"Get Fit at Boot Camp? What are you @#!!! Crazy?"

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Today I talked with a great boot camper who confessed something.

She told me she had to break up with her boyfriend…

…over boot camp!

Wow.

Well…

You know…

So often, when people profess the desire to join Portland Boot Camp, they receive derision from so-called friends, family, or even spouses.

As soon as those unfortunate women so much as whisper they are joining, they receive derogatory remarks.  Sometimes the remarks are subtle.  The “friend” may pretend to feel concerned and say things like, “But you don’t need to lose weight – who wants to do all that exercise – it’ll never work – you’ve tried other plans and classes before, why waste  your money?”

Now, sometimes they are right.  Maybe the person HAS tried a lot of different things and they are expressing genuine concern.

But quite often the harsh reality is:

they aren’t concerned at all.

Instead, they feel threatened.

They know, subconsciously, if their target dares to improve themselves, then they will have to face their own feelings, insecurities, and growing self-dissatisfaction.

For them, the easiest way to avoid self-improvement is to attack others for trying.

Fortunately, there are ways to handle these  would-be success-interrupters.

Here are a few examples.

You could:

• Ignore them until they give up trying to bait you.
• You can firmly tell them you have made a decision and are sticking to it.
• Walk away from them and discontinue the relationship.

Let’s get real here: if someone wants to stop you from getting fit, they have issues.  And perhaps it’s time to think about whether they add value to your life or rob you of your right to improve your life as you see fit.

Here are a few favorite phrases of the fitness haters…

“Oh, come on.  One piece won’t hurt!”

“Just a bite!  LIVE a little…it’s so good you won’t believe it!”

Or…

“Running?  Oooh I hate running.  Why would you want to do that?”

“Oooh.  Exercise.  We’re all gonna die anyway.  What’s the point?”

The whole charade is designed to make the receiver feel guilty or negative about self-improvement.

But it’s all designed to give the antagonist psychological relief from having to exert EFFORT for self-change.

As they say, “Misery Loves Company.”

So true.

So true.

Stay the course.  Decide what is right for YOUR life.

And if it is Portland Boot Camp…

I will be there with you, and for you as always.

Live long and laugh a lot,

D

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But usually Mondays get most people down.

Well, that’s where things are a bit different around Portland Boot Camp.

We take pride in realizing that exercise has the power to brighten a sour mood.

Look, here’s what people refuse to accept or just don’t know…

Exercise actually makes you happy.  Working out hard makes you smile.  Doing the difficult makes the rest of life easier.

We choose to start the week of right.

With a healthy dose of good medicine.

Right?

Thanks for daring to be great.

And thanks for a great Monday, gang.

D

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2007 & 2008 came and went. Did you give up? 2009 is still going… and every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around…

Photo by Eric Charlton

With rain stinging our hands and faces, we scaled a dormant volcano at Mt. Tabor last Wednesday.

3 miles, a couple hundred stairs, and a sprint to the top.

We reached the caldera and I was overwhelmed with the tenacity of my boot camp superstars.

While catching my breath, I said,

“You know… people who try to get in shape… who lose fat and gain it all back…who are laying in bed right now saying they will start moving ‘some day soon’… those who enviously attack successful types… those who sit around wishing for a new body to magically appear… they all believe people like us have some special quality.  Some kind of mojo that sets us apart. They actually believe that we something built-in at birth that they lack.

Well they are right.

And they are also wrong.

They are right: we do have something they lack.  But they are wrong because it isn’t something built in at birth.

It’s something they can have NOW…at any moment.

The magic power we have isn’t glamorous — or really magic at all. It would be easy to dismiss it as too simple to be true.

But it is.

It is simply: persistence.

The power to drive toward a goal relentlessly, even with setbacks and temporary failures, sets you apart.

So I applaud you.

That’s as plain as it gets.

Sure you have to have a clear goal.  Sure you have to have a proven plan.  And of course, you may need some guidance or education.

But the “secret sauce”… the thing that makes it all work  is plain old persistence.

The greatest contributors to humanity have all failed repeatedly… but they never gave up.

And I know you will never give up either.   Because you have the same power they do.  And that’s what sets you apart.

Cheers,

D

P.S.  For an incredible perspective on this topic and a list of 39 or so greats who failed and won…go to Dax Moy’s Ultra Inspiring Blog HERE. right now.  You will hardly believe the inspiring stories of famous people who rose to the top despite the odds.

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