Natural Iowa Muscle

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coaching

All In – Bodybuilding, Coaching, Motivation, Goals

I read an article long ago that when a group of highly successful people were examined, one thing that was found common between the achievers was that they wrote their goals down and posted them up.  Notice that it wasn’t the process of setting goals, but rather it was putting them on display that was […]

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Bodybuilding contest prep update

Bodybuilding contest prep update

Back in May I began my contest diet for preparing to compete in bodybuilding this fall.  10 weeks later, I figured it was time for a progress update.  Certainly I am checking things daily and putting in the work to make progress, however, with trying to balance family, work, clients, etc, I don’t have the […]

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Growth

A couple of months ago I transplanted some plants that were long overdue into larger pots.  Even someone with no green thumb could tell this needed done; the plants weren’t growing, would wilt quickly, the dirt was getting low and the pots were obviously too small.  After making a huge mess (I expected this) the […]

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The Cost of Hesitation

The Cost of Hesitation Imagine for a moment two different scenarios.  The first is getting into your shower at home.  Everything is familiar, set up right and known.  You go into it with the intent of getting clean, relaxing and maybe even singing a bit (hey, nothing wrong with that!)  The second scenario is jumping […]

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