Strength Of Body And Mind

What is your pain tolerance?I'm not talking about boxing and getting punched in the face, although I may as well be. What I'm really talking about is your ability to push in the direction of where you want to go, even when it seems like it's completely uphill the entire time. Day in and day out, the incline just seems to get worse and worse. You lose weight, and then gain weight, and constantly feel like you aren't making progress.But you're doing everything right - you're following a strict program, eating all the correct macros, and training or working out properly.It worked for a while - you lost 45 lbs but you still have another 45 to go, and all of the sudden it seems like it's not working.This is pain.This is the part that most people can't handle, which is why they never truly reach their goals.In this episode, I discuss this pain threshold and how most people cannot endure it for very long.Can you withstand a lot of pain, failure and uphill struggle? Let me know about it - connect with me below and le

When during the year do you start thinking about your Summer body?If you're waiting until Spring to think about it, visualize it, and act towards building it, you're waiting too long.Building your Summer body really starts in the late Winter. Why? It takes several months for the body to adapt to activity, lose weight, build muscle, etc. There is no healthy scenario where you can drop significant amounts of weight in short periods of time.Before you address trying to build a Summer body, give some thought as to WHY you're building a Summer body.Are you frustrated, pissed off or annoyed that you're out of shape and Summer just makes it worse? Are you constantly uncomfortable in the Summer because it's hot and humid, and you're revealing more of your body than normal because you're wearing shorts and short sleeve shirts?These are common feelings that many people experience.There is good news though!All of this can be changed and you CAN build the ultimate body that you want to achieve, if you straighten a few th

We are all born with a brain and a mind. But our PERSPECTIVE, our BELIEF, our ACCEPTANCE of what is likely, possible, probable, and impossible is based on a logical set of principles that we are groomed to operate by. Why is this? Why do we have an internal default setting for believing what is possible, what is not possible?This is nothing more than a framework that we are instructed to believe from a young age. Despite the best efforts of our parents and teachers, most people do not grow up being groomed to understand that truly any result that you want in life is possible, you just need to believe it and want it bad enough. Much like any bodybuilder can craft and sculpt their body, YOU can craft and sculpt your mindset to become a true believer of whatever you want. When you can achieve that, literally any fitness and health goal is possible.It all starts with building your mindset to believe what you want to be a reality.Give this one a listen and make sure to let me know if it resonated with you.Pass thi

Always surround yourself with people who will grow, stretch and develop you.The guest that I speak to on this episode is Cynthia Thurlow, and she is exactly that - a person that is so incredibly knowledgeable, intelligent, educated and all around an AMAZING human being. Cynthia is a Western medicine trained nurse practitioner (NP) with nearly 20 years of experience in ER medicine and cardiology, turned functional nutritionist with a niche in female hormonal health. She currently lives in Washington, DC with her children and doodles.In this episode, we dive into a variety of topics including sleep, cravings, digestion and many other topics that are crucial for understanding for both men and women.TONS of value dropped here in this episode - you will learn a LOT about so many of the details about your health that you didn't even know existed.Cynthia is also the host of the Everyday Wellness Podcast, and founder of the Wholistic Blueprint - a blueprint designed to help women feel more energized, become leaner, a

The way in which you approach your day can make all the difference in the world.I don't necessarily mean going into each day with a specific attitude (though I do believe in that 100% as well).What I'm talking about here is structure.How is your day structured?Chances are, not very well, even if you think it's structured well.In this episode, I dive into methods of setting up each and every day so that you can be the most effective, efficient and successful with your time. Of course this is centered around fitness, health and nutrition activities. However, All of those things wouldn't be possible if you didn't also address and make time for the other important things in your life like: family, work, social life, down time, hobbies, etc.When everything in your life is balanced and in harmony, everything gets done.Not only does everything get done, but it gets done WELL.Give this one a listen and make sure to let me know if it resonated with you.Pass this along to that one friend in your life that NEEDS to hear

How will you dominate your fitness goals in 2019? We're not talking about New Year's Resolutions here, we're talking about the fact that it just happens to be 2019 now, and you have 12 months until we're back at this point next year. How are you going to reflect on your year, 365 days from now? Do you want to look back and say "Holy shit! I was so successful in losing all of that weight, and putting on muscle, and now I look and feel amazing!" ???Or do you want to look back in a year and say "well... I got some results, but nothing substantial. I worked hard for a couple weeks here and there, but it didn't really amount to anything."I think we both know the answer.In this episode, I dive deep into how 2018 went, how it could have gone, and how 2019 can be the year that you CRUSH IT.Give this one a listen and make sure to let me know if it resonated with you.Pass this along to that one friend in your life that NEEDS to hear the words.Rate, review and subscribe in iTunes if you got value out of this episode.Joi

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***What is self-love?Investing in your health physically, emotionally, mentally, financially, etc is hard. It's gritty work, especially at first. BUT it's always worth it in the end. So, as you're grinding along, how do you reward your efforts to yourself? Do you reward yourself too much? Too little?One thing I see a lot is an imbalance between deposits (hard work and effort) and withdrawals (rewarding ourselves with gifts, food, etc). In this episode, I dive de

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Personal Training is NOT Fitness Coaching.What does a personal trainer do? Walk around a gym floor with you, show you some workouts, correct your form, and send you on your way. This isn't a BAD thing. But does it unlock your true potential? For most people, the answer is no.Fitness coaching is different. It's a complete hand-holding through the transformation process. Nutrition, training, accountability, etc, BUT with something else that is massively importa

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Have you stayed on course this holiday season?Somewhere between Halloween and Thanksgiving, most people seem to decide to throw away the entire season in terms of nutrition and fitness.All of the sudden, nothing matters. They start eating anything and everything. They stop going to the gym (if they were going at all), and seriously up the intake of EVERYTHING.What happens afterwards is massive amounts of guilt and regret.I understand it's easy to get sucked i

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Tony Robbins always says that your proximity is your power. What he really means by this is that those people closest to you, and their behaviors, are going to dictate your outcomes to a much larger degree than you think. You will essentially average out to be like those that you spend time with. This is true in education, fitness, finances, attitude, positivity, perspective, etc. I audit my circle continuously, as should everyone. I do this to make sure that

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Are you stuck? Have you been hustling continuously in the gym, hitting cardio and weights, eating clean, and you STILL aren't getting results?Pretty frustrating right? I get it, I've been there.The answer isn't as simple as people make it seem, but one thing that IS simple is this: You have more resources in the tank than you think.That will almost always be the case in fitness if you are in this situation. You are hitting 10 reps when you know you can get hi

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***There should always be an emphasis on continuous development and improvement. This could be in something very small, or very large, regarding your fitness routine and habits. Regardless, you should never be of the mindset that you are done, or that there isn't a place where you can get better.In this episode, I explore some very simple (yet HIGHLY effective) ways to take your weightlifting capabilities to the next level. This one will likely open your eyes to

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Do you procrastinate? Do you waste time doing things that DON'T map to your goals instead of focusing both your ATTENTION and INTENTION on making progress?If you're one of these people that knows you get distracted and don't focus enough on getting more fit, making the right choices and doing more with your time as it relates to fitness, then this episode is FOR YOU.Give this one a listen and make sure to let me know if it resonated with you.Pass this along t

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***The back is such a key muscle group for so many reasons. It provides functional strength for all of our daily movements and actions, as well as providing the aesthetic that so many people desire: a "V" shape. Whether that "V" shape is heavily pronounced, like a bodybuilder, or moderately pronounced like someone who is just generally fit, there's NO question that someone who exhibits a wider upper body and more narrow waist will appear fit, in shape and well-b

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Do you flounder when you think about your fitness goals?You don't know exactly what you want. You think you want to lose 30 lbs, but you don't really know why. And deep down, you don't want to lose 30 lbs, you want to lose 45 lbs AND you want muscular shoulders AND you want ab definition AND you want stronger legs AND you want more energy AND you want to have confidence when you enter a room.See the difference?When you can get to this level of understanding,

