How Strong Is Your Pit Crew? I don't know if you've heard the news or not, but I am now a 3x World's Toughest Mudder Finisher! In November of 2018 I once again completed this 24 hour obstacle race with my girlfriend, Jess Chadd, by my side as my pit crew. This course is set up as a 5 mile loop with 26 obstacle on the course. Competitors of this race are to repeat the 5 mile loop as many times as they can in 24 [...]
F#@! New Year’s Resolution's That’s right you heard me, “F#@! New Year’s Resolutions!” This is not an anti goal setting rant. Everybody should have goals and set goals regularly. The purpose of this post is to take a stand against the negativity that comes with those three words, “New Year’s Resolutions.” Have you ever heard a positive story about a person who successfully kept their New Years Resolution? Probably not. I bet you’ve heard at least a dozen stories about new year’s resolution fails though. [...]
How to be a Donut Slayer When I was a kid, I learned a lesson at a wrestling camp that I now refer to as the “one thing rule.” At a wrestling camp you learn a crash course of wrestling moves over just a few days and it can be overwhelming. At one of my first camps, my camp leader told me that if I walked away from the camp with just one thing that made me a better wrestler, then the whole camp was [...]
Knock Out Your Obstacles Before They Become Excuses Right now, we're going to take the first strike! We're going to throw the first punch so we can overcome our obstacles before they become excuses. That's all an excuse is; it’s just an obstacle that you haven't overcome yet. After reflecting back on all the clients I've trained through the years, and all the obstacles they have had to overcome, I was inspired to create a list. This is my list of top excuses that [...]
The weight loss industry has become the shadiest industry there is. Why? Because we are so desperate for results that we are easy prey, and these companies are experts on preying on our insecurities. Here are a few tips to help you avoid falling for a weight loss scam: Beware of claims that promise immediate or guaranteed weight loss. Products like pills, patches, or creams. Beware of promises of success with little effort. Many scams claim that you will achieve great results without having [...]
When someone hires a personal trainer, he or she is usually fueled by short-term motivation. There is probably something coming up soon that is driving them to want results. Maybe it’s a couple who just got engaged and they want to look great for their wedding. Maybe someone has a cruise or vacation coming up and they want to look good in their swimsuit. Maybe there is a family reunion or a class reunion coming up and you’re going to be seeing people who last saw you when you were in much better shape, or another common one is that your birthday is coming up and you don’t want to feel old when you become a year older.
Lets Win The Fight Together If I asked you what are your top priorities in life, how would you answer? I think most people would answer by saying family and career. Everyone sees health and fitness as something that is important, but we always seem to put it off until later. We all have obstacles in our lives that we use as excuses as to why we can’t make our own health a priority at the moment. We use these obstacles as validation to ourselves [...]
A Personal Trainer's Purpose Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the main event. It’s the moment you've all been waiting for. The most anticipated matchup in history. Two undefeated fighters have entered the ring, and only one shall leave victorious. Somebody's “0” and got to go. Now, to meet tonight's fighters Fighting out of the blue corner, he's the current undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. He's been preventing you from making it to the gym for years, now. He never has no time to [...]
Get Off Your BUTS!! Everyone is capable of accomplishing great things, but we all still have our own obstacles that we face on a regular basis. Recently I realized that there is one obstacle that all of us face. It doesn't matter where we live, how old we are, what nationality we are, what sexual orientation we are, how fit we are, how much money we have, or even what our religion is. We all have the same limiting force that can take away all of [...]
The Making Of Chad Austin There is a US Marshal sitting on a horse. His hands are tied behind his back, and there is a noose around his neck attached to a tree above his head. He is surrounded by all of these outlaws who captured him. The gang leader leans into him and says, “Any last words?” The US Marshal doesn’t answer. Then the gang leader says, “What do you want on your tombstone?” The US Marshal raises his head and says, “pepperoni and [...]
