Erixmotivated

gym instructor, personal trainer, nutritionist, GTFC fan,

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To all my new followers, welcome to my account. Its going to be an interesting journey as i continue navigating the daily stresses and drama known as daily life, along with working as a gym instructor, personal trainer, nutritionist and now also dabbling in being a potential author. its an honour to share my journey with you all, and also try to help with any advice or tips on your own personal journeys. The world is already full of doom and gloom, so my account is here purely to try and stay positive along the way. If I can help inspire just one person to try and improve their life, even just a little bit, then all my effort will have been worthwhile.

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@JohnCena @CoyoteACMEMovie Been waiting many years for this as the original cartoons were always my favourite. I guess wile e.coyote taught me the meaning of not giving in each time an idea failed, as there will always be a plan B, plan C etc.. he never gave up, even after multiple failures.

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Gym fact of the day - your muscles remember past workouts on a cellular level, meaning lost muscle is much easier to rebuild than to build the first time.

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@ZoyaBloomz Brilliant explanation by you, in a much simpler way. These posts are designed to be interpreted in different ways, but the life lesson always stays the same.

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Life lesson of the day - The kite and the string
A boy once flew a kite on a windy hill. As the kite rose higher, he felt the string pull hard against his hand. The higher it climbed, the stronger the tension grew. Frustrated, he thought the string was holding the kite back. So he cut it.
For a brief moment the kite surged upward, free. Then it spun, lost its angle to the wind, and tumbled into the trees.
An old woman who had been watching walked over and said quietly, “The string was never the enemy. It was the only thing giving the kite the tension it needed to stay aloft. Without something to pull against, the wind has nothing to lift.”
Here is the life lesson:
We often treat the tugs in our lives - the responsibilities, the commitments, the limits, the people who depend on us - as restraints that keep us from rising. We imagine that if we could just sever the string, we would finally soar. Yet many of the things that feel like constraints are actually what give our lives shape, direction, and lift.
A life with no tension drifts. A life that has learned to lean into the right kind of pull rises.
You do not have to cut every string to be free. Sometimes the freest thing you can do is keep hold of the ones that still connect you to something true, and let the wind do its work.

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@DannoLifts Exactly. Fizzy drinks clean and unblock pipes, so what do they do to the internal organs? I stay well clear of fizzy drinks. Even fruit juice is more unhealthy than it sounds due to amount of sugar and additives.

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@Ironmute Consistency is king.

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@saniyafatma1278 Good morning from England.

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@Jainadave_ Always.

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Best motivating factor is using little victories. Set a realistic goal to achieve, once completed, feel the pride, enjoy the moment, then set a slightly higher goal. Works for me, especially with running. I tried rushing my goals, running a lot faster than I should, wasn't enjoying it, and wasn't progressing. Little steps leads to little victories. Giant steps are achievable, but like the saying goes, learn to walk before you learn to run.

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@mikeddonatelli @semantix1k @Brady_H @tiga_style @DeanTTraining @UltraRunner26 I still use garmin, apart from monitoring my sleep, as it actually disrupted my sleep more, by wearing during the night.

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Good morning to you all. What are your plans today? For me, its making memories with my family time. Weekdays are for making money, weekends are for making memories. Today it involves watching mighty grimsby town beat Fleetwood Town. My boys really love football, so we never miss a match. Whatever your plans are, I hope you have a great day, and an amazing weekend too.

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Yeah, daily steps is a good starting point to fitness. My average is 15k per day, but some days can be as high as 30k, but i am on my feet for roughly 12 hours per day, and i do a 2 mile walk at least every day to relax my brain after a busy day. The average person walks 70k miles during their lifetime, so if you walk more than the average person, I congratulate you. My steps average 90miles per month. Its crazy the numbers involved when you stop and think about it.

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@semantix1k Thats where the term active recovery comes from. Even when I broke my ribs, I still remained active.

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Gym fact of the day - some experts say sitting too much is as dangerous as smoking. GET UP AND MOVE!

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@semantix1k Being active keeps improves motivation, flexibility, fitness and strength. Sitting for long periods is a risk to long term health.

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I do have empathy, especially after my life experiences. I always try and help others, which is why being a personal trainer is a natural fit. I am bipolar, and I have three boys who are autistic, so i understand the struggles across a broad range. I simply want to try and inspire anyone wanting to listen that anything is possible, just take one step at a time, perfection takes time, there will be set backs along the way, but that's part of the journey. When it comes to weight lifting, I always promote using lighter weights first into form is mastered, rather than ego lifting like many others in the gym.

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Another workout completed. Before anyone says anything about my decline narrow grip bench press weight lifted, I know its not a heavy lift compared to the average lifter, however, my chest has never been my strongest point, as I have always been pigeon chested, plus i lift with perfect form, and I lower the weight slowly, and controlled. However, as you can see, I am still progressing using progressive overload correctly and logging my workouts too. Most of my other exercises today are purely isolation exercises which is why my total volume is only half of what my average lifting days are. As long as I progress, I am happy and proud.

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@semantix1k Agree. With me being bipolar, I am always battling with my brain, however when I do something challenging like a treadmill run or weight lifting, it settles my mind down, then once completed, I feel really proud of my mini victory.

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"The body achieves what the mind believes" - napoleon hill

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@semantix1k Exactly. Progress is made by taking one step at a time and being consistent.

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Life lesson of the day – The bridge built while crossing
There was once a traveler who reached a wide river with no bridge in sight. On the far bank lay the place he needed to reach. He waited for someone to arrive with plans, timber, and tools. Days passed. Other travelers appeared, some turning back, some sitting in frustration, some shouting at the water for being there.
An old woman finally walked up, carrying only a small bundle of rope and a few sturdy poles. She did not study blueprints or wait for ideal conditions. She simply stepped into the shallows, tested the current, and began lashing the first pole to a rock. The traveler asked how she could build something so important without knowing whether it would hold all the way across.
She answered while working: “I do not need to see the finished bridge before I start. I only need to make the next section strong enough for the step I am about to take. The far bank will still be there when I arrive. Right now the only question that matters is whether this piece can carry me a little farther.”
She kept adding, testing, adjusting. Sometimes a section slipped and she rebuilt it. Sometimes the current pushed harder and she changed her method. By the time the traveler finally joined her, the structure was already halfway across - imperfect, living, and real.
Here is the life lesson:
We spend so much of life standing on the near shore, demanding a complete and guaranteed path before we move. We want the whole plan approved, the outcome assured, the risk removed. Yet the bridges that actually carry us are almost never finished in advance. They are built under our feet, one tested step at a time.
You do not need the entire crossing solved before you begin. You only need the next honest section - strong enough for today, flexible enough for what the water does next. Progress is not the absence of uncertainty. It is the willingness to keep adding to the bridge while the river is still moving.
Start where you are. Lash the next piece. Cross a little farther. The far bank is reached by people who stopped waiting for a finished span and simply began building the one that did not yet exist.