Mygeofit’s first strength workout. Don’t worry, the weights aren’t too heavy. Jen was just a little under the weather, so I had to film this one on my own… with a little help. It’s an awesome upper body routine for the shoulders and arms. One of the best routines I’ve done yet…

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This is the Super Stealth Shoulders and Arms routine with an awesome twist. Jen, myself and… Finn (he shows up later after waking up from a nap) are in this one. Jen and I are doing this workout together and we have added a slight change to the exercise order. Still challenging and still super fun. Hope you enjoy.

This is an easier workout focusing mainly on the upper body… shoulders and back arm (triceps). At the end of the workout we do a little lower leg (calves). We feel it’s a great introduction to mygeofit. Please comment if you would like to see anything else or if there is some way we can make this video or workout better for you… after all, we really just want to make fitness possible for YOU. Hope you enjoy… now go get fit!!!

If there is one slot on your daily schedule that seems so easily pushed back or even put off completely for the day, it’s your workout.

Do enough putting off and guess what??? You are not achieving your fitness goals and dreams.

Time passes, workouts become less frequent, stale or non-existent and then, you look up and there it is… a reason to get fit.

All of the sudden the sun’s coming out. It’s Spring and that means Summer is just around the corner. Weddings, graduations, reunions etc… Whatever it is, it’s just popped up and now you want to achieve a fitness goal.

What kind of pressure do you put on yourself and to what measures are you willing to go to achieve these short term goals?

What’s acceptable?

We all know that there are a ton of quick fitness fixes. Go to google and type in “get fit quick” and see what you find.

Cleanses, low calorie crashes, cardio til you keel over… the list goes on.

Short term pressure must align with long term fitness. If it does not, it must be tossed out.

Things like crash diets, unrealistic fitness regimens and detrimental supplements aka weight loss pills have got to be left behind, and… forgotten. They hurt more than they help.

Any short term fitness goal setting must take into consideration your life-long point of view.

Why?

Let’s say event X has popped up and it’s only two weeks away and you decide that you must lose ten pounds before attending. What’s wrong with this short term pressure and why is this a bad goal for you?

If you’ve had the opportunity to listen to me before, you know that I’ve repeated one to two pounds per week when in a weight loss mode (if not, just a little study will show that to be a very common and safe recommendation). Two pounds per week MAX!!! And that’s debatable because of the amount of muscle that could be lost (losing muscle is a big metabolic no no).

But you go ahead and pursue this bad goal (bad because it’s not in align with your long term fitness) and you actually lose ten pounds in two weeks. I can guarantee that a good amount of your ten pounds will be that wonderful, serve you so well, muscle that keeps us fit for the rest of our lives.

What happens after event X is over… you know after you’ve achieved a goal that didn’t take into consideration your long term health and fitness???

After event X is over, life is busy and the fitness regimen slips again and guess what? In no time, the weight is back. But this time, it’s not muscle. Unlucky for you, most of the weight has come back as fat (yes, this is what usually happens to those who choose crash diets, go on crazy cardio kicks or choose any other goals that do not match up with life long fitness).

Now, because of the goal you achieved for event X, your metabolic rate is lower, you have less energy, less muscle, you can’t burn the same amount of calories as you could and you definitely look worse. That’s no fun for anyone.

Feeling good is a part of being fit. Nothing in the above statement can be described as feeling good.

Feel bad long enough and you may decide that you don’t want anything to do with being fit at all.

Short term pressure is only helpful if it is in align with an overall goal of being fit forever. You must ask yourself if what you are choosing to do is healthy and whether or not there will be any adverse effects to your long term health if you choose to pursue a particular fitness goal.

If the answer to those questions are “yes it is healthy and there are no adverse effects to this goal” then you are on your way to an acceptable short term goal.

Let’s change the above mentioned bad goal. Let’s make it “Lose two pounds per week without losing any strength”.

