Learn How to FIGHT!!!!

Posted by admin on Jan 29, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

What are you a Chicken? A Scardy Cat? Stop crying you baby!!!!  Thats exactly what life says to us all too often. Not in those words of course. Life is smart, it does it in a sneaky way.  It will say it when you haven’t eaten in hours and there happens to be a Mcdonalds near by, or gives you a flat tire on a day you can’t be late. It will be screaming kids, work overload, and lack of sleep when you need to be up early. Sometimes its really sly, its the cupcakes in the staff break room, a twelve pack in the fridge, or a buy one get one free at the bakery.

Now early on in the year we are all excited about a new year and new you. New goals, and ways we are going to make a big change in our life. Year after year sometimes those goals remain the same, due to the fact that the bully of life has a different plan in store for us.  When we sit down early in the year and write down what we are going to accomplish we neglect the fact that the big bully is just waiting to catch us at our weakest and most vulnerable moments. We have written what I like to call the “Disneyland perfect picture” of how the year is going to be.  “Im going to lose 30lbs, run a 10k, eat healthy everyday”…and so on and so on.  However, we often forget to write down all of the main challenges that are going to present themselves throughout the year.  All of the ways that life is going to have its way and throw us off track.  I like to call these the “punches of life”. Life is going to throw you many many punches and they are all going to be when you least expect it.  Truth is, it doesn’t always play fair, you’ll get hit from the side, back, stomach, knees, and right in the nose if you let it.  Just as if you were in a real fight, in life, you gotta have a “Swing Back”.  I ask our athletes all the time, you know the challenges, the crazy schedule, kids, work, time, motivation, now what’s your Swing Back?

If you aren’t prepared for all the punches that life is going to hit you with, then you are bound to get knocked out!  For some people, they realize how to fight at young age, for others they learn how to fight a lot later.  The best part about the fight is that it can be won or lost everyday.  We talk a lot about “winning the day”.  You can’t win the week, month, or year without winning the day first.  Each day is a new opportunity for you to take the fight to life.  That fight starts with one big thing, CHOICE.  We are all products of our habits and defined by one thing, CONSISTENCY.  Choice and consistency can be a match made in heave or damsel in distress.  We can either choose to be the bug or the windshield.  To be knocked out by life, or take action and control and dedicated to reaching our goals.

Make a list of all the punches that life is going to throw at you this year when you are writing your goals.  Be specific and list every possible thing that could go wrong.  If your game plan is set, when those punches start flying by you’ll be ready with your swing back. Don’t be scared of the fight, go at it 100mph.  You owe it to yourself.

As Al Davis Said “Just Win Baby”…”Win the Day”-FNS

Our Community, Our Support, Our Tribe

Posted by admin on Oct 6, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

Last week I was working with one of our athletes who was struggling on the bench press.  He had the look in his eyes after touching the bar to his chest that there was no way he was going to be able to push the weight back up.  I stood over him, coaching him to stay engaged and to commit to the finish. I could see that doubt and fear in his eyes.  I then placed my hands just under the bar, and with ease he locked out the rep.  What was it that changed? I didn’t even touch the weight.  What changed was that he could release the fear of failing and the weight falling on his chest.  With my hands there, he felt SUPPORT.  He could focus on the task at hand without any fear of failure, and that was when he succeeded.

You can apply this same principle to pretty much anything.  Too many times individuals are afraid to do something because of the fear of failing and, like the weight, being crushed.  When we second guess ourselves whether or not we can finish that is where support comes in.  He knew I was there for him and would not let anything happen to him, however, I knew that he had it in him to push through on his own.  We both worked together to help him achieve the task at hand, that one rep.

That one rep can be anything, that one pound, one mile, one day back to the gym, one less beer or cookie.  But if you surround yourself with enablers then that ONE of anything becomes much less attainable.  You decide your support group, your company, and community.

Our strength lies in our community.  Our community is more than a team, a group, or network of members, rather it is a close knit TRIBE who share the same common culture of supporting one another and striving to get better everyday.  Whether it be our group training classes, our buddy training, or events, our athletes provide an environment for one another that allows each other to push themselves beyond their limits, with the support of not letting one another fail.

I am firm believer that you are the company that you keep.  Too many times we can be surrounded by jaded individuals who want to do nothing more than complain and make excuses.  That’s not what we do, and that’s not who we are.  When it comes to excuses, complaints, negativity, and ego’s you can check all that at the door. Our FNS TRIBE wants no part of that and will not stand for it.  That is what makes this community so strong.  We understand the struggles we all face on a daily basis, and we overcome them.  We also know the joys that come with group support and training hard, and we embrace that.  Our tribe is more than bunch of individuals who condition and train at a high level and push each other past limits we thought were impossible. Concurrently, we are a culture and community that will go to great lengths to protect and care for each member of our Tribe.

When one athlete is out or goes down, there you will see the next one lending a hand for them to get back in.  From our Tough Mudder training and events, to races, to our countless amount of classes, the one common theme you will see is our dedication to make each other better and our camaraderie.    I have never been more proud or honored to be surrounded by not just some of the most amazing athletes I have even seen, but more important to be around some of the most amazing people I know.

If you want to make big changes in your life, surround yourself with those who have made those changes or who are on the same journey as you are.  Continue to constantly play up a level as it is far better to surround yourself with those more skilled than you as they will push you go deeper to be your best.

FNS Challenge

Posted by admin on Jul 21, 2011 in Blog, Challenges/Workouts | 0 comments

This week we just launched our 5 week competition, FNS Challenge, at our facility for our athletes to compete against each other. Athletes will have 5 weeks to work their way up the leader board and a chance to win to cool Under Armour and FNS Gear.

We will have two brackets, the 40 and over bracket for males and females and the 40 and under.

Each week I will update our leader board to see who ranks at the top of the board.

Updated 8/09/11
Males 40 and Over:
1. Steve E. 3’04
2. Marc C. 3’09
3. Manny B 3’21

Females 40 and Over:
1. Marianne F. 3’56
2. Helene S. 4’39
3. CAthy L. 5’05

Males 40 and Under:
1. Bo R. 2’50
2. John N. 2’53
3. Ren M. 3’05

Females 40 and Under:
1. Merriam Y. 3:27
2. Amy H. 3’39
3. Vicky W. 3’53

On the 5th week the top two leaders from each bracket, males and females, will face off head in the finals.

Here is the challenge, we wanted to keep the challenge as objective as possible.
Must complete in this order and for fastest time;

1. 300 Meter Row (Rower must be set to level 3)
2. 30 Step ups
3. 30 Bosu Plank Pushups
4. 30 8lb MB Scissors
5. 30 Bench Plank Pushups

GTS 3.0 Under Armour C360 Combine Training

Posted by admin on Jun 29, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments