I'm determined, goals are set, persistent and consistent.

We all have things we want; want to buy, want to achieve, want to be able to do.  The problem with a lot of people is those things are generalities, instead of clear and concise goals.  In order to achieve what you want, you have to know what you want first.  That means having a vivid picture of it in your mind.

Some of my goals are to be a 5 Star Diamond Beachbody Coach at the Coach Summit in 2011.  My goal is to earn $5000 per week from Beachbody in the next 3 years.   I want to be back down to 5% body fat.   I want to fly for Jetblue part time, because I enjoy it, not because I have to do it.

On a personal note I want to go on 2 dive trips, and 2 ski trips every year.  I want to see Asia, and spend at least 2 or 3 weeks exploring Japan (again), Korea, China, and Thailand.   I want to be able to travel to places to see friends and members of my Beachbody Team whenever I want.

Since I have those goals clearly written down, and write them out every day, reading them daily, they are programmed into my mind, and I know I am achieving them.  Every day I take a small step in the direction of getting there and those steps are gaining compounding momentum. 

My fitness and daily workouts are all part of that process.  Today I did P90X One on One Shoulders & Arms 2.  Great workout.  I thought because of the different format it wouldn't blast me as hard as the original Shoulders & Arms, but man was I wrong.  My arms are mush right now and typing is difficult.  But that's a good thing.  I'll feel it tomorrow and that's an even better thing.

I'm living by the Slight Edge philosophy:  I take small steps every day toward my goals, and have complete faith that those steps are taking me to where I want to be.   Are you a believer?  Do you know where you want to go, and believe without the smallest doubt that you are getting there by doing what you're doing?    Want to join me in my journey?  I'm ready to help if you're ready to do the work.

Long difficult week

I got home today after a red-eye flight from Long Beach, CA to Washington Dulles.  Very little sleep on the flight, long drive home and crashed for about 6 hours.   The weekend away was a good break from the emotional week we had at home.

Tuesday of last week we had to have our 16 year old cat put to sleep, and it really tore both Kim and I up.  Things have been touch and go since, but it gets easier with time.  

Thursday night we flew out to Southern California, for some time away to get a break.   Had an amazing breakfast with Mike and Tami French, who I truly admire and love being around.  They inspire me on a daily basis.

We got back into the swing of the workouts, starting off a new week yesterday with the Beach Workout in Santa Monica, with Tony Horton and some other great people.

A buddy of mine and fellow Beachbody Coach, Andy Chisholm flew in from Boston for the workout, and luck played out for us, it turned out Jason Scheff was there with Tony as well.   We had some amazing weather, even better people, and a very cool workout.   I haven't been able to clear the bar doing muscle ups in a while, and nailed a couple yesterday.  Felt really good about that.   Also got to the top of the rope on all 5 climbs (2 short and 3 long climbs) without my legs, and without losing part of my hand in the process.


Today I took an "active recovery" day.  I did 25 minutes on my Lifecycle, and 20 minutes or so of kicking work on the heavy bag.  Tomorrow will be back at the strength routines again, maybe doing Shoulders & Arms 2 from the P90X One on One series.

It was a long trying week, but I'm feeling back to myself mostly.

Legs are destroyed with my advanced P90X Kenpo X modification

It's been a little while since I did the Cardio Martial Arts workout I came up with.  It's origins started with KenpoX, but evolved quickly with my own 27 years of martial arts practice.  Just under an hour total and 660 calories hammered away.  Great stuff, but my legs are all kinds of stiff and sore now.

That's ok, that's a good thing.

I'm also getting much more involved in my Beachbody business every day.  We are hosting Denise Needham, from Beachbody Corporate, over the next couple of days for meetings and briefings in our local area.  With Beachbody dropping the $39.95 sign up fee for the rest of the year, this is going to get HUGE.  More is coming in January, so NOW is the time to get involved and be on top for when that opens up.

I spent a little bit adding a Shakeology Cleanse page to my website:

www.flightcrewfitness.net/shakeology.html

Tomorrow I'm back at it with 30/15 again.  Has it been a week already?

Some of my reasons for being a Beachbody Coach

Today was a rest day for me from working out.  I had to get up early this morning and fly, then traveled home and got to see a fairly entertaining show a friend of ours was in.  Got home after 1:00 a.m. and am wrapping up some computer stuff before bed.

Every day I contemplate my goals as a Team Beachbody Coach, and what I believe I can achieve.   One of the biggest things I've always wanted in my life is complete financial freedom.  What that means to everyone is individually different, but to me it means not having to worry about how I'm going to pay my bills, but it also means I can walk into a store and if there is something I really need or want, I can buy it without hesitation or worry that it's going to strap me for cash.

When I first started flying as an airline pilot in 1992, my salary was $950 per month.  In my first 3 years I earned less than $12k per year each year, so I struggled with simply paying bills and putting food in my mouth.  I could only afford to take $20 on a 4 day trip with me and that had to feed me for the whole time.  It's a good thing I never got really sick from some of the stuff I bought to eat from 7/11's  or gas stations.  Seriously.

I realized then how to live within my means, but I also knew I never wanted to be stretched so thin.  I do pretty well now, having been an airline pilot for nearly 19 years now, but I know I can and will have more.  There are people making in excess of $5,000 per week from Beachbody as Coaches, and I want to achieve that as well.

They say "Money doesn't buy happiness," and I think that's probably right, but I also think that most people who say that are not financially independent.  Jim Rohn said "money isn't everything, but it ranks right up there with air."  I believe that too.

So my goals are to help others achieve the same level of fitness and health, and improve their lives like I have, and to build a large income while doing that. 

What can I have and do with that kind of money?  A lot.  I can pay off any debt my parents have.  I can make sure that my family never has to worry about anything financial.   I can take a big group of my friends out to dinner and pay for it without batting an eye.  I can help a lot of people.  I can donate more to charity.  I can put solar panels on my house.   I can live where ever I want in the country.

I have never wanted an opulent life.  I don't expect or want to have 18 Mercedes and a 20,000 square foot house.   But I can have more, and more importantly, be more than I am now.  I can fulfill all of the potential I believe I have, and be the success I know I should be, and I can help others do the exact same thing.

That's why I do this, and that's what I'm working toward with my entire Team.   Want to come along for the ride?  I'm ready if you are.

Derek

Max Interval Circuit and Believing in your Goals

Today was a brutal cardio workout.  My legs are still sore from Plyo Legs, and my upper body (pecs and lats) are really hurting from yesterday's 30/15.  That's a good pain, but it really hit me during Insanity Max Interval Circuit.  The push up jacks, and full body drills were rough, and my legs fatigued on every squat-jump move really fast.   I pushed through and got a great workout though.

One of my Coaches has been struggling, and though he has great goals, I believe there is more to accomplishing them than just writing them down; you have to believe they are already in existence.  I wrote the following to my Focus Group, and I think it hits home with fitness, business, and more.

This is a lesson for all of us:  Even if you read the books, even if you write the goals every day, unless you firmly believe them, and fill your mind with the emotions, thoughts, and feelings that go along with being the success those goals say, it's just words.    You can't just say "I'm a Diamond Coach."  You have to feel like a Diamond Coach, letting yourself feel and believe that you are already there.   You have to feel the same confidence that I do, feel the same excitement and believe with as much conviction as I do.

If your mind believes you are still a struggling Emerald Coach going nowhere with this, that is where you will be.  Your mind is living in the situation as it is now, when it needs to live in the situation as it will be!    Your mind needs to honestly, firmly, 110% and without conviction, believe it is already the success you want to be!!!

I hope this message reaches out to everyone.    It's not enough to just write down the goals, you have to visualize them as though you are already there.  You can't allow your mind to dwell on where it is right now, it needs to live in the future.  Writing down the goals is not enough, you have to close your eyes, make yourself feel the excitement, feel the confidence, the emotions of being the success you want to be..then it will start to make that happen because your mind will believe it's already there.

Make yourself believe you are all already Diamond Coaches, because when you do that, it will happen.

Derek

30/15 Upper Body Massacre is right!

I'm sitting in my hotel room in Houston having just finished P90X One on One 30/15 Upper Body Massacre.   The name is perfect, I am completely blasted.   My legs are really sore from Plyo Legs yesterday, and my upper body will be tomorrow from this, but that's a good thing.  After Round 7 being mostly light weight and high rep, letting my arm heal more from a year long injury recover, hitting it hard in Phase II of Round 8 is awesome.  I feel better about myself and my fitness when I can really kill the workouts.

I know I don't have to go all out every day, 360 days per year, but when I'm coasting through on just a maintenance program I feel like I'm slacking.  This energizes me, motivates me, makes me feel good.

"If you workout today, you'll feel better after than you did before it.  If you workout tomorrow, you'll feel better tomorrow than you do today.  It's a never ending cycle."  - Tony Horton

I think that sums it up.   Enjoying a cold Results and Recovery drink.  It's a treat after hammering my body the way I just did.

Phase II, Day 1 already modified

Today my intention was to do 30/15 Upper Body Massacre from the P90X One on One series.  Since we'd done a push/pull workout on Saturday, Kim suggested doing Just Arms + Diamond Delts.   Since DD focuses on a single muscle group, the shoulders, what we did was insert a move from DD into JA in every 3 move circuit, in essence turning the Bicep/forearm/tricep combo into Bi/Fore/Tri/Shoulder.   I'm pretty blasted right now.  

It's also way late and I should have been in bed by now.  I have to fly back up to NY and head out on a 4 day trip starting tomorrow.  Not sure the weather is going to play nice for us, so I expect my schedule to get dorked up again.  Hopefully I won't have an issue getting to work.

Pressing ahead, shooting for getting back down to 5% body fat by the end of this round.

Getting Ready to Start Phase II of my P90X Hybrid

I've taken the last couple of days off from hard workouts to get some recovery before starting Phase II of my latest Hybrid of P90X and other Beachbody programs.   The second Phase of this routine uses all P90X One on One workouts for the next 3 weeks.  Tomorrow is 30/15 Upper Body Massacre.   It's been a while since I did it, but yesterday we went out and did a short workout on the gym equipment in a local park.  My hands are pretty beat up from that, so tomorrow will be interesting.

Things are growing and hopping with Beachbody as a business as well.  I'm closing in on 500 Coaches in my Team, and continue to see the momentum increase.  That's an amazing thing to watch as more and more people get on board with helping others get fit and healthy, and build a business based on it. 

Tomorrow will be a full day.