Q & A with Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

Oct 24, 2015
pt of the day

“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.”
“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect,
and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
“Sacrifice is a part of life.
It's supposed to be.
It's not something to regret.
It's something to aspire to.”
“Self-respect is the root of discipline:
The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.”

[fitbody]

Oct 25, 2015
pt of the day


If your determination is fixed,
I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but perseverance.
The race is not always to the swift,
but to those who keep on running.
Perseverance is not a long race;
it is many short races one after another.
One may go a long way after one is tired.
Let perseverance be your engine
and hope your fuel.

[fitbody]

Oct 26, 2015
pt of the day


Procrastination is the thief of time.
Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity was buried.
DO IT NOW
there's never a perfect time.
Do your best
and you will figure things out as you go.....

[fitbody]

Oct 27, 2015
pt of the day

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear;
after that, fear has no power,
and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes.
You are free.”
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers that fear.”
“Without fear there cannot be courage.”
“Come to the edge, she said.
We are afraid, they said.
Come to the edge, she said.
They came to the edge,
she pushed them and they flew.”
JUST FRIGGIN’ DO IT !

[fitbody]

Oct 28, 2015
pt of the day

It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
because there is not effort without error and shortcomings;
but who does actually strive to do the deed;
who knows the great enthusiasm,
the great devotion,
who spends himself in a worthy cause,
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least he fails while daring greatly.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Oct 29, 2015
pt of the day

Determination – its the key to all human success.

But by definition – being determined in the face of struggle is difficult.

Sometimes we need support and encouragement,

sometimes we need to figure out what went wrong,

and sometimes we just need to grit our teeth,

pull ourselves up by the bootstraps,

and soldier onward.

At the end of the day,

life is hard for all of us (though to varying degrees),

and there will be many obstacles to what we want from life.

You might look at successful people and from the outside – it looks easy.

You might think you’re putting in as much effort as anyone else.

But the truth is that as humans,

we often overestimate our own determination

and underestimate the determination of those around us.

“I am not judged by the number of times I fail,

but by the number of times I succeed:

and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.”

DO OR DO NOT DO,

THERE IS NOT TRY.....

JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

Oct 30, 2015
pt of the day

The kind of commitment I find among the best performers
across virtually every field is
a single-minded passion for what they do,
an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think
and the way they work.
Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning,
and through your day with a spring in your step.
The successful person makes a habit of doing
what the failing person doesn't like to do.
If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor,
I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating
in work, in play, in love.
You're not obligated to win.
You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

[fitbody]

Oct 31, 2015
pt of the day

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men
who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given
than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact.
It’s an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration.
It’s a dare.
Impossible is potential.
Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing.”
“Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”

[fitbody]

don’t forget CLOCKS CHANGED LAST NIGHT
FALL BACK
change back 1 hour

Nov 1st, 2015
pt of the day

Every day is a new opportunity.
You can build on yesterday's success
or put its failures behind and start over again.
That's the way life is,
with a new game every day.
The best preparation for tomorrow
is doing your best today.
If at first you don't succeed,
you are running about average.
Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.

[fitbody]

Nov 2, 2015
pt of the day


“He who fears failure limits his activities.
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”
“You learn nothing from your successes except to think too much of yourself,
it is from failure that all growth comes,
provided you can recognize it,
admit it,
learn from it,
rise above it,
and then try it again.”
“I have failed over and over in my life.
And that is why I succeed. “
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genious will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

[fitbody]

Nov 3, 2015
pt of the day

“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.”
“If your determination is fixed,
I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but perseverance.”

