Earlier this week I posted about Performance Identity: (Click here to see ) and the responses told me it’s something that we as parents/coaches should be more aware of.

Their attitudes, their confidence and their Identity can often be shaped by how they perform in a game, race or speech.

Let’s help them understand IT DOESN’T DEFINE YOU.

I like to say it’s 90% prep and 10% performance, lets put less stress on
them to PERFORM and encourage them to PRACTICE. It’ll develop better
athletes and young men & women.

If your athlete could benefit from this kind of coaching, we have a new
Fast Twitch program rolling out.

Here’s what a parent recently shared:

“Thank you guys for inspiring the boys and working on the MENTAL SIDE of
being a great athlete!”

To claim a training session, email us today at: info@gtsptc.com and hear
about our unique way of coaching:
1) Mental Strength
2) Physical Strength and Speed
3) Paperclip Challenge

It’s how we’ve been able to help so many kids stop DEFINING by a single
good or bad day.

Coach Jeremy

P.S. We are also launching a new age group within our Fast Twitch program
called Rising Star…it’s for ages 7-10. Email Us at info@gtsptc.com to
find out more details.

Are you a slave to your scale? Do you make decisions about food, exercise and even the clothes you wear based on ONE number you see each morning?

Over the past 10 years I’ve had dozens, if not hundreds, of clients that allowed a single number to determine their outlook for the day.

I’m here to tell you it’s got to stop and it CAN! With THREE simple steps.

Step #1 – Move the scale out of the bathroom so you don’t look at it every morning. You will be surprised at how impactful this can be.  See Pam’s story about moving the scale and making this shift and becoming so much happier (and healthier I might add) because of it.

Step #2 – Think about yourself in terms of being strong rather than being skinny. I’m not talking about being strong like Arnold or strong like The Rock, but strong mentally and physically. Strong enough to get down on the floor and play with your grandkids, strong enough to walk 18 holes and still have the energy to be engaged with your family at the end of the day.

Step #3 – Hire a coach who will challenge you in more ways than losing 10lbs, someone who will see your full potential and won’t accept you selling yourself short anymore. But they also see where you are at right now in your journey and can lock arms with you every-step of the way. A coach, a mentor, a friend.

These three action steps will free you of the chains of slavery to the scale. Listen to me… you know when your body is changing and it has nothing to do with a digital reading on some machine that sits on the floor. Your clothes and your energy tell you more than a $20 machine you bought at Wal-Mart.

Look at the three steps above, #1 should be simple but #2 usually occurs after you’ve completed #3. If you are looking for a coach to meet you where you’re at in your journey and then take you to where you want to be Email Kari for your free consultation. Its on the house, and your chance to see if GTS is the right place and has the coaches to help you break free!

Be STRONG my friends.

Coach Jeremy

P.S. If you are not on the Monday STRONG Emails, Email Kari and she can add you to this list.

This Weeks Thought: The Rear-View Mirror

On a car a Rearview Mirror is really important, in life and when you are trying to make a change it’s one of the most crippling causes of failure. Often times when presented with an opportunity or new program we quickly check our past accomplishments, “No, I’ve never achieved at that level before. In fact, I’ve failed time and time again!”

Not looking behind you can have its advantages, when it’s moving forward and attacking a goal or when you are pulling your first ever 26 foot camper like I was 4 years ago.

Brandy and I had camped for nearly a decade, we both loved it! It was an opportunity to unplug, reconnect with each other and in general just be in nature. The struggle came when the miracles we call Seth, Sam and Brooklynn were born. God bless my wife, she was determined it wasn’t going to stop us from camping so she would do everything in her power to make it happen.

Including breastfeeding an infant in a three man dome tent (the kind you can’t even stand up in).

This lasted for several years, until one fateful night of pouring rain, a stomach virus that had all three kids throwing up and a zipper breaking on the front door leaving us without a blanket and getting rained on in the North Georgia Mountains.

That’s it, we’re DONE.

A few months later we bought our first ever camper (26 feet of awesome-ness!). Only problem, I’d never really pulled anything before. Never-the-less something this big and complicated to hook-up, steer and back-up!

After only a few minutes on the road I realized something – I can’t use my rear-view mirror! I can’t look behind me at all. For miles and miles I would, out of habit, look in the mirror before trying to change lanes. It was really frustrating, to say the least.

Then something started to happen, I started trusting new tools; such as Brandy helping me back-up into spots and add on side mirrors but the kicker was when I decided… I’ve got to stop looking behind me and focus on whats in front of me.

This week, your “Mission, should you choose to accept it” is to stop thinking about your goals in terms of past failures. Start looking to the future and begin using new tools and beliefs to get you there. Here are a few suggestions to how you can STOP looking at why you didn’t achieve the goal last time, but what you CAN do to achieve the goal this time!

Action Item:

• Once per day (either before bed or first thing in the morning) write down your goal and that you WILL reach it. For now, don’t give it a deadline but rather focus on the positive affirmation instead.
• Share the goal with your coach, accountability partner, spouse or anyone you think will help hold you accountable.
• Write down ONE thing you will do that is different than what you’ve been doing, that will help you reach the goal.
• If you find yourself saying something  like what I used to say a lot, “SEE, that’s just my luck”  when the first obstacle comes your way repeat this mantra… I’m STRONG and I will work around this new obstacle. Don’t slouch, stand up tall pull your shoulders back and BELIEVE what you say… Even if you don’t really believe it, fake it until you make it.

This week, don’t look back, look ahead and go after your goals my friends. You are capable of so much, now lets make it happen!

Be S.T.R.O.N.G.

Coach Jeremy

P.S. If you’ve enjoyed this article and think it would benefit you or a friend, we can get you on the Monday STRONG Motivational Email List, Email Kari.

Do you know what you want to accomplish, do you know your goal weight, strength needs and what you want your body to look like, but don’t know how to bridge the gap between where you’re at and the goals you have. That gap can seem like the Grand Canyon if you don’t know the right action steps. This can have you feeling like you will never reach & maintain your goals. If you will stay with me, I can show you how to fix all that.

You and I are living in a time and place that offers more gyms, more fitness magazines filled with insider secrets, personal trainers, crossfit facilities and resources than ever before. Yet, most everyone has yet to tap into their full potential and reach their health and fitness goals. I’m not cool with that, are you?

Have you ever felt like you’ve gotten really close to your big goal, maybe even reached that goal but failed to maintain it? Perhaps you’ve felt like you’re constantly chasing your potential, getting closer and closer but every-time you scroll on Facebook you see people who “must” have it figured out and suddenly you feel further away than ever! Their posts and their before and after pictures are amazing, what do they know that you don’t know?

I call this the Canyon Effect. Meaning you see the body and the life you want on the other side yet you feel stuck. You know what you want, but you don’t know exactly whats needed to bridge the gap and cross that canyon.

Here are the four most common mistakes I see,
*Frustration over lack of progress. I know I know, we want it NOW.
*Spending too much time thinking about the actions we should be taking to create the results we desire but then we don’t take those actions. Otherwise known as Analysis Paralysis
* Thinking that the first few days of the new habit are how the habit will be forever, these 7-10 days are short term and with a proper plan it will move from Unbearable to Uncomfortable to UNSTOPPABLE!
*Trying to do it all alone. Finding a workout friend, accountability partner or a coach increases your chances for success by over 300%.

The Canyon varies in size from person to person. Whatever the case is for you (driving the golf ball further than your buddies, running faster and easier than your girlfriends or being strong enough to get down on the floor and play with your grand-kids), know that you can absolutely positively bridge the gap and start living up to your full potential.

I can assure you through my own transformative journey- from the depths of making excuses about life being too busy and too demanding to almost instantly obtaining decade long goals that I almost never thought possible – your commitment to this daily development is going to be instrumental in your own transformation.

Time to Reach your 20x Potential

As a mentor of mine would say (Mark Divine/ www.sealfit.com) “You are capable of 20x more than what you think you can do”. Another reason people don’t bridge the gap of the canyon is they feel Overwhelmed and Overrun by the day-2-day schedule and demands.

Stop allowing current life situations to eat up all your time and energy needed to work on your dreams and aspirations. The actions that are more important WILL get done, and we can help you, right here in this very moment you can make the same choice that I made. In order to save your life from one of mediocrity and become what we call GTS Strong (mentally and physically strong enough do anything in life that brings you joy) I only need 6 weeks from you.

The other side of your life, the 20x side, the side void of regret and blah can be yours. Are you ready?

If so, Email Kari, to begin construction of the bridge that leads to the most extraordinary life you’ve ever imagined.

I can’t wait to hear your success story.

Your Coach

Jeremy Gritton
Owner, Gritton’s Training System

P.S. Be sure to ask Kari about the “early bird” special when you email her.