That’s a good one because now we are shooting for a goal that will help us in the long run (by maintaining our muscle and keeping our metabolic rate as high as possible) and it will still give us some acceptable pressure to keep up with our weekly fitness regimen so we can achieve the goal.

Will it add up to ten pounds in two weeks? No. But it will add up to a lifetime of health and fitness and that means that sooner or later, you will never want to pursue a bad goal again.

Keep achieving those healthy goals,
and ask for help anytime you like…

Matt

I called it the Super Stealth because it sneaks up on you, and before you know it, your shoulders and arms are on fire!!! It’s a great shoulder, bicep and tricep pump.

Told you she was insane!!! This is the most challenging workout yet that my wife has put me through. I thought I’d be ok because she removed the pull ups, but it turns out I was wrong!!!

What if I could sell you a perfect body for $500,000?… any upgrades are $100,000 ; )

Who knows, we may actually see this someday in our future as far as fitness goes.

On the surface, fitness can seem superficial, material and only about looking good, being sexy and impressing others…  vanity.

I can say from experience that fitness success at the superficial, material level is short lived at best.

There’s something else that goes along with being fit…

Either being fit or seeing someone who you consider to be fit, has the feeling of a job well done.

Only hard work, dedication, determination and things like focus can produce it. That’s the message fitness sends to each and every one of us, whether we see it on TV, in magazines, in person or anywhere else.

Deep down, we know and feel the effort and discipline necessary to achieve that success and have a reverence for high levels of fitness. Especially those who have achieved and maintain life-long health and fitness.

Why?

Because true, life-long, lasting fitness and health, is really about YOU, being better than you were, improving yourself, inside AND out.

As you continue to be successful in this endeavor, it’s about achieving something really great and worthy of recognition (even if you are the only one to recognize it).

So, if I could offer you a perfect body and great health for a set price (in exchange for a certain amount of money), you may think that you would take the offer.

Maybe a lot of people would…

It actually removes the very best part from the fitness experience… the journey.

When you truly get involved with the process of life-long fitness… self improvement, I believe that you are also glad to know that what you are achieving, the journey you are taking, cannot simply be bought.

Sometimes I like to use Oprah Winfrey as an example.

Don’t mistake what I’m saying, I think very highly of Oprah. She has achieved so much. She envisions a business idea and almost immediately it manifests. That’s a level many of us aspire to achieve.

But, when it comes to her fitness, Oprah is very challenged. I admire the fact that she openly shares it with the world.

Financially, Oprah is one of the biggest success stories on the planet. She of all people could buy a perfect body if there were such a thing for sale.

But there isn’t.

She knows that it comes from something other than money.

Many fitness companies try to strengthen the bond between money and fitness. In essence, they try to get you to believe that all you need to do is buy their product in order to be fit.

They promise the world, appealing to our sense of “have it all for next to nothing, RIGHT NOW!”. But, it’s just not true and is a poor representation of what real health and fitness is.

The truth is that you do not need any money to be fit. You do not need to buy one single thing.

All You need to do is decide. Once you have made your decision… truly made your decision, what you desire will be yours.

The rewards of such a decision can be immediate AND never ending as long as you continue your journey.

Rewards like feeling healthier, happier, more confident and more peaceful.

Yes, you can also look forward to a thinner midsection, tone, tight muscles and a spring in your step of lightness and mobility.

You cannot pursue and achieve great, lasting health and fitness and not change yourself for the better in the process.

Your decisions shape your thoughts and actions and in turn, what you choose to do on a daily basis.

It’s really easy and yet can prove to be very hard. All of the money in the world can’t buy it and actually no money at all is necessary to obtain it.

Fitness… it really is an amazing journey, and you can take it any time you want.. for free.

My family and I are here to show you the path, as best we know and continue to make the decision to be really fit and healthy ourselves. You are welcome to come with us anytime.

Matt, Jen, Rylan and Finn