[fitbody]

Nov 4, 2015
pt of the day

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
“When you establish a destination by defining what you want,
then take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination,
the possibility for success is limitless
and arrival at the destination is inevitable.”
“The majority of people don't want to plan.
They want to be free of the responsibility of planning.
Failing to plan is planning to fail”

[fitbody]

Nov 5, 2015
pt of the day

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a statement or prediction
that influences actions and thoughts to the extent that it becomes true..
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
“Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal
that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest.
Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.”
“Manifesting is a lot like making a cake.
The things needed are supplied by you,
the mixing is done by your mind and the baking is done in the oven of the universe.”
“Everything is energy.
You are an energy magnet,
so you electrically energize everything to you
and electrically energize yourself to everything you want”

[fitbody]

Nov 6, 2015
pt of the day

“Accomplishment of your dreams requires
personal sacrifice and hardworking.
May the you have a determined spirit,
will power and a great passion for the accomplishment of your dreams.”
Make a pact with yourself today
to not be defined by your past.
Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it,
but what you become for it.
Shake things up today!
Be You...Be Free...
Today is a new day.
It's a day you have never seen before
and will never see again.
Stop telling yourself the 'same crap,
different day' lie!
How many days has that lie stolen from you?
Seize the wonder and uniqueness of today!
Recognize that throughout this beautiful day,
you have an incredible amount of opportunities to move your life into the direction you want it to go

[fitbody]

Nov 7th, 2015
pt of the day

COMPETITORS & OTHERS PLEASE READ:
seeing it’s the Nov show today I thought this fitting.
Written by IFBB PRO FIGURE Candice Keene.
“If you are your TRUE SELF, you have NO COMPETITION.
Be YOURSELF and BELIEVE in YOURSELF.”

You are already a CHAMPION,
your only competition is yourself.
When you hit the stage today
be proud of what you have accomplished.
And don’t compare your beginning with someone else’s middle or end.
You are a work in progress.
Go out and have fun because that is what it is all about.
This is to showcase all your hard work for many months if not years.
BE PROUD OF THAT,
BE PROUD OF YOU.
ENJOY THE MOMENT.

[fitbody]

EAM Fit Body's Popeye's Classic 2015 RESULTS

15 clients in show 14 titles

1 overall overall
1 first place champion
2 second place champions
4 third place champions
3 forth place champions
3 fifth place champions


Colby Whelpton - Womens Physique Short
Colby Whelpton - OVERALL WOMEN PHYSIQUE CHAMPION
Shauna Shauna Labelle - Womens Physique Tall 2nd Place Champ
Shauna LaBelle - Masters 4th Place Champ

Tracy Sheepwash– Figure Masters 3rd Place Champ
Alison Desrochers (POSING CLIENT) – Figure Masters 2nd Place Champ

Oliver Costo – Mens Physique C - 5th Place Champion
Matt Michael (POSING CLIENT) – Men Physique A – 4th Place Champion
Marc Costo – Mens Physique C - competitor

Zoe Walter – Bikini B – 3rd Place Champion
Tara Hernandez – Bikini B – 4th Place Champion
Camille Hindley – Bikini D – 3rd Place Champion
Julie England (POSING CLIENT) – Bikini D competitor
Sylvie Fraser (POSING CLIENT) - Bikini E – 5th Place Champion
Kim Grewal– Bikini F – 3rd Place Champion
Morgan Neufeld – Bikini F – competitor
Mandy Johal – Bikini G – 5th Place Champion



SO SO PROUD OF ALL OUR CLIENTS
LOVE YOU GUYS
THANX FOR LETTING US SHARE YOUR JOURNEY xoxo
Dawn Alison & Brandon Best
Www.FitBodyBC.com

[fitbody]

Nov 9, 2015
pt of the day

“The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable,
to be compassionate,
to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
“It's not enough to have lived.
We should be determined to live for something.
May I suggest that it be creating joy for others,
sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind.”
THERE’S NO MORE WONDERFUL FEELING
THAN WATCHING ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS FULFILL THEIR GOAL / DREAM.
MY CLIENT TEAM Fit Body’s Colby Whelpton
shown here on Saturday winning her 1st show the Popeye’s Classic in both
the Short Class & WOMENS PHYSIQUE OVERALL.
congrats Colby,
a job welldone !
I would like to than IFBB Pro Michelle Brent​
for helping me with another clients posing wonderful routine,
and Jay Piper​ for mixing the music....
and Colby's other half Scott for his support.
TEAM WORK !

[fitbody]

Nov 10, 2015
pt of the day


Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.
A man is not finished when he's defeated.
He's finished when he quits.When people endure a traumatic event,
they are either defeated or made stronger.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
If you fail, it doesn’t mean that’s the end of your life or your journey.
When you encounter failures, keep in mind that it’s not a dead-end.
The routes filled with failures are hard to walk through,
but it’s not a blind alley, in the end,
you’re going to find the exit to success.
Remember, failure is the stepping stone to success.
Embrace it.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

[fitbody]

Nov 11, 2015
pt of the day


“This one step – choosing a goal and sticking to it – changes everything.”
Goals are dreams with deadlines.
“Dream your goal,
see your goal,
work your goal,
score your goal.“

[fitbody]

Nov 12, 2015
pt of the day


“It doesn’t matter where you are,
you are nowhere compared to where you can go.”
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong,
but sometimes it is letting go.”
Sometimes in the waves of change,
we find our true direction.
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.

[fitbody]

Nov 13, 2014
pt of the day


“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.
Go forward and make your dreams come true.
If you can dream it,
you can do it. ”
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
“Dreams become reality through faith and perseverance.”
DREAM IT,
BELIEVE IT,
JUST DO IT,
BE IT

[fitbody]

Nov 14, 2015
pt of the day

“Whatever condition we are in,
we must always do what we want to do,
and if we want to go on a journey,
then we must do so and not worry about our condition,
even if it's the worst possible condition,
because, if it is, we're finished anyway,
whether we go on the journey or not,
and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for
than to be stifled by our longing.”
“Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says
I'll try again tomorrow.”

[fitbody]

Nov 15, 2015
pt of the day

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE ANNUAL TEAM Fit Body BRUNCH
at NEWLANDS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB today at 10:30am
reservation under FIT BODY


“Let others determine your worth
and you're already lost,
because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce,
but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves,
their perceptions and emotions,
and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”
“Believe in yourself!
Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.”

[fitbody]

Nov 16, 2015
pt of the day

“Self-discipline is the cornerstone of any endeavor.”
“With discipline,
you are able to maintain a higher tolerance for frustration,
obstacles and negative emotions.
Self-discipline allows you to obtain better health,
better finances and a good work ethic,
and it allows you to reach your most difficult goals more efficiently.
The more disciplined you become,
the more easier life gets,
or the higher the degree of discipline,
the greater your success.”
“Success begins with self-discipline.”

[fitbody]

Nov 17, 2015
pt of the day

You must take personal responsibility.
You cannot change certain circumstances,
the seasons, or the wind,
but you can change yourself.
That is something you have charge of.
The first step toward change is awareness.
The second step is acceptance.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

[fitbody]

Nov 18, 2015
pt of the day


“The closer you come to knowing that
you alone create the world of your experience,
the more vital it becomes for you to discover
just who is doing the creating.”
As you think, so shall you become.
Everything that is created begins in the mind
"Everytime you think of the future you are creating a possible direction"
Spend time thinking of what you want
rather than what you don't want.

[fitbody]

Nov 19, 2015
pt of the day

“There is a difference between interest and commitment.
When you're interested in something,
you do it only when it's convenient.
When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses,
only results.”
A goal casually set and lightly taken
is freely abandoned at the first obstacle.
Try not.
Do or do not.
There is no try.

[fitbody]

Nov 20, 2015
pt of the day

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
ambition inspired, and success achieved.
“Let me be strong,
for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise
and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute
that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.”

[fitbody]

Nov 22nd, 2015
pt of the day

LADIES here’s some WISE WISE WORDS from
TEAM Fit Body’s 18 yr old Zoe Walter
3rd Place BIKINI CHAMPION....
is more than just a BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE...
WHAT AN AMAZING INSPIRATION THIS YOUNG GIRL IS...
AS THIS IS WHAT SHE SENT ME YESTERDAY:
“i decided today to donate a whole bunch of all of the supplements i won to my old highschool weightraining class
and when i go in there i was hoping to inspire the girls in there
cause that class is super intimidating for girls
cause usually theres only 1or 2 with a bunch of beefy boys.
I wanna tell them not to be afraid to lift heavy n sweat
and that they deserve to be in that weight room just as much as the boys,
cause i wish someone was there tell me that when i was in that class.
when i decided that it kinda made me think,
if you can motivate them then you can motivate yourself to get back on track girl!
im excited,
im gunna go in with my friend who won the north surrey weight training award in 2014,
i won in 2015 so it’ll be like GIRL POWER.”

PHOTOCREDIT: David Fournier @davidfournierphotography

[fitbody]

Nov 23, 2015
pt of the day

LUCK is when preparation meets OPPORTUNITY !
“...the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is
to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm,
on doing today's work superbly today.
That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.”
“By failing to prepare,
you are preparing to fail.”
The storm is coming whether you’re aware of it or not,
and whether you’re prepared for it or not.
Thank God you have a person like me to be on your butt to get it done.....
Success is the sum of small efforts
repeated day in and day out.
don’t rip yourself off by wasting time...
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

Nov 24, 2015
pt of the day

A Serious Commitment means

sticking with something even when,

and especially when,

times are tough.

Just like the traditional marriage vows of “for richer or poorer, in sickness and health,”

true commitment is unwavering regardless of the circumstances.

When you make a commitment to someone or something,

you make a pact to persevere through the tough times together.

It won’t be easy,

but it is almost always worth it“

Everyone starts strong.

Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.”

[fitbody]

i'm off to the airport on vacation in Tennessee this morning to late Dec 2nd
so i will do my best to do my daily posts but will depend on wifi and circumstances

Brandon and i have been married over 5 yrs
and he left Tennessee Nov 21st, 2015 and hasn't seen his family since
nor have i met his family who live in Memphis

so this is an exciting adventure we are off on
tomorrow is my birthday so i will be going to Elvis' Graceland for my birthday
and Texas de Brazil steakhouse for dinner with friends

then Nov 26th is American Thanksgiving we will meet his mother
and have dinner with his dad, stepmom, brother, grandma and family

then Nov 27th we will drive around Tennessee for few days
then back to Memphis for few more days with his family

super stoked

[fitbody]

Dec 3, 2015
pt of the day

just got back from a great trip to Memphis, Tennessee late last night

“You will be bitter in life, when you compare yourself with others.
Run the race of life at your own pace.”

[fitbody]

Dec 4th, 2015
pt of the day


“The purpose of life is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
“Forever is composed of nows.”
“We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us
that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.”
“Happiness, not in another place but this place...
not for another hour, but this hour.”
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”


for those of you who aren’t on social media yesterday morning I called my parents after being going on vacation a week
to hear this news below.... :
I'm sitting in my office with tears of gratitude rolling down my face.
I just got off the phone with my parents.
This fatal crash happened with my parents motorhome last week.
They and their dog Axel luckily survived getting out of vehicle immediately upon impact as smoke started.
The driver who hit them head on was not so lucky
and couldn't get out of his vehicle before everything engulfed in flames.
My parents didn't want to worry me on my vacation.
Thank God they weren't hurt.
Obviously it wasn't there time to go.
Mom said so many people helped them in so many ways and mom was in awe of the kindness shown to help them.
To say I am grateful right now is a gross understatement
My Mom also said to me “Live every moment to it’s fullest, because you never know”


http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/truck-involved-in-fatal-crash-near-ucluelet-was-stolen-rcmp-1.2672548
http://www.cheknews.ca/serious-crash-closes-pacific-rim-highway-near-ucluelet-123431/

[fitbody]

Dec 5, 2015
pt of the day

“Health is like money,
we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.”
“If you don’t take care of your body,
where are you going to live?”
“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.”

“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”
~William Shakespeare

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want,
drink what you don’t like,
and do what you’d rather not.”
~Mark Twain

[fitbody]

CFFB NATIONAL SHOW DATES 2016


2016 IFBB International Events Qualifier
June 25th 2015
Casino Moncton
Moncton NB
Promoters: Heather and Ti - Jean Leblanc

2016 CBBF National Bodybuilding , Bikini and Classic Physique Championships
July 23rd 2016
RBC Convention Center
Winnipeg Manitoba
Promoters: Manitoba Amateur Bodybuilding Association

***2016 CBBF Figure Fitness Physique Championships***
August 13,2015
Massey Theater
New Westminster BC
Promoters: Dean and Leigh Brandt – Xtreme Promotions



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Dec 6, 2015
pt of the day

THERE IS NO OFFSEAON...
you are either moving towards your goal or away from it....
you are just in different phases....
it’s not for just a competition it’s a LIFESTYLE....
even if you are doing a show,
whether you are doing a show in 4 months or 12 months or 24 months....
time to start your prep in NOW....
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.....
if you aren’t doing it someone else is...
choice is yours it’s just you and you conscience on that stage.....
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

Dec 7, 2015
pt of the day

“You've got to get up every morning with determination
if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
"Determination is the wake-up call to the human will."
It is your determination and persistence
that will make you a successful person.

[fitbody]

Dec 8th, 2015
pt of the day


Rise and shine (for those who need a little motivation)

5 am and your hand can’t make it to the alarm clock before the voices in your head start telling you that it’s too early, too dark and too cold to get out of bed. Aching muscles lie still in rebellion pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move. A legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission for you to hit the snooze button. Go back to dreamland!

But you didn’t ask their opinion. The voice you’ve chosen to listen to is one of defiance! The voice that said there was a reason that you set that alarm in the first place. So sit up. Put your feet on the floor and don’t look back because we’ve got work to do.

Welcome to the grind!

For what is each day but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way. 10,000 streams span out like a River Delta before you, each one promising the path of least resistance. The thing is you’re headed upstream and when you make that choice, when you decide to turn your back on what’s comfortable, what’s safe and what some would call common sense.

Well that’s Day 1.

From there is only gets tougher! So just make sure this is something that you want. Because the easy way out will always be there. Ready to wash you away! All you have to do is pick up your feet. But you aren’t going to are you? With each step comes the decision to take another. You’re on your way now, but this is no time to dwell on how far you have come. You’re in a fight against an opponent you can’t see, but oh you can feel him on your heels can’t ya? Feel him breathing down your neck. You know what that is? That’s you. Your fears, your doubts, your insecurities all lined up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out of the sky. But don’t lose heart. While they are not easily defeated, they are far from invincible.

Remember, this is the grind, the Battle Royale between you and your mind. Your body and the devil on your shoulders who is telling you that “ This is just a game. This is just a waste of time. Your opponents are stronger than you”. Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat! Burn away your self doubt with the fire beneath you. Remember what we are fighting for and never forget that momentum is a cruel mistress. She can turn on a dime with the smallest mistake. She is ever searching for the weak place in your armor. That one tiny feeling that you forgot to prepare for. So as long as the devil is hiding the details, the question remains: “Is that all you got? Are you sure?”

When the answer is yes, you’ve done all you can to prepare yourself for battle, then it’s time to go forth and boldly face your enemy. The enemy within! Only now you must take that fight into the open. Into hostile territory.

You are a wolf in a field of wolves, all hunting the same elusive prey with a desperate starvation that says victory is the only thing that can keep you alive. So believe that voice that says you can run a little faster and you can throw a little harder, and that for you the laws of physics are merely a suggestion.

Luck is the last dying wish of those who want to believe that winning can happen by accident. Sweat on the other hand is for those who know it’s a choice. So decide now because destiny waits for no man.

And when your time comes and a thousand different voices are trying to tell you that you’re not ready for it, listen instead to that lone voice of descent, that one voice that says: “you are ready” “you are prepared”. It’s all up to you now!

You got this.
JUST DO IT....

[fitbody]

Dec 9th, 2015
pt of the day

Champions aren’t made in gyms.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them
a desire, a dream, a vision.
They have to have the skill and the will.
But the will must be stronger than the skill.
There are only two options regarding commitment.
You’re either in or out.
There’s no such thing as life in between.

[fitbody]

Dec 10, 2015
pt of the day


“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain,
which often leads to long-term gains.
The mistake many of us make is the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification),
which often leads to long-term pain.”
“With discipline,
you are able to maintain a higher tolerance for frustration,
obstacles and negative emotions.
Self-discipline allows you to obtain better health,
better finances and a good work ethic,
and it allows you to reach your most difficult goals more efficiently.
The more disciplined you become,
the more easier life gets, or the higher the degree of discipline,
the greater your success.”
No person is free who is not master of himself.”

