Limitless – when the world around you is moving at warp speed, but you’re able to maintain your strength, sense of humor, balance, joy and calm – this is a key to limitless living.
To find out more check out our newest release with Peter Ragnar – The Longevity Sage, here at “The Keys to Limitless Living!”
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Brett Fain and Bud Jeffries Brett pulling 700+. Why? Because life is meant to be fun! Don’t let others dictate what you can, and cannot do based on their opinions of you.
Do you know that we are literally CONDITIONED to believe that if we don’t LOOK perfect that we don’t deserve a happy life?
To believe that if we only look perfect then we could do the things we really want to do, but that until then how dare we think that we can do amazing things?
That only pretty people can really have incredible lives. How STUPID is this? How manipulative and controlling?
BREAK FREE of this thinking and these chains!!!!! Be the absolute best you can be at everything: Fitter…stronger…smarter…better relationship with God…more peaceful….more fun…look the best you can look… without driving yourself into a black hole of destructive emotion thinking it has to take every moment of the day or that you have to meet an arbitrary standard that makes you okay.
Realize that the inside is MORE IMPORTANT than the outside!!!! Stop waiting till you’re “better” to start having the life you want. Start DOING the things you want to!! When you start believing those things and that you deserve them, you start doing them! You build an incredible life full of the things you want and stop listening to the negativity that tries to stop you!
You have this power… Stop waiting to “change and then deserve the good you want.”
You deserve it now. Do the work now because life is now!
]]>“I don’t answer or acknowledge things like this for myself. I do it because I’m past anyone who hatefully criticizes me or any societal conditioning stopping me from living the life I want or being what I want to be. I do it, because I’ve already been through that place, BUT most people haven’t gotten here yet. I talk about this not to acknowledge haters, but to talk to all those who are still hurt by hate and held back and tell them they don’t have to be. Even when, and especially if, they’re not perfect. I’m actually glad I get this hate from idiots, because it gives me a platform to help people that need it. Every time I talk about this it touches a nerve and these are some of my most popular posts. I believe its because people are tired of being held back by the lies of the fitness industry and by people who feel its okay to try to bully other people, because they look different. I’m not having it anymore. I’m going to stand up about it.” ~ Bud Jeffries
America’s Got Talent 2016, On the bar – Nick Cannon, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel – Truly appreciate their willingness to participate.
The final 10 tips in the 30 points to being an amazing person
Many people may think this is being written from a point of vanity and ego. That I, Bud Jeffries, personally think I’m truly amazing and you should strive to be like me. That’s not the case. These tips are bred from a discussion of who we thought were amazing people and what made them so. Are they famous people? No, actually, they’re not. Fame doesn’t make you amazing. It just means you did something to give you 15 minutes of acknowledgement in the media, whether what you did was amazing or not.
Amazing people do things on a daily basis, live their life in a way that builds others up, making things better, stronger and more joyful. They are constantly learning, ever the student of life. They are ever mindful of the fact that they can always develop or cultivate something in themselves or others which is for the good. They do not fear work, effort, hard times or a downfall. They love beyond measure and have a depth of passion few truly understand unless they feel it themselves for something.
On the average this person may never be recognized by society, known in history books, documented on a who’s-who list by Forbes or People, given a gold medal, win an Emmy/Grammy/Tony/Oscar or be on the cover of the Wheaties box. They do not do what they do or be who they are for the sake of achieving these things or those like them. They do them, because it’s who they are at heart. They’re amazing and they don’t know that they are. They just become the example that others choose to live by in hopes of making a better world for us all.
The final 10:
- Fear is the biggest thing stopping most people from doing what they want. Systematically and in small bites kill your fear.
- Once you recognize it…most fear is a choice.
- If you haven’t failed some you’re not reaching high enough. Failure is the steps leading up to success.
- Cultivate your personal magnetism and positive personality traits. It is a shame to be great but alone because you’re annoying.
- Learn everything you can but don’t let your creativity be polluted by it or let it set your limitations.
- Broaden your mind yet hold firm your core beliefs.
- Treat everyone with kindness and equality.
- If a true threat comes to you or your family or those you protect…never let it make the first move.
- See the beauty in the world…be it the perfection of a flower or the artistic chaos of combat.
- Make decisions and move. Don’t second guess and don’t relent until you win.
HERE’S SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW…PART 2!
- There’s something you have a great talent for…could be anything…take that talent and absolutely master it.
- Talent is only the beginning and is by far not the most important thing. Work ethic is.
- In mastering that thing you have 2 opportunities. Learning to master yourself and learning what it takes for you to achieve greatness at something.
- When you master one thing can then master almost anything. Take that confidence and excellence and spread it to every area of your life.
- Don’t worry about looking good while you get great at something. It is much more important to be a thing than to just look it.
- Realize the real best rarely judge others who are honestly working on a thing even if their style is different. You shouldn’t either.
- Realize you do not have to sacrifice a full and rewarding life to be great at things…you just have to be efficient in training and smart at relationships and refuse to let passion for a thing destroy the totality of your life.
- Realize that if you sacrifice a real full life to achieve greatness in one thing you have actually held that greatness back by the chaos sacrificing your peace creates.
- Breathe. Move. Think. Love. Eat your vegetables…for starters.
- Let the passion you have both burn bright and balance all the areas of your life!