***Throughout the month of December (2018) I am giving away FOUR $50 Amazon gift cards!******In order to be eligible to win, you must follow these 3 steps******1. Go over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review******2. Screenshot yourself leaving the review******3. Post the screenshot on Instagram or Facebook, tag me (@gordon.light on IG, @gordon.a.light on FB), and tag 1 friend******You will automatically be entered to win! If you post on BOTH Instagram AND Facebook, you will be entered twice!******Thank you so much for your support, and good luck!***Are you a weightlifter? You don't need to be a COMPETITIVE weightlifter to still be a weightlifter. If you lift weights, and/or perform resistance training on a regular basis, you are a weightlifter. You may be doing this for any number of reasons - you very likely are trying to build muscle, but why? To improve your RMR? To fill out your clothes differently? To gain functional strength?Whatever the reason, there's also a time in every weightlifter's life whe

You know those people that go to the gym but don't really ever seem to make progress?They go to the gym, they sweat, they throw some weights around or hit the treadmill, but they look the same month in and month out, year in and year out. If you're this person, this episode is for you - your body has adapted to your routine, and likely your nutrition as well.How do you fight this? Many ways, including: progressive overload, hypertrophy, nutrition cycling, workout cycling, introducing new things to your fitness routine, active recovery, etc. In this episode, I dive into methods to keep yourself from standing still in fitness and help you kick start your way to getting amazing results. Pass this along to that one friend in your life that NEEDS to hear the words.Rate, review and subscribe in iTunes if you got value out of this episode.Join the FREE Mind Body Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2138351223055289/Connect with Gordon (and for coaching inquiries):Instagram: @gordon.lightFacebook: @go

Have you been hustling HARD in the gym and frustrated because you just aren't seeing the muscle definition in places that you want to see it?This is VERY COMMON! In fact, it happens to EVERYONE!Why is this?! The reason is because we cannot control or target fat loss. You see, in order to see muscle definition, vascularity, or other aesthetic details in the body, you need to burn body fat. The problem is, body fat is burned across the entire body and cannot be targeted. If you do more bicep curls, you won't burn more body fat on your biceps. If you do more crunches, you won't burn more body fat in your midsection. What DOES work, however, is burning body fat across your whole body by increasing your RMR and hustling to do some level of resistance training (weight lifting) and cardio. The combination of these things, especially the resistance training, WILL burn body fat. Combine a proper lifting routine with a proper nutrition program and you will experience fat loss at a rapid pace, giving you nothing but ama

Accountability is nearly impossible to create all on your own. Unfortunately, this is the truth.People just cannot easily drive and motivate themselves without SOMETHING to feed that and help keep the focus intact. The best form of accountability is someone who's sole mission is to ensure your success. This person is a coach. Not a personal trainer, a fitness coach. The reason for this is because a fitness coach only cares about one thing: you getting results. Why? Two reasons typically:Most coaches have been in your situation and understand what it's like, as well as what it's like to overcome whatever your obstacle isCoaches need you to be successful so they can continue to grow their businessNow, not everyone is ready to have success ensured through the use of a fitness coach. They aren't ready to invest in themselves and make major progress. And that's OK! If you're that person, I promise you'll come around :)In the meantime, this episode outlines several ways to try and piece together methods of accounta

The holidays are coming! Halloween is now behind us, but looking forward we've got Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, Omisoka, and more. Depending on your religion, ethnicity, etc, you may celebrate multiple of these. Then there's work parties, family parties, random get-togethers, and just wanting to get in the holiday spirit. What comes with all of this? Food!Food isn't a bad thing. And eating food with people you love is DEFINITELY not a bad thing. However, sometimes this can lead to eating things that do not map to your goals, and it's easy to slip and lose focus.There are plenty of things you can do to make sure that you don't slip and that you keep forward momentum, even during the holidays, and even while enjoying those holiday events, including the food and drinks. Yes, it is possible. In this episode, I break down some very simple strategies that anyone can incorporate to make their holidays a little more enjoyable while also staying on track and not getting wildly derailed from