[fitbody]

Dec 11, 2015
pt of the day

“Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative and creation,
there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents,
meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.”

[fitbody]

Dec 12, 2015
pt of the day


“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about.
What's hard, she said,
is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.”
“When defeat comes,
accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound,
rebuild those plans,
and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
“A person who doubts himself is like
a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”
“Reach high,
for stars lie hidden in you.
Dream deep,
for every dream precedes the goal.”

[fitbody]

I found out this info yesterday IMPORTANT BCABBA COMPETITOR CHANGES
and posted it on my facebook
I urge you if you are affected by this and or if you just want to speak you mind on these injustices
I recommend you email your thoughts to the BCABBA PRESIDENT ROSS DUNCAN lucyandross@shaw.ca
YOU CAN CC KAT SARTOR HEAD JUDGE ALSO: bcheadjudge@gmail.com

THERE’S THE POSTS I MADE YESTERDAY
1.
I just found out KELOWNA SHOW DOESN'T QUALIFY COMPETITORS TO DO BC CHAMPIONSHIPS ANYMORE. .. I
t only qualifies competitors for drug tested BC CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Seriously in my opinion both this and this DRUG TESTED BC CHAMPIONSHIPS ridiculous idea.
And also fyi top 5 no longer qualify for bcs only top 3 do.
It sure would be nice if these important changes actually got posted for public knowledge
so competitors and coaches knew this information seeing people are trying to plan their shows, life and holidays.
Lots of people, for their jobs have to already have put in their holidays
and may not even know these important changes.
Total bullshit

2.
so one of my competitors who did Kelowna 2015 placed 2nd and is currently training for BC Championships 2015
was told by BCABBA he can no longer do Open BC Championships
and he is only now qualified for Drug Tested BC's
and if he wants to do non tested BC's 2016 would need to qualify in March LBMC 2016 or FSJ Northern Classic 2016...
WHEN COMPETITORS AT A SHOW ARE TOLD LIKE THE competitors AT KELOWNA 2015 WERE
TOLD THAT TOP 5 QUALIFIED THEM FOR BOTH THE WORLD QUALIFIER AND THE BC CHAMPIONSHIPS
and now you renege that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO WRONG

3.
this is what is posted on www.bcabba.org for 2016 shows so far
don't they mean WESTERNS QUALIFY FOR DRUG TESTED BC'S ?????
AND I GUESS THAT JUNE 4TH ONE IS SUPPOSED TO SAY DRUG TESTED BC'S

2016 Shows
Home / 2016 Shows
Below is a list of BCABBA approved shows for 2016

MARCH 19, 2016 – LBMC – QUALIFIER FOR 2016 BC PROVINCIALS

MAY 7, 2016 – WESTERN CANADIANS – QUALIFIER FOR 2016 BC PROVINCIALS

JUNE 18, 2016 – NORTHERN CLASSIC – QUALIFIER FOR 2016 BC PROVINCIALS

JUNE 4th, 2016 – 2016 BC PROVINCIALS – QUALIFIER FOR 2016 CANADIAN NATIONALS

JULY 9 & 10, 2016 – VANCOUVER PRO and 2016 BC PROVINCIALS – QUALIFIER FOR 2016 CANADIAN NATIONALS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 – KNIGHT OF CHAMPIONS – QUALIFIER FOR 2017 BC PROVINCIALS

OCTOBER T.B.D., 2016 – [UNAMED PROMOTER] – QUALIFIER FOR 2017 BC PROVINCIALS

OCTOBER T.B.D., 2016 – IRON ORE CLASSIC – QUALIFIER FOR 2017 BC PROVINCIALS

NOVEMBER 12, 2016 – POPEYES FALL CLASSIC – QUALIFIER FOR 2017 PROVINCIALS





OH AND BY THE WAY ALL THE CONTACT INFO FOR EVERYONE IN BCABBA IS OFF THE WEBSITE

SAYING COMING JANUARY HOW CONVENIENT
but i suggest you use these contacts
I recommend you email your thoughts to the BCABBA PRESIDENT ROSS DUNCAN lucyandross@shaw.ca
YOU CAN CC KAT SARTOR HEAD JUDGE ALSO: bcheadjudge@gmail.com

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12-13-15 PT OF THE DAY

To live is to choose.
But to choose well,
you must know who you are and what you stand for,
where you want to go and why you want to get there.
“Living with integrity means:
Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in all your relationships.
Asking for what you want and need from others.
Speaking your truth,
even though it might create conflict or tension.
Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.
Making choices based on what you believe,
and not what others believe.”

