There is a powerful technique to help people make positive health changes by reframing how they see their goals. These motivational interviewing techniques can provide a simple and effective way for people ... Continue Reading
5 Steve Jobs Quotations and How to Apply Them to Your Training
"You have to be burning with 'an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right.' If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.” You must love what you do to be ... Continue Reading
The Science and Psychology of Motivation for Athletes
What is motivation? What motivates us, me, and you? And I don’t just mean the basic definitions, but the science of how motivation works and the psychology behind motivation. In this article, we will go ... Continue Reading
Meta Programs: How to Adjust Your Thinking for Better Results
The term meta program comes from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Meta, meaning over or above, indicates that these programs in our mind rule over factors like decision making and perceptions. In that ... Continue Reading
Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: Instrinsic Motivation vs. External Goals
We’re all familiar with the old adage, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” In this age of media bombardment, this proves to be no easy task. We all receive countless images a day that tell us that to be ... Continue Reading
Hey, Protein Powder Boy – Suck It Up and Work Harder!
Hey, protein powder boy, still struggling to figure out why you have shapeless sausage arms? It’s because you spend too much time reading about how to build bigger arms and not enough time busting your ... Continue Reading
Simple Steps to Stop Procrastinating About Your Fitness and Nutrition
I recently read a Huffington Post article entitled I Really Hate It When I Procrastinate, written by John Murphy. I recommend you read it, too. Procrastination can creep into our lives, slowing or even ... Continue Reading
The Importance of Ownership and Initiative in Your Training
If you work out at a gym, go to a CrossFit box, or workout at all, the most important part is to take ownership of the process and gain as much knowledge as possible. I constantly see new members in our ... Continue Reading
Motivational Coaching Increases Exercise Compliance
One aspect of exercise and sport science that needs ever more attention is the area of motivation and compliance. Just getting the work in is the most important part of exercise. I dare say, even more ... Continue Reading
Balance is My Breath: Competition, Goals, and Character
On Friday, Breaking Muscle posted an inspirational video called How Bad Do You Want It? The video is a collage of top athletes who are or were at the top of their field. The narrative of the video is ... Continue Reading
Motivation: What Is It and How Do You Build It?
When SUNY Cortland linebacker John Stephens agreed to become a blood marrow donor, he was probably thinking about how his donation might help a little girl with leukemia. It probably never occurred to him ... Continue Reading
Having a Workout Partner Can Double Performance
A lot of people work out alone, myself included. Sometimes it makes sense to exercise without a partner. You need a partner with similar goals, and sometimes at a similar fitness level, and those can be ... Continue Reading
Excuses That Derail Your Fitness Journey (And How to Stop Making Them)
Road blocks, bumps in the road, obstacles, brick walls, reasons, excuses, or whatever you call them - they exist and they get in our way daily in our quest to be healthy and fit. We can choose to let these ... Continue Reading
