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, [...]
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Discipline: 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 moreJohn Godoy profiled in Today’s Chicago Women magazine Nov – 2011!
November 10, 2011
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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 [...]
Read moreDo you treat your car better than you treat your body?
October 25, 2011
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Hidden under the veil of our designer clothes, just beneath the surface of our skin exists our true bodies – in all its muscular, skeletal and natural glory. This is what we truly are – an elaborate and complex human organism whose sheer survival depends on its ability to whether the demands of life. The [...]
Read moreIngredients for a do-it yourself training program
October 24, 2011
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Do you feel that you are not getting the physical, performance or aesthetic results you want despite all the time and effort you spend in the gym? Well one big reason could be that you are not training smartly. In fact you may not even be training at all – you might just be exercising – [...]
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