[fitbody]

IMPORTANT BCABBA QUALIFICATION INFO CHANGES

RE: 2015 BC CHAMPIONSHIPS competitors 4 and 5th placers from Tamara Knight of BCABBA

"So from 2015 all top 5 from untested show move to bcs 2016 but can't carry over to 2017

From 2015 all top 5 from bcs carry over to nationals 2016"

From me Dawn Alison: so technically all Popeye's Classic 2015 competitors who placed 4th and 5th are getting skrewed over

only getting 1 year to do BC CHAMPIONSHIPS instead of the 2 years qualification they were told they got

. NICE REAL NICE. ... NOT.

I wonder when or if bcabba plans on telling people other than me blasting this

as I know 1 of my competitors for sure from Popeye's intended to do 2017 BC's and now she can't.

Hope others share this to make people aware or other 4 and 5th placers are going to think they have a qualification to 2017

but got it taken away from them by the current BCABBA Executive.





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Dec 14, 2015

pt of the day



“If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work,

as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf,

as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches,

and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in;

if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one ...

he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent.”



“I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded.

[fitbody]

Dec 15, 2015
pt of the day

“Living with integrity means:
Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships.
Asking for what you want and need from others.
Speaking your truth,
even though it might create conflict or tension.
Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.
Making choices based on what you believe,
and not what others believe.”

[fitbody]

Dec 17, 2015
pt of the day


It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,
but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts,
we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.

[fitbody]

Dec 18, 2015
pt of the day

We all have the right of freedom of speech
under the First Amendment.
We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions.
Everyone in my circle, that I run around with,
we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character
.Or see ya....
“If you were born without wings,
do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
said the caterpillar to the newly hatched butterfly...
I’ve finally figured it out where I’m supposed to be,
what I’m supposed to do,
so cool,
cheerio.....

[fitbody]

Dec 19, 2015
pt of the day

“It is good to have an end to journey toward;
but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”“
What the mind can conceive and believe,
and the heart desire,
you can achieve.”
“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you
real life begins.
At that moment,
you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.”
LIFE BEGINS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
just do it...

[fitbody]

Dec 20, 2015
pt of the day

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport.
You must also be prepared to work hard
and be willing to accept constructive criticism.
Without one-hundred percent dedication,
you won't be able to do this.
Success is about dedication.
You may not be where you want to be
or do what you want to do when you're on the journey.
But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight
that leads you to an incredible end.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s PHYSIQUE BEAUTY Rhea Proulx

[fitbody]

Dec 29th, 2015
pt of the day

“The road of life is strewn with the bodies of promising people.
People who show promise,
yet lack the confidence to act.
People who make promises they are unable to keep.
People who promise to do tomorrow what they could do today.
Promising young stars, athletes, entrepreneurs who wait for promises to come true.
Promise without a goal and a plan is like a barren cow.
You know what she could do if she could do it, but she can't.
Turn your promise into a plan.
Make no promise for tomorrow if you are able to keep it today.
And if someone calls you promising,
know that you are not doing enough today.”


HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL XMAS & ALL THE BEST IN 2016

[fitbody]

Dec 30, 2015
pt of the day


“Results and Roses

The man who wants a garden fair,
or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.

The things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whate'er we want of any worth
We've got to work to gain.

It matters not what goal you seek,
It's secret here reposes:
You've got to dig from week to week
To get Results or Roses.”

