Keep the Focus and Drive

I got this email in my inbox this morning and thought I would share it with you.


The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan
have not held many fish for decades.

So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went
farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to
bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish
were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats.
They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats
to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the
difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The
frozen fish brought a lower price.

So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and
stuff them in the tanks. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped
moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese
could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days,
they lost their fresh-fish taste.

The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish. So
how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get
fresh-tasting fish to Japan? How Japanese managed to keep the fish fresh?

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the
fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark
eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The
fish are challenged.

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the
time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and
moving? Basically in our lives Sharks are new challenges to keep us active
and taste better... The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are,
the more you enjoy a challenge.

If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering
those challenges, you are Conqueror.. You think of your challenges and get
energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are
alive!

Recommendations for us:

1. Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of
them. Enjoy the game. If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do
not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more
determination, more knowledge, more help.

2. God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun
without rain, but he did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears
and light for the way.

3. Disappointments are like road bumps, they slow you down a bit but you
enjoy the smooth road afterwards.. Don't stay on the bumps too long. Move
on!

4. When you feel down because you didn't get what you want, just sit tight
and be happy, because God has thought of something better to give you. When
something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means. There's a
purpose to life's events, to teach you how to laugh more or not to cry too
hard.

5. No one can go back and make a brand new start. But anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending.

ALL THE BEST

Hope you enjoyed that cos I certainly did.

Stay Strong Fit and Lean

G-Force Fitness
Gavin De SOuza

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Don't do what everyone else at the gym is doing

I was at the gym early this morning doing my training. Noticed a few things while I was there.

1.90% of the people in the gym were doing some form of bench press, a form of bicep curl and some form of abs exercise. (mirror muscles as there say).

2. They were all doing the same tempo 1010.

3. All doing around the 8-12 rep range.

4. Majority were watching me like I was the crazy one.

I am pretty sure that most of these people have had plateau with their training and probably wondering why they are not getting the results they may be after. To get out of this plateau they start lifting heavier weight and as a result the technique goes waaaaay out the door and injuries tend to follow.

So what do you do?

1. Dont follow what everybody else is doing in the gym. You got other muscles in your body besides the mirror muscles chest, biceps and abs. Work the posterior chain- back, glutes, hamstrings. Try chin ups/pull-ups, deadlifts, squats.

2. Try a differnet tempo with your reps. Most are going to find that a change in tempo will have a big effect on their training. Try this: on the lowering phase of each rep (eccentric phase), lower the weight for a count of 4, then hold for a second, then up for one (concentric phase), then repeat. So you tempo will be 4110. So basically its slowly down and fast up.

3. Everybody does 8-12 reps as this is what every magazine out there prescribes to get bigger. Now what if you want to get stronger? Hmmm! what do you do? Lift heavier weight and lower the reps. Use the 1-5 rep range. Combining 2 and 3 alone with make a massive differencce in your training. Try 2-3 wks on 10- 12 reps; 2-3 wks on 8-10 reps, 2-3wks on 6-8 reps and 2-3wks on 1-5 reps. Now if you work that out its an 8-12 week program you have there. Give it a try

4. The guy doing the crazy exercise or doing stuff that is different to what everybody else is doing, if you are brave enough ask him what that exercise works or why he is doing it? You can decide if you want to try it after. If in your judgement its a crap explanation then dont try it. If it makes sense then go for it.

So your tips for the day are:

Try a different tempo

Change your rep ranges

work the posterior chain

Ask for help if you need it from a qualified trainer.

Until next time....

Stay Strong Fit and Lean

G-Force Fitness

Gavin De Souza

New Blog

Recently loads of people have been asking me for advise and also to find out what I am doing with my training sessions.

As a result of this I am starting a new blog to keep you up-dated with workouts that you can do. Each week I will post a new workout you can follow and you can also record what you are doing so others can see. I will post tips on how to reduce body fat, on nutrition and on training.

So here we go...

Tip of the day:

Get some more z's. If you did not get that GET SOME MORE SLEEP!!!! Yes you read that correct. You should aim for a minimum of 8 hrs sleep every night. When you dont get enough sleep you feel grump and irritable but on the other hand when you have had a good night's sleep you feel refreshed and ready for the day ahead. I know which I prefer.

Stay Strong Fit and Lean

G-Force Fitness
Gavin De Souza