Matrix when Neo says “whoa I know kung fu” having bypassed all of the blood, sweat and tears that comes from training in a dojo and ascending the ranks.

One of the things I had mentioned was honoring the struggle and how it was a necessary rite of passage in my career to get to where I am now, a personal trainer with a studio conveniently located on Main Street in Boonton.  Before that I bounced around a couple places, doing in home training and sleeping in my car between clients during freezing temperatures.  Not pleasant, but I wasn’t where I wanted to be… yet.

And I thought about how that relates to health and fitness.  You see, I walk around lean and muscular all year around.  When people see what I look like, they assume that I eat like a monk surviving on boiled chicken and steamed broccoli.  I don’t do that, at least not anymore because I’m happy with where I am.

this pic was taken around my 44th bday. No edit

If I want pizza, I’ll eat pizza.  If I want the Al Hara Shwarma sandwich I’ll have the Al Hara Shwarma Sandwich.  If I want dessert, I’ll eat dessert.  Before I do it though, I figure out “Which is more important right now? My health and fitness goals? Or the pleasure of this moment?”

The only wrong answer here is the dishonest one.

You see, I’ve got the best of both worlds, because I got to a point where I’m happy with my strength and my physique so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor without feeling guilty.  If I wasn’t where I wanted to be, well I’d have do duck my head down a bit, tighten up my nutrition and training and get to that point then I can relax a bit.

If you are happy with your strength and health, awesome!  Power to you!  But if you aren’t and you really should be honest with yourself about this, then maybe you’ll have to tighten it up a bit.  Good news is you don’t have to struggle more than necessary since I’ve figured out the direct path for you (refined from over 20 years of training people).  I also offer a free trial so you can test drive my coaching for yourself.  Just send me a text 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.