Imagine that the pockets on a pool table represent life’s goals and the various striped and solid balls represent different tasks or actions that need to be accomplished in order to achieve them. Without first hitting the cue ball, nothing happens. However, with plenty of practice, getting balls in the pockets get easier and easier. [...]
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What if your body were to stop working?
December 20, 2011
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How would you feel if your body no longer responded to what your mind directed it to do? Can you imagine the feelings of helplessness and frustration that would overcome you if no matter how hard you tried, you were unable to get up off the floor after having fallen down? As we get older, [...]
Read moreDiscipline: the underused solution for weight loss
December 9, 2011
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If you can maintain a job, raise a child, get an education…or all 3 together, you can lose weight! It takes a lot of discipline to get up every morning, get dressed and get to work, even more so on the days you stayed out longer than you should have the night before. The same [...]
Read more4 Steps to fitness success
November 21, 2011
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Exercise programs fall into one of three categories. There is the experts way, the absolutely ”bass ackwards way”, and then there is the “real world” way – which falls somewhere in between the first two. 99% of people will never seek profesional fitness advice. They will either rely on their peers, celebrities, various media outlets, or their [...]
Read moreJohn Godoy profiled in Today’s Chicago Women magazine Nov – 2011!
November 10, 2011
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Link: Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine
Read moreThe John Godoy Personal Development System
November 9, 2011
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If you want to develop yourself and achieve the best out of yourself – I feel that the following 8 tenets are a great phiosophy around which to build! Never stop excelling and pushing forward. Never become complacent. 1) Self determination: The acceptance of one’s responsibility for one’s state in life. 2) Discipline and self-restraint: The [...]
Read moreEat your vegetables – a lesson in behavior change!
November 8, 2011
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A project that I am currently working on involves training young athletes at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. One of the tactics that I am employing in order to increase their performance is to change their diet. It has turned into be a much harder endeavor than I thought. The variables that are [...]
Read moreCold Showers – Develop mental toughness and good health at the same time!
October 28, 2011
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Cold showers – aka – hydrotherapy! Get ready to understand the true meaning of invigorating! Health benefits: Relieves depression Speeds up recovery from exercise Increases circulation Increases testosterone Make you feel invigorated. Mental toughness benefits: Voluntarily putting your body through discomfort is not something most people jump up to do. It can be very distressing [...]
Read moreHow can a frog, a bear, a monkey, and a beaver spruce up your workout?
October 27, 2011
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Here are seven animals and seven exercises to mix up your workout program! Frogs. The frog hop – legs only or hands and legs plyometric jumping Cats – Stretching Bears. The bear crawl – a four legged walk Fish. Swimming Horses . walking, trotting, and galloping – walking, jogging and running Monkeys. Climbing and carrying [...]
Read moreSuccessful weight loss tip #1- Breakfast
October 26, 2011
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One of the simplest ways to start shedding some extra pounds is to incorporate a balanced breakfast every morning. There are usually two big obstacles that make this a challenging proposition. First, many people claim not to be hungry in the morning, and second – a lack of time is an issue. Here are two [...]
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