Identity Code – Day 9 LIVE Training

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We are officially into Day 9 of our 28 Day LIVE Training Session and I couldn’t be more excited having you be a part of it.  If you missed Day 1, no worries, simply go back and start at the beginning.  Don’t feel you have to rush through the day(s) missed, take your time and get it done.

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 Growth is such a big thing as a child.  You transition into different stages starting as a infant, to a toddler, to a elementary age, to middle school, to high school, to college, to your 20’s and so on.  For the first 18 years of our life we continue each year at a different stage.  We are challenged with new skills daily and in the beginning it’s hard because we are learning new things.  But once we understand this new skill we continue to the next challenging skill.  This should be the same way for us adults, but the majority of us don’t pursue uncomfortable scenarios because it is uncomfortable.

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This applies to yours and my health also.  To live a healthy life it takes a lot of effort, continual effort to be exact.  There are many definitions to what health is but in my personal opinion, health is a direction correlation to what you are or not able to do.  If you are able to go on a hike, walk, run, over night camping trip that requires a long hike, go play a pick up game with your friends or simply just help a friend move, you are healthy.  Having the ability to participate in life and not watch on the sidelines give you the freedom to live life unrestricted.

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When we are are not challenged it is very hard to grow. It is very hard to be inspired and stay motivated.  That is what tends to hold us back from succeeding to our potential.  This may or may not be obvious to people, they may just feel like they are stuck in whatever situation they are in, nor do they have an option to change the situation they are in.  The truth of the matter is, we always have a choice and through these challenges we are given the opportunity to sink or swim.

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Obstacles are meant to be challenging and we MUST adjust.  When we adjust we are forced to learn and to adapt.  When this occurs, we are being given the gift of life experience.  This is the same when it comes to our fitness.  If we do workouts with zero intensity, we can expect zero to little results.  When we do workouts with intensity, results are guaranteed to show up.

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This is the area I specialize in.  Preparing men and women in their world of fitness.  Nothing that I do with my athletes is comfortable.  The level of intensity is high.  When I say level of intensity is “high”, I simply mean, I am bring my athlete out of their own personal comfort zone.  There are sore muscles, increased heart rates when training and discomfort to their body when exerting energy.  This all is because their body is being challenged.  It is out of its comfort zone.  When some runs really hard doing intervals (sprint, then recover, sprint, the recover, and so on) they are being pushed to their limits.  After a time of training like this, their  anaerobic threshold increase.  This simply means they will not get as tired as before because their heart is getting stronger and able to pump more blood.  When your heart gets strong and doesn’t require as much oxygen to pump, you are getting in better shape aka more “FIT”.

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1) Wake up 30 minutes early.  When we set our minds on when we are going to get out of bed our brain thinks its too early to get up before the time we have set to get up.

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2) Take a ice cold shower.  This is the ultimate test to discomfort in the quickest way.  Turn on the cold water and simply walk in and wash up as normal.  There are different techniques to this but to keep it simple, Spend 2-4 minutes in the shower simply working on your breathing and washing up.

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3) Do High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workouts.  If you are following this 28 day program, you are already doing it.  You move at full exertion then you pull back to recover (heart rate lowers), then you continue.  This is really uncomfortable, especially if you like to just chat at the gym, but yields some incredible results.

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Try these out.  The goal is to be uncomfortable.  Once you understand fully that discomfort is really good for you, you may start to embrace it more.

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– Fitness (15 minutes): We will use HIIT (hight intensity interval training) as our vehicle to increase our fitness and get a better bang for our buck.  Don’t be surprised when results start showing up faster than normal.

– Quiet time (5 minutes): Some call this meditation, prayer time or times of gratitude.  This is where we pause from all the rat racing and allow for peace to enter.

– Personal Investment (10 minutes): Personal development.  This is you investing in you.  Whether its reading, listening to a podcast, listening or sitting a reading a book (I’ll list a few of my favorites below).

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– Air Squats

– Alternating Toe Touches

– Single skips (jump ropes)

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Then……

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3 minutes Plank

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If you missed Day 1, CLICK HERE (Day 1)

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