Are You Afraid of Lifting Weights? Read This and Think AGAIN!

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Weights…

Why do I lift them?

What makes lifting weights so important?

I go to the gym…

I approach the bar, load the bumpers and just before I get under to lift the weight, I feel something. I feel a tickle in my stomach, I feel my hands getting sweaty and my heart beating faster.

I feel all my expectations, getting in line in my mind, waiting for me to move ahead, grasp the (more…)

Is It Your Body That Knows Limitations or Does Your Mind Need to be Convinced?

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Potential…

Everybody has it, but few reach it!

There are those among us that believe that everybody longs to reach their own personal best-either it is going to be to get the best body, the best job, the highest score on the test, an olympic record or you name it..

We pretend our ultimate goal is to be the best version of ourselves, finding the right job, reading the right books,eating the right food… but the reality is far less compelling. If we are truly honest we will admit that the level to which we might possibly rise is rarely our chief concern. More important is reaching the level where we can merely survive or, at the very least, mock survival. Getting there is much easier. Getting there requires less time, less (more…)

10 Photos to Get You Through Today

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Success is hidden in every action we take. Success is hidden behind failure,defeat,disappointment, hardships and tears. SOmetimes all a person needs is a quick reminder that no matter where he stands today, tomorrow is in his own hands.

Here are 10 illustrated reminders that there is always a way to get back up and keep moving forward!

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Are Athletes Dumber Than the Rest of People?

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Since I was little I have been involved in sports. I’ve practiced a lot of sports. You name it I did it. Even though my life has always revolved around sports, I always paid attention to school and studying and I never allowed myself to have bad grades. But I always detested the prejudiced point of view of teachers towards athletes. Even without knowing anything about you, when they hear you are an athlete, they put you in the pile with the dumber, the less perspective people and etc. Usually you need to make a big effort to get yourself out of this frame, that is limiting you and stigmatizing you!

I never understood this separation. Why would sport make you dumber? Why would sport limit your intellectual development and send you on the pile of being less than others? You see me walk around school with a basketball and you assume that this is all I am capable of… just dribble around and probably score some points during a game? Do you think that this runs out my whole potential to be something, to become somebody?

For all of you, who have such opinion, I want to explain you what it means to be an athlete. You have the right to (more…)

Is There a Person Like That Hidden Inside of You?

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I am not the kind of person, who says she wants something, but yet her actions don’t match her words!

I am not the kind of person, who go in the gym a couple weeks before the summer, and states she wants to be in shape for the beach!

I am not the kind of person, who blames being overweight and her bad health on inherited, bad genes!

I am not the kind of person, who spends her life being jealous of other people’s success!

I am not the kind of person (more…)

Do You Always Start On Monday?

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It is Monday.

Yesterday you promised that on Monday you will start eating healthy!

Yesterday you promised that on Monday you will start working out.

Yesterday you promised that on Monday you will take your life in control.

Yesterday you promised that you will quit making excuses.

Yesterday you promised that you will commit to reaching your potential.

And today it is Monday…

You just ate a donut for breakfast and (more…)

Ilian Petrov: The Brave Heart of Bulgaria

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Ilian Petrov

You look through the window. The weather is cold and it is dark. You’d think that it will be a bad day. Your soul is almost as cold as the weather outside. Right there, in this moment, somewhere in Sofia, in a small gym, there is a man, who could find all the reasons to stay at home. He could find a reason to curse the weather, his fate or his life. But instead he is always smiling. He fights every difficulty with a smile on his face.

Somewhere, Ilian Petrov is fighting for what he believes and what he loves. He is fighting for what gives him strength to face the hardships that every day has to offer!

Ilian is born without a limb and he grows up an orphan. But that isn’t a green light for him to use it as an excuse and become a failure. He has strong faith and big dreams, which take Ilian to the tops of athletics. Today he is one of the top athletes in the world in his discipline! (more…)

Did You Think It Was Easy?

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There is no easy way!

If you wanna be great, you have to work hard!

You need to forget about your comfort zone, about giving yourself a rest, about getting by with failure!

If you wanna be great, you got to feel some pain-the pain of discipline, hard work and persistence.

It won’t be easy. I know you will (more…)

How Long Will the Pain Last?

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The day just started…and my strength is already gone….

I feel tired. I am hardly breathing. Seems like I am struggling to take a breath, trying to get rid of something that weighs like a burden. It is stuck in my chest and it is breathing my oxygen.

My pulse is racing. My heart is beating faster and harder. Just like my thoughts are rushing through my mind- they are rushing to remind me about their existence and leave behind them a loud echo, that is deafening everything around.

The bar is heavy, but (more…)

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