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Time was never the problem. THIS is…

Last night, I watched the trailer for Arnold on Netflix – I’ve seen the entire series, but I was surfing around and stopped to check it out again. If you haven’t seen the series, it’s pretty darn fascinating. So, when it comes to time management and working out, Arnold Schwarzenegger has some

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The brain battle keeping you down

Alright, you know my feelings about Mondays…they are the perfect days to start something new. Today, let’s talk about the internal struggle in our brains when we set off on a new workout plan. “Learned Optimism” vs “Learned Helplessness.” Learned Optimism – feeling confident that we can complete a task or

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Momentum > Willpower

For the past 4 years, we have run a grueling 8-mile (not to be confused with Eminem) trail race about an hour north of St. Louis through a really, really hilly forest. That race is less than a month away. And how many times have I gone out and run?

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How to get 37 times better, 20-minutes at a time

Welcome to the Saturday edition of my favorite thing I do at 18STRONG. My cousin Gio is playing in the state quarter finals for soccer this afternoon, so I don’t have much time, which… …if I gave you the next 20 minutes to get better what would you do? Here

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Sweat. Smile. Save time.

It’s a beautiful Friday. And hopefully you’ve got the day off in observance of Veterans Day – especially if you’ve earned our unending gratitude by serving our nation. This morning, I noticed that I was in a better mood than usual (don’t wanna brag, but I’m 99.9% of the time

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Why go micro?

Happy Thursday! Today is my day that I get to spend the most time working on 18STRONG, so I look forward to it all week. I have lots of time to think about new training programs. What are Crew needs. And whatever pops into my tiny little brain. I’m sure

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