This past weekend I experienced the honor of my fitness career in presenting about fitness bootcamp program design and marketing systems at The Perform Better Functional Training Summit in Chicago.

At the end of my hands-on presentation, I put all of the attendees (well the ones who didn’t chicken out anyways, ha ha) through a special finisher to see what they were made of.

The task was simple, but deadly:

20/10 Split Squat/Push-ups Supersets non-stop for 5 straight minutes. In other words, do split squats left leg for 20 seconds then immediately do 10 seconds of push-ups then back to split squats for 20 seconds but this time on the right leg then push-ups again for 10 seconds and perform this sequence for 5 straight minutes.

I chose Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” as the theme song for this finisher because I felt it fit very well since the whole point of a FINISHER is to make your body change.

Furthermore, the song really means a lot to me personally.

If I ever pass any wisdom your way, I hope it is this:

“Every time you look in the mirror, you see your best friend AND your worst enemy.”

Too often we get in the way of our own success- be it weight loss, business success, relationship building, etc.

We let fear, uncertainty, and worry cloud our brains with negative emotions and doom ourselves to failure.

However, the moment you realize that you truly can accomplish anything in this life if you are willing to put in the work, be consistent, and invest in yourself, then EVERYTHING will change for the better.

With passion, vision, and purpose anything is possible.

And if you approach every task you take on as a personal challenge to beat your former self – to beat the man in the mirror – you will get better every single day and you will reap the fruits of your labor.

I recorded the entire finisher for you to watch and listen to below and I hope it inspires you to take your body, your business, and your life to next level:

This video shows the best-selling iWorkout Muse app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to build your own custom interval training workouts mixed to your favorite music.

You’ll hear “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson play to a 20-10 interval where the music only plays during the work period and stops during the rest period. However, in this workout, they do push-ups during the rest period!

It’s available in the Apple iTunes Store @ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=332007553&mt=8

Crank it!
BJ