I had the opportunity to catch up after a great weekend seminar with a truly interesting and inspiring young coach, gym owner, and entrepreneur: Hunter Grindle, the owner of Hybrid Fitness Gym in Thomaston, ME.
I've known Hunter for a few years and what he's been able to accomplish is extraordinary, although he probably wouldn't admit it. In addition to opening his gym at just 18 years old, the now-22 year-old basketball playing Hunter has embraced a demographic that you wouldn't expect: Moms and helping them become healthier, lose fat, and enjoy their life.
We talk about some insights he's found in the process and how those insights, whether they're applied to business, fitness, relationships, or most anything else, ring true. Hunter is an avid reader, so we hit on some of his favorite books and the lessons that he's picked up from them, as well. I've always enjoyed and had great conversations with Hunter, so it was great to catch one on audio to be recorded!
You have permission!
One of the things I've really been thinking about since my podcast with Sasha and Chris last week is that too many people think that they need to be "good" before they can do something.
I saw it in the gym last night.
You don't need to be good to do, you BECOME good by doing, and if you are doing, you ARE something. If you need permission, you have it.
Winning the War of Art
(A nod to Stephen Pressfield's great book, "The War of Art")
Guests in the house!
All my life I've been fortunate to have had extraordinary people enter my sphere, become my friends, and even if life takes us in different directions, stay that way.
I was lucky to sit down with two of those today and get the mic on.
Sasha and Chris happen to be former clients, always the rockstars of our Relentless Gym Family, and are currently on TOUR as a rock/punk/muse-catching duo.
I think a lot of people envision the life of the touring musician as a free-flowing, zero care existence. Well, probably that isn't the case if you want to STAY a touring musician.
We had a great conversation and what I found most striking was how many of the principles we talk about in this podcast for helping your life, fitness, and nutrition are exactly the same for Sasha and Chris in their music business.
We hit on:
-The importance of routine, even when you are in a lifestyle that is anything but routine.
-How mastery in something can improve everything else.
-How to pick yourself up and keep on when the world kicks you down.
-Their first official "Hate Letter" and how they handled it.
-How inspiration can happen when you least expect it and why most people miss it.
-And plenty of other success topics!
And you know for damn sure you want to know how they sound and how their Unstoppable Rock Tour is going, right? Check them out online at www.whenparticlescollide.com
External Cues and Internal Motivation
When it comes to cuing a movement, more often than not people understand it better if you use external cues versus internal cues. An external cue references something outside of the body. This is because people are used to seeing with their eyes and interacting with things OUTSIDE their body without often thinking about the HOW of how they move their body.
When it comes to motivation, the opposite often works better. An external motivation would be another person or event forcing someone to do something. While this can often get the ball rolling, the motivation lasts only as long as the stimulus. Internal motivation, though, comes from a deeper source. It comes from within. So when things get tough and the external motivation flags, internally it's still burning strong.
Make the most of both techniques. Focus on external cues to most efficiently move forward, and internal motivation to be what keeps you doing it.