10 Key lessons from "The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation" by @muscleforlife:
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"Workouts build more than muscle...They teach us how to have the courage to commit to goals. They teach us how to create purpose and meaning."
"Workouts build more than muscle...They teach us how to have the courage to commit to goals. They teach us how to create purpose and meaning."
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"Working out teaches us a very powerful lesson: If we have the power to change our bodies, we have the power to change our lives."
"Working out teaches us a very powerful lesson: If we have the power to change our bodies, we have the power to change our lives."
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"The real science of getting into incredible shape is very simpleβmuch simpler than the fitness industry wants us to believe."
"The real science of getting into incredible shape is very simpleβmuch simpler than the fitness industry wants us to believe."
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"The conflicts we learn to endure in the gym empower us in our daily lives as well. The concentration, discipline, and resilience carry over. The way to do anything is, at bottom, the way to do everything."
"The conflicts we learn to endure in the gym empower us in our daily lives as well. The concentration, discipline, and resilience carry over. The way to do anything is, at bottom, the way to do everything."
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"The gym can be so much more than merely a place to work out. It can be a refuge from the chaos around us, a world of our own that we create to satisfy dreams and desires."
"The gym can be so much more than merely a place to work out. It can be a refuge from the chaos around us, a world of our own that we create to satisfy dreams and desires."
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"Stop doing things we know we shouldn't be doing...things like eating too much sugar or fast food, drinking too much alcohol or doing too many recreational drugs, spending too much time watching TV, playing video games..."
"Stop doing things we know we shouldn't be doing...things like eating too much sugar or fast food, drinking too much alcohol or doing too many recreational drugs, spending too much time watching TV, playing video games..."
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"The willingness to sacrifice immediate gratification for future rewards is highly correlated with the ability to create a better life."
"The willingness to sacrifice immediate gratification for future rewards is highly correlated with the ability to create a better life."
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How to lose fat and build muscle:
How to lose fat and build muscle:
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"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
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"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life."
"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life."
Bonus:
"Excellence can be yours. Your best body and life ever await."
"Excellence can be yours. Your best body and life ever await."
TL;DR:
-Hard choices = Easy life
-Go for a long walk every morning
-View the gym as your refuge from chaos
-If you can change your body, you can change your life
-Stop doing activities you know are harmful to your body
-Working out teaches you discipline, goal-setting, and more
-Hard choices = Easy life
-Go for a long walk every morning
-View the gym as your refuge from chaos
-If you can change your body, you can change your life
-Stop doing activities you know are harmful to your body
-Working out teaches you discipline, goal-setting, and more
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