This site is the website of motivational speaker Craig Harper. A constantly updated, one-stop information, inspiration, education and motivation station. Unlike many similar sites, it is a totally free resource for anyone who is serious about moving from mediocre to amazing in any area of their personal or professional life. With hundreds of articles covering a wide range of subject matter, great interviews with cool people and inspirational video posts, there's more than enough brain-food to keep you busy for hours. Okay, days!! Enjoy.
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Fattitude
- Craig Harper
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ability to be able to get in shape for events (weddings, parties, reunions
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Craig Harper is Australia's leading
motivational speaker
and educator (according to Google Australia). He is a highly
sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be
a leader and pioneer in the areas of personal and
professional development.
Working with hundreds of
teams, companies and a wide variety of organisations
on numerous continents over the last twenty years
has given Craig a unique insight into, and
understanding of, human performance and all its
variables. Craig has an ability to educate, inspire,
challenge and make people laugh all at the same
time!
Craig the Exercise Bloke has been a little scarce lately, so Craig the Philosopher and Craig the Motivator Dude have been given the day off to hit the beach, bag a few UV's and feel the sand between their very white toes. They both need it. They can get a little intense and serious. Some sun and surf will do them good. They really don't get out much.They need to get out of their heads for a while and take their bodies for a spin.Enjoy the fresh air you geeks.
Simulated Training
Well, I know that some of you won't be disappointed to see Buff Boy (left) making a re-appearance back here at me-dot-com, so enjoy, girls. And boys, of course. Call it my Monday gift to you.
For the best part of thirty years (geeze I'm old), I have been watching people go through the motions in (and outside of) gyms. Simulated training; looks just like a workout but isn't. Almost doing something but not really doing anything much; nothing which will result in significant physical change anyway. Sure they turn up to the gym (some of them) and sure they follow the (often generic and uninspired) routine they've been set, but the majority of them don't stimulate their bodies the way they could and should and therefore don't see the results they would like. They are simply treading water in a sea of dumbbells and it's a very big club. If all they're after is a trip to the gym, a little social interaction and some minor physical stimulation, then they're on track. If however, they're after an optimal workout, amazing results and a different body, then they're wasting their time and potential.
Same equals Same
Some people have an amazing and curious ability to consistently do the same thing (exercise the same way) while expecting a different outcome (a leaner, lighter, stronger body). Ain't gonna happen Tiger. Same type of activity, same workout, same exercises, same sets and reps, same intensity, same weights, same equipment, same running route, same group exercise class, same duration, same recovery time... equals the same body. Most people in most gyms look pretty much the same month in month out, year in year out. Don't believe me? Go and sit in a gym for a year. Is it their goal to look the same? No. Do they give their body a reason to change? Not often. Don't assume that time spent in the gym necessarily equates to an effective workout or quality results. Many regular exercisers (irrespective of the training environment) typically stimulate their body the same way day after day and then wonder why there's no transformation. There's no change because they don't give their body a reason to change. If we want to see real physiological adaptation (fitter, leaner, lighter, stronger, faster, more powerful, more flexible, more functional, sexier!) then we need to stimulate (train) our body in a way which will necessitate adaptation (change). And most of us don't do that! Yes, there is a productive and enlightened minority who will do amazing things with their bodies, but they are the exception not the rule, and they are not who I'm talking about today. Neither am I talking about people who are brand new to the exercise thing.
A Few Home Truths
The vast majority of people who exercise (in any environment, not just in gyms) under-achieve based on their potential for improvement and their capacity for change. Bodies can do incredible things in a relatively short period of time when the thing that drives them (the mind) doesn't get in the way. Many of us exercise (and eat!) emotionally, not logically. We gravitate towards what is comfortable, what is fun and what we enjoy, rather than what works. That's not to say that we can't produce results and enjoy the process (that's largely about mindset anyway), but understand that what we need to do (to produce our best body), won't always be what we want to do. Do you want easy or effective? Do you want to go through the motions or get results? Do you want to tread water for another year or transform your body in twelve weeks? I've worked with people who have achieved better results in eight weeks of doing 'what works' than they did in the previous eight years of doing what doesn't. Not because I'm a miracle worker but because they finally gave their body what is so desperately needed; the right food, the right training and the right recovery. When they stopped getting in their own way, their body did what it was built for; adaptation. It transformed.
Intensity
The bottom line is this:
"Most people simply don't train hard enough to produce optimal results."
Why? Because it hurts and most of us avoid pain at all costs. Pity about that. We want the results without the hurt so we continue doing what doesn't work. As long as we look like we're doing it right?
* Note - before anyone starts jumping up and down and suggesting that I'm all about hardcore, mindless, senseless, punishment-type workouts, I'm absolutely not. Don't misinterpret what I am saying:
1. If your goal is progression (improvement, change) and not maintenance, then your exercise program must be progressive in design and execution, irrespective of your age, goals, background or current level of condition. Progression might be something as simple as walking for ten minutes instead of five.
2. Intensity is relative to the individual. One person's hard will be another person's easy.
3. If eighty year-olds can improve their functional strength by three to four hundred percent via progressive resistance training (and they can), then you and I have no excuses.
4. Ensure that you have appropriate medical clearance from your Doctor to undertake a graduated exercise program. And if you are a relative newbie to the exercise thing then naturally you will need to spend time building a fitness base before you begin to explore anything remotely intense.
5. Having said all of those politically correct things, the truth is that many people are simply big, precious, excuse-making babies who have been "about to do it" forever and who abandon their workout at the first hint of physical discomfort. Just when they are about to take their body to the place it needs to be (Transformation Central), they pull the pin, throw in the towel, wave the white flag. They give up. They have been wasting their genetic potential for years. They talk a lot but do very little. I am honestly tired of talking with people who are perpetually starting next week, who train like they are a frail ninety year-old, who are constantly looking for an escape clause and who have a pain threshold of minus five. They are mentally weak and their results reflect that fact. There, I said it. I feel better. If you want to look amazing (for you) and produce amazing results, then stop doing mediocre, stop doing the same things, milk every ounce out of your genetics, toughen the f*** up and do what needs to be done. Stop looking for easy and don't look for (or expect) universal support, approval or accolades. Just quietly, humbly and strategically go about the business of creating your best body.
Give your body what it needs (some intensity) and it will give you what you want; results.
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