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Think in the Future

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How many of us think in the future? When I say in the future I don't mean their thoughts come in some upcoming time but when they make decisions or take actions, their actions are done for a future purpose. For example, staying in on the weekend to study rather than going out to that party. When you make a decision, that decision should be something that will benefit your future. We tend to be very impulsive and do things for the spur of the moment. We seem to always do something like not go to the gym because we are tired or eat unhealthy because we don't feel like cooking. I advise you to stop thinking only in the current. That moment when you're like I'm too tired to finish this run, think about the long term affects and those goals you set. Making a decision that only benefits the now may seem nice at the time, but in the future you will say "Why didn't you just make the right choice?". When you do make the right choice your future self will thank you and you will prosper far much more than just a heat of the moment decision.

When you do something, You have to do it right (Happy Birthday Dad)

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My father told me something over and over and over as a child. When you do something, you have to do it right. I would get so frustrated that he would make me do something over and over to make sure it was exactly how it is supposed to be. Whether it was making my bed or mowing the lawn it had to be done right. Today I apply that to my life in so many ways. I believe to be successful at something you must do it right. Whether you're studying to be a doctor or trying to get healthy, you must do it the right way. That means taking the time to study and block out distractions or eating right and exercising frequently. You can't cheat the grind and expect to prosper so stay faithful to it and prepare for success. 

If nobody tells you today, I love you, I'm proud of you and you will be successful.

Happy Birthday Marcus Brown Sr.

The Glo Up Grind

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Good Morning all. On this Monday morning like most you are probably starting your work week. You're probably dreading going into work or school. In this video, you see me squatting. Now When I was in the squat, I had to come back up. I had to fight to get up. It wasn't easy. There was 385 lbs on the bar. Fight through your tough times. When you have all the weight on your shoulder just fight through it and power through. We hope your week is filled with growth for your future.

Behind the scenes look at the Glo Up Fitness photoshoot

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Excuses on not living healthy

Excuses on not living healthy

Glo Up Fitness was created to bring the health and fitness lifestyle to the world. In the United States alone, more than 1/3 of American adults are overweight. This is due to the era of convenience. We don’t “have time” to do simple things that maintain our health. We drive to work, work 8-10 hours a day, drive home or take public transportation, then when we arrive home we are exhausted. To entertain ourselves we watch television, play video games, or watch Netflix. Since we are tired we don’t want to cook so we order out or heat up a microwave dinner. After that we don’t want to exercise or say we will go tomorrow which we never do. These things relate to the health issues many Americans face today. Many of us are notorious for making excuses for not living healthy as well. For example, “I don’t have time to work out” or “Eating healthy is expensive”. These are both fallacies. Here is some information to break these myths and some others.

Eating healthy is expensive

For those who live the 9-5 life delivery is always on speed dial. When you order food chances are your meal is between $8-10. If it is less you have to buy more because for delivery there usually a minimum you have to spend. Add in the delivery fee and tip and you’re probably spending $15-20 for your meal. The total cost of you buying out over time outweighs the amount you’d spend on groceries. Now imagine if you spent $30 and that food lasted you 1-2 weeks. That is extremely possible. The Glo Up Fitness team does it every week. Also learn about meal prepping. The night before you start your week, try cooking enough food to last you the week and put it in tupawares to take with you every day. That will help you eat healthier and also portion your meals so you don’t over eat.

I don’t have time to workout

We all have busy lives. Our days probably range from 10-14 hours every day when it comes to travel to work, working the day, and then traveling back home. Most people get home around 6-7 sit on the couch and that is it for the night. When it comes to life, we prioritize things we want to do. Now most people will say they don’t have time for the gym, but will still tell you the next day on how they binge watched Luke Cage. Now for some, they may not have a way of getting there but there are also other options. For example, going for jogs and exercising in your house. Another thing that is fun is to make watching TV an exercise game. Try doing pushups or sit-ups during the commercial break or even every time a character does a certain thing do 10 jumping jacks. It’ll definitely make that episode of Love & Hip Hop a little more interesting. Also on the Glo Up Fitness website we have 10 minute exercises that’ll get you a good quick workout. Here’s one to start you off.