[fitbody]

Dec 31, 2015
pt of the day
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE

“You must give everything to make your life
as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
“She is free in her wildness,
she is a wanderess,
a drop of free water.
She knows nothing of borders
and cares nothing for rules or customs.
'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against.
Her life flows clean,
with passion,
like fresh water.”
BEAT TO YOUR OWN DRUM,
FOLLOW YOUR OWN HEART IN THE DIRECTION YOUR WANT TO GO....
your life is your own,
do not waste in on trying to live it doing what someone else thinks you should do with it,
but instead,
live and cherish each moment...
they go way to fast & fleeting,
make the most of it,
all the best for the New Year,
may it be your best ever.....
sincerely, Dawn

[fitbody]

Jan 1st, 2016
pt of the day
HAPPY NEW YEAR
a new year for a NEW YOU
hope you make it your greatest ever

“I don't want to live in the kind of world where
we don't look out for each other.
Not just the people that are close to us,
but anybody who needs a helping hand.
I cant change the way anybody else thinks,
or what they choose to do,
but I can do my bit.”

[fitbody]

Jan 2, 2016
pt of the day

“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“Don't be afraid of your fears.
They're not there to scare you.
They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”

[fitbody]

Jan 3, 2016
pt of the day

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Many of life's failures
are people who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.”
“Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says
I'll try again tomorrow.”

[fitbody]

Jan 4, 2016
pt of the day

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
In absence of clearly defined goals,
we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity,
began where he stood to put his dream into action,
and despite more than ten thousand failures,
he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality.
Practical dreamers do not quit.
Effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit.

[fitbody]

Jan 5, 2016
pt of the day

“The brick walls are there for a reason.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
They’re there to stop the other people.”

[fitbody]

DON’T QUIT (poem)

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

[fitbody]

ATTENTION BCABBA COMPETITORS: (this was amended from original post on bcabba as i caught error on national qualifications)
ritish Columbia Amateur Bodybuilding Association
3 hrs ·

** Please note that I made some errors in the original post that have now been corrected. My sincerest apologies to everyone.
There are still some questions arising as to qualifications and the introduction of 2 separate streams (tested and non tested)

Let's discuss non tested first:
* If you placed 4th or 5th at BC Provincials in 2015 ONLY you MAY do the CBBF Nationals in 2016 ONLY ** please note there was a previous error stating 2014 as well.

* If you placed top 3 in the 2015 BC Provincials you are qualified to compete at the 2016 CBBF Nationals if you did not use your 2015 qualification.

* For Figure, Fitness and Women's/Men's Physique anyone that places top 5 at the 2016 BC Provincials may compete at the 2016 CBBF Nationals as they are in our home province

* For Bodybuilding, Classic Physique and Bikini ONLY top 3 advance to CBBF Nationals and you may choose either 2016 or 2017
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Now the tested stream:
* All top 5 from Kelowna from 2014 and 2015 are qualified for the BC Cup in 2016 only.

* for 2016 ONLY the top 5 from the Kelowna show will qualify for the tested BC Cup Provincials

* ONLY top 3 from BC Cup Provincials advance to the IFBB International Events Qualifier

* PREVIOUS to 2016 Overall Winners from Kelowna are Grandfathered for life and do not need to do the BC Cup.
They may go straight to the IFBB Event Qualifier. Overall winners in 2016 must do the BC Cup first

Please note: there are no crossovers between the 2 streams. If you placed in Kelowna in 2015 you MAY NOT do the BC Provincials

If anyone has any questions please contact me via email tzonefitness@telus.net
Thank you. Tamara

[fitbody]

Jan 7th, 2016
pt of the day


“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”
“To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.”
“The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate,
to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other.
Not just the people that are close to us,
but anybody who needs a helping hand.
I cant change the way anybody else thinks,
or what they choose to do,
but I can do my bit.”

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this is awesome please read the below.....

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, and we'll be more content when they are.

After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.

We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our partner gets his or her act together

when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice holiday, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges.

It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

A quote comes from Alfred D. Souza. He said,

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.

But there was always some obstacle in the way,

something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business,

time still to be served, or a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special,

special enough to spend your time...and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds,

until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire,

until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning,

until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off,

until spring, until summer, until winter, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink....

there is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Work like you don't need money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

And dance like no one's watching

[fitbody]

Jan 8 ,2