Are you working out at home and need some motivation to actually do it?
I think this video might help you.
I'm going to share with you my personal story of how I actually got started and got into
the routine of health and fitness.
What's up guys?
Jeff Cavaliere, ATHLEANX.COM.
Probably the closest you've seen me in your face here on my videos ever.
I want to switch it up today and do something a little bit different.
A friend of mine, Ralph, who sort of always tends to get me and try to drill down to the
core of my fitness inspiration.
You know, he always asks me,
What is it that got you started?
Because he actually told me today, he reminded me of a conversation where I hated fitness.
I hated working out and I told him that.
And there was something that happened that made me all of a sudden want to do this for
a living, alright, and do this for my life.
And he wanted to know what is it that it was that did this for you, that made that switch?
And I thought, you know, I could identify that.
And if I could identify that, I might be able to identify that for you.
Now, I think it's going to be particularly helpful for those guys that are working out
at home, alright.
Especially the guys even that bounce back and forth to the gym and to home because finding
the inspiration to work out even at home can be really hard.
Let alone to actually get yourself to the gym especially here in the Northeast where
it's really cold.
So, what was it?
It was creating an environment that I actually wanted to be in, that I wanted to train in,
that I could go down there and sort of flip the switch and become a different person,
right.
That I could actually go down there and know that it's time to do some work and then get
out of it and go back and relax.
So, what I wanted to do today was, take you around and show you what I did specifically
here in this, what I call XboX, to want to be down here and train.
First thing, as you can see here, my walls.
Now, why brick inside of my personal gym here?
Because I wanted to create some sort of an environment that, although this is home, is
going to feel different than my regular living room.
If it feels like my living room, I might as well be on my couch, and I might as well be
sleeping, right, or just at least not working out.
So, that's not going to cut it.
The second thing with me, that's my dog Charlie.
You guys have probably seen him before.
I've even lifted him before in videos.
Charlie comes down here.
See, he plays.
He comes down here, but he's down here with me all the time.
He's my best friend.
Ok.
He is down here, and he wants to hang out with me.
It's relaxing for me to be here.
Alright, we take a walk down to the end here.
Actually I'll stop at my board.
Yes, even me.
I have goals and I have things that I don't hit all the time.
Two things that I'm really working on myself, I have it on my little whiteboard here.
Thoracic Mobility.
I put up the days of how many times a week I really want to try to aim to do this, so
if I've only hit 2, I do have tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday though, to get this done, this
is Friday, to meet my goal for the week.
My Hamstring Stretching, I have real tight hamstrings, sometimes it leads to problems
with my lower back, I've done that so far daily.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
I want to hit that 2 more times in the week.
Up here, I write down even business stuff.
Anatomy of the Tricep Pushdowns.
You guys are going to see that video.
I'm going to film that later this week.
Viewer Response Back Workout.
I did that already.
For you guys, in case you missed it, it was up on Wednesday.
And then something for Overhead Press.
I can even find myself working on my own self, and working on ATHLEANX and you guys, and
I can do it here even in my own comfortable environment.
So, I don't feel like I am unable to get things done.
You know, I'm down here, I feel like I can do anything.
The pictures I hang on the wall.
These guys here.
I don't know how many guys are followers of baseball, but these are five the greatest
players of all time, or current players.
Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Paul Lo Duca, Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes.
These guys were all extremely instrumental in my growth as a professional.
These guys all inspired me in all different ways because each one of these guys is an
all star, and each one of these guys prepared differently.
They all had their own unique ways, and I learned a lot from my time in Major League
Baseball, especially working directly with these five guys.
As to what it is, and made some great friendships, and they inspire me.
I put them up here on my wall.
Here, I was on the cover of this advance Magazine.
This is a trade publication for physical therapists.
It was a big deal.
Again, PTs were making their mark in Major League Baseball.
We have grown since then.
There are more PTs in Major League Baseball now than when I was there.
And I kind of leave that there as again, established goals and use them as motivation to try to
achieve them.
Put them up around you.
Surround yourself with that.
So, as you can see, you know, I've kind of got my own little environment here.
Forget about the equipment.
Forget about that.
It's not part of the equation here.
I'm just saying, find a place that you can create a nook, right, in your own house.
Hang some posters up.
I used to hang posters up of Sylvester Stallone, ok, in Rocky IV.
That was my motivation from a fitness standpoint.
But, the goal here is to make sure that whatever it is you're doing, create an environment
where you know it's time to work, alright.
The last thing I want to point out here is music.
When I'm down here, I'm not down here doing just nothing.
I'll have the TV as my music, alright.
It's a little rock music for me.
But, this will set the environment.
Ok.
I don't care if you have headphones, or whatever you're doing,
this is what you need to do to sort of put yourself in that frame of mind of where you
need to be to get your workout in.
And where you need to be to find your motivation.
Guys, one of the biggest problems you're going to have is coming up
with the consistency needed to continue to head to the gym knowing that each day it might
be a little uncomfortable.
But each day, if you do something that does challenge you, I promise you, it will change
you.
Alright?
And the problem is finding that consistency because if you can, that's the secret, guys.
I went from hating it to loving it because I started to see results from my training
and my hard work, and efforts were paying off.
And I think that's the biggest thing for you guys.
It's actually why I make ATHLEANX critically important to be able to be done at home.
I don't care if you're going to be going to a gym, you can work out there.
I don't care if you're going to be working out at home, you'll be able to do this program.
And that was the motivation.
Coming from where I came from, hating working out to now doing it for a living and loving
it, you need to be able to follow something consistently.
And I wanted to make sure that there was no barrier for you guys to do that.
So, anyway, I hope this sort of get-in-your-face video at least shows a side of me that I don't
usually talk about on camera here, as what makes me tick.
What do I do to try to make this environment something that I will actually want to be
in?
And if you can do the same,
I promise you, you're going to be able to stick to your programs a lot easier, and find
results.
Alright guys, in the meantime, if you need that program, head to ATHLEANX.COM right now
and grab the training program.
It's 90 days.
Again, put yourself in the right environment.
I'll do the rest of the work by giving you the workouts and nutrition plan to follow.
And at the end of 90 days, we're going to both like where you are.
One more time, Charley, still waiting for me.
He's got the ball down here.
Again in between sets he likes me to kind of throw it for him.
So he sort of keeps me on pace with what I have to do.
Alright guys, see you back here in a couple of days.
In the meantime, let me know if you have your own man cave, you're own similar environment
that you've created.
And leave a comment below.
Alright, I'll see you later guys.