I’m too tired

When you work out, it gives you more energy as funny as that may sound. In a study published in the journal “Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics” in 2008, University of Georgia researchers found that inactive folks who normally complained of fatigue could increase energy by 20% while decreasing fatigue by as much as 65% by simply participating in regular, low-intensity exercise. Your body is literally being woken up when you work out. Your metabolism increases, you become less fatigued, and your blood flow increases. Often times when we are tired we think the option to wake up is by drinking coffee, energy drinks, and soda. Try exercise and drinking more water one day and see how that helps. And next time you’re thinking I wish I could go work out but I’m just too tired think of this article.

I don’t know how to work out

This is where Glo Up Fitness comes in. All the videos, fitness advice, and even personal training we supply can help you get active. We are more than willing to speak with anyone in regards to helping you exercise, whether that is in person, online, and even over the phone at times. Trainers in general are always willing to give you advice whether you are their client or not so don’t be afraid to ask someone for help. Most gyms have trainers walking around anyways. Even if you see a person who isn’t a trainer but you see that they know what they’re doing sometimes will help. The key to getting knowledge yourself is to set realistic goals, get a trainer or exercise buddy, and keep a log of your workouts. Keeping a log will keep you organized and on a path by seeing your progress written down. Whatever you do to get yourself active stay on it and remember Glo Up Fitness is here to support you.

My friends and family don’t eat healthy

Doctors hang around doctors, athletes hang around athletes, and pastors hang around pastors. When you hang around certain people you tend to develop qualities they carry. Now your friends and family may not eat healthy and that is one thing, but to say that they are the reason you don’t eat healthy is not a legit excuse. For example someone may say their spouse only eats junk therefore that’s all I can eat or your parents only cook junk so that is all you can eat. Take control of the situation. Start helping with the cooking. Start helping with the grocery shopping. Even try discussing how you are looking to eat healthy to your friends and family. You may even start their healthy living journey. If those don’t work then you may have to do your own food shopping which may also influence your friends and family.

I don’t know how to cook

From the feedback heard from why people don’t live healthy, I’ve heard I don’t know how to cook healthy food so many times it is actually mind boggling. When you go on Facebook, you see those videos on how to make things such as buffalo chicken lasagna or super cakes. Now we take the time to watch the whole video, look up the ingredients, buy the ingredients, and cook these dishes, but we can’t take the time to look up healthy options? You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to eat healthy. Have you ever tried to steam vegetables? It is pretty elementary. Have you ever baked or grilled chicken? It isn’t too hard right? If you don’t know how to do something, the only way to do it is by learning how to do it. There are plenty of healthy food options out there for you that taste amazing. Here is a link as well for those who can’t find somewhere to look. http://allrecipes.com/recipes/84/healthy-recipes/

Working out is too hard

The final one that you hear the most is working out is too hard. To be completely honest about this excuse, it is completely bogus. Anything in life worth having takes work. Things like relationships, great jobs, money, and your health all require some type of effort to get and maintain. So when you say it is too hard do you really want to be healthy? If you don’t know what to do you can contact us and we can help you plan out your workout program as well as healthy eating. We want you to embrace the life of living healthy. We’ve done research on exercises and programs for you to take that part out of your effort. You may sweat a little, feel out of breath, or get some soreness, but once you notice you have more energy and working out becomes a part of your life, you won’t feel the same way you do now about it being hard. You will chuckle remembering the days when you couldn’t climb the stairs without feeling winded. You will giggle about how you couldn’t do 10 pushups. You will smile over the thought of how you used to think working out was such a chore. The Glo Up is coming for you. The hardest part of working out is starting to work out. Once you’re in you won’t want to stop.



If there's an excuse that may have been left out feel free to comment or message us about it and we can help you work on cutting that excuse out too.

Special Shout to the Black Gems

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Good morning all! To motivate you today, here is a workout to start off your day! Get your core going. Special shout out to the group Black Gems who are looking to empower, embrace, and inspire other women. They host nightlife events mainly is the Greater Boston Area looking to bring people together and have people show love instead of hate while having a good time. They have more ideas in store so stay tuned for them as well!

