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Mar, 2010
Get a Lean Body – Mindset
A Lean Body Blog Post About Proper Mindset…by Brad Campbell
To lose fat, build muscle, get a lean body or accomplish any other goals (including non-fitness related goals), it all starts with one simple component that’s almost always overlooked – developing the proper mindset. To be frank (even though I’m Brad…), the average person is so self-sabotaging it’s not even funny. The tricky thing is that most people will never discover just how limiting their own thoughts truly are.
If you don’t know what’s wrong, it’s kinda hard to fix it, right? If you’re having troubles achieving your ideal body, most often times it has nothing to do with you selecting the wrong workout or diet plan and everything to do with you not having the correct mindset. So if you’re dying to get a lean body and wondering why you’re not getting anywhere, I encourage you to start spending some time on that big brain of yours.
Whether it’s reading just ten to fifteen minutes a day of an uplifting book or watching a motivational video or speech…or just spending more time around positive, successful people and less time around negative, energy-zapping complainers…you’ll begin to notice almost immediate changes in your thought process.
This is BIG, because once you start to think differently, you start to act differently. And guess what happens when you start acting differently – you got it, you start to see different (better) results.
If you’re tired of carrying excess body fat and really want to sculpt a hard body that belongs on the beach in as skimpy of a swimsuit as possible (can I get an eww-wee?), then sure, you need to start doing things differently. The problem is that most people skip the most crucial step of reprogramming their thoughts and jump right into switching things up (e.g. starting a new cardio workout or xtreme fat loss diet), but without changing their outlook.
This leads to a temporary improvement (at best) with an end result that’s always going to be the same…because in the end, your mind is going to direct your behavior to match your thoughts, beliefs and whatever negative crap you’re absorbing from the environment around you.
I’m going to make it easy for you to complete your “mindset homework” I assigned you, by posting some highly motivating blog posts from time to time, so that you start to open yourself up to new ideas, better ways of thinking and greater opportunities. Here’s one from the ultra successful actor Will Smith. This guy gets it. Start thinking like the former Fresh Prince and you’ll get a lean body, make more money or accomplish any other goal you may have.
Will Smith – Reprogramming Your Mindset For Success:
I loved how Will says we generally make things more complex than they really are. Everyone wants to find that special secret. Nobody thinks it really can be that easy. This really holds true in fat loss and changing your body.
And that analogy he gave about not being afraid to die on the treadmill was straight fire. Whether you want the best body, the biggest bonus or whatever else, you’ve simply got to be willing to outwork everyone else. The average person is just too damn willing to step off that treadmill and accept defeat.
Now if you watched this video and thought it was dumb and are wondering what it has to do with you getting a lean body, then you’re probably one of the people that needs a change in mindset the most. Successful people think differently than everyone else – they think better.
Like Will Smith says, it pays to be irrational and unrealistic when you’re thinking about your life goals…because if you’re thinking realistically, you’re going to act realistically, and if you act realistically, you’re going to end up with very mediocre (average) results.
I’m not sure if you knew, but we don’t do average on this blog. We do exceptional.
Your Coach,
Brad Campbell
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