Continue on to the final 10 points of Being an Amazing Person!
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Continuing the journey in more points that people seem to miss about their life when they’re stuck in the mentality that our popular modern culture gleans. No one is entitled to anything regardless of social status, popularity, wealth, race, religion, gender or lineage. The only things that will determine your true worth exist within you and can only surface and be recognized through work, time, commitment, honor and love.
Here are some quick simple steps…
- Stop living the way and doing the things the majority of the human herd does.
- Make your weaknesses into strengths and your strengths into unstoppable forces.
- Do things that are hard enough that they force your body, mind and spirit to unify in a deep primal way.
- Listen to that primal voice that will come out when you do them.
- Begin to hone your intuition and instincts we’ve lost touch with by listening to that voice and stop being afraid to act on it.
- Believe you can do things you and others never thought possible.
- Systematically train mind, body and spirit to do them.
- Learn from others but find your own path.
- Know God…Smile and laugh at life, smile and laugh at death…flow with life and change the flow when you need to.
- Never listen to naysayers and haters…and never quit.
“My life will be great as soon as I lose this weight! I’ll have the perfect body with six-pack abs, incredible legs and arms and a magnificent butt! I’ll get the perfect job, I’ll finally meet the right person, nothing bad will ever happen, all my stars will align, I’ll buy a new house, a new car and win the lottery!”
Seriously?
I don’t have a perfect body. Most of our readers know that I had an over 120lb weight loss and yes, I wrote a book about it, “I Will Be Iron.” However, even with a 120lb weightloss – I still don’t have a perfect body. I posted before-and-after pictures that were untouched, because I wanted people to see the truth. Almost all the feed back has always been overwhelmingly positive. (Thank you). However – As always there are a few people out there who will always take shots at it.
I’ve never said anything about having a perfect looking body and I never will. Guess what – Yours doesn’t look perfect either. No one’s – and I mean no one’s is perfect. In fact that’s the never-ending trap that many people fall into when their “look” becomes a primary objective. Even people whose life long quest is their appearance will tell you they’re not perfect. While they may look it to outsiders, they themselves still see flaws. They are also some of the most unhappy and obsessive people who you’ll ever meet.
Don’t fall into that trap.
I’m big enough to be honest about myself, (no pun intended). How you look is the most genetically dependent trait about you. How much you learn, how you think, how strong or fit you are are all qualities that you can exert a great deal of control over. However, where your nose is or how fat distributes or your body or your weight or length of your limbs and torso just isn’t in the cards for your control. No one ever looks perfect. When someone’s goals are based strictly on appearance, when they hit the goal they thought they wanted, they suddenly find new imperfections they think they need to correct. Those who think they are flawless and perfect, are usually shattered to learn they’re not perfect to everyone. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” is a powerful statement. Physical perfection is an unachievable, bottomless pit.
Hollywood and the modeling industry are wrong
Losing excess weight to gain health, strength, mobility, flexibility and longevity are the important reasons to do so. Also note the concept of “excess weight.” Many women think they’re overweight, because they don’t fit the model industry’s standards of thin or Hollywood’s current look. The dangers of being too thin are just as bad on your health and longevity as being overweight. All humans are intended to carry a percentage of body fat. When women are so thin they look sickly and emaciated, but are celebrating, because they finally can wear a children’s extra-small – there’s a problem people. Men do the same thing it’s just not talked about as much. Our perceptions of what is healthy and fit are so far off the mark now its ridiculous and far off from what is achievable for most people’s body types to morph into without starvation and anorexic levels of obsessive cardio exercise, leading to poor health and detrimental self-esteem issues.
Yes, if you’re overweight – you can diet and exercise off most of your body fat. I’ve shed a great deal of mine and I’m still shedding more, but no matter what anyone says – I’m going to enjoy my life and my physical prowess. I’m going to enjoy my training, my strength, my endurance and my food. Enjoying the steps to getting where you want to go is the biggest factor in staying there when you reach your destination. You should never lose weight or gain muscle just to appease someone else’s concept of attractive or fit. Your opinion is the only one that counts about you. I want my training, time and life to build fun, vitality, memories and strength in a realistic way.
Training for Real Life
You can have a real life on your way to looking the best you can and being the best you can. The key to that for most people is real, consistent training that takes you somewhere. The kind of training that is set up to massively add to your existing abilities. Only then do you get the big changes most people are looking for. Male or female, young or old, tall or short, big or small – we are all born into this world meant to move, lift, carry, run and walk. Weight training isn’t exclusive to men, cardio isn’t exclusive to women, and getting older doesn’t mean you should stop.
Be the best physical version of yourself in your health and vitality for you and those you love . Never do it to meet someone else’s standard of “perfect,” because perfect simply doesn’t exist.
]]>HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!! IF YOU CAN’T TELL I’M PLAYING THEN YOU MUST HATE FREEDOM!! ‘MURICA NINJER!!! This is jumping from stone to stone and then deadlifting 315 painted red, white and blue while STANDING ON KETTLEBELL HANDLES with the barbell on fire!! Because if you’re not having fun you’re not living!!! I hope the sheer silliness of this drives the haters insane!! But remember that playful little deadlift is still no joke!
GOD BLESS ALL OUR ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS!!!!
The best way to stay motivated in your training is by having fun. Being confident in your form and self allows this to become a part of your training naturally.
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