Stay Tuned for the Glo Up Squat Challenge...

 

Stay tuned for the Glo Up Squat Challenge coming soon...

4%

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Time is a big thing when it comes to people working out. They say with everything going on in their day they don't have the time to do it. What if I told you you could only watch television 4% of your day or that you only had to work 4% of your day. That doesn't seem like much time. That narrows down to about an hour. That's how much time a workout can be. All you need is 30 minutes-1 hour a day working out about 3 times a week. Anything you do in life whether it be health, fitness, your dreams , and aspirations. Are they worth 4% of your day? If they are take advantage of your day. Don't waste the 4%

What Do You Want To Be Remembered For?

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When Opportunity Knocks

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We all are waiting for that opportunity we are working hard for. We all talk about getting that managerial position or being put in the starting line up, but when it happens, what are you going to do? Are you prepared? Are you going to crack under the newly added pressure or are you going to embrace it? Jimmy Garoppolo was put in a position where he had to start for one of the premiere teams in the NFL against one of the other premiere teams in the NFL. He embraced the challenge and won the game. The reason why was he was preparing for that moment and when it finally came he welcomed it and took advantage of it. When your opportunity knocks, welcome it at the door. Greet it with the most enthusiasm you could ever give. Do whatever you can do make sure you take full advantage of your opportunity.

Happy Friday Motivation

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One of the most famous speeches ever. Happy Friday everyone.

Leave The World Better Than You Found It

Pay Attention

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The election is coming up soon and we will all be making history by selecting the 45th president of the United States of America. We've seen debate after debate. We've watched commercial after commercial promoting each candidate. I ask you all to make sure that you are also doing your own research. Make sure that you are looking up all the information you can in regards to the candidate you are leaning to voting for and even the one you aren't. You may switch your mind up by just doing research. Don't rely on only the media to just educate you on the candidates. Do your homework

Thought I'd share this with you...

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Someone sent me this video over the weekend. I thought I'd share it with you all. Start your day off right. 

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Mentorship

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Don't ever be afraid to ask for help. In today's world we let pride get to us. We want to do everything on our own without any type of advice. There are people who have been in your position and understand how to get to the next level. There's nothing wrong with asking them what they did. What they tell you may change your whole perspective on life or change your whole future. I suggest that everyone should have a mentor. Someone that is doing or did what you want to do. Remember though that even with their help you must make decisions on your own. They can't do things for you. Just continue to remain focused and get some guidance and you will be on your way to success.

Financial Motivation

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10 Minute Plyometric Workout

1. Jumping Jacks on the Box 2 x 1 minute

2. Twisted Jumping Jacks 2 x 1 minute

3. Bunny Hops 2 x 1 minute

4. Step Ups 2 x 1 minute

5. Side Steps 2 x 1 minute

Ain't Nobody Out Here Going Hard For You

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My favorite song right now is "Coordinate" by Travis Scott. One thing stood out to me though. Now I can't say this is what he means but my interpretation of the song that he said "Ain't Nobody Out Here Going Hard For You" sounded to me like he was saying nobody is going to help you with what you want in life. You have to go get it yourself. Nobody is going to give their extra effort for your idea so you better give it. The full meaning of the song isn't about this but make sure you're going hard for you today. Make sure you are putting in your 100% effort and taking the proper steps to reach  those goals. Nobody else is going to do it for you.

Be a Beast...

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We all want to be great like LeBron. We all want the success like Serena. Only question is are you going to do the things these people had to do in order to obtain what they have? Are you a beast? People have million dollar dreams with minimum wage work ethics and think that will get them to the next level. It takes a special kind of person to get out of their comfort zone and really grind. Are you a beast? Today think about your goals and then think about people who are already where you want to be. Think about all they had to do to get there. Are you willing to go that hard?

 Everyone wants to be a beast, until it is time to do what beasts do. Are you a beast? 

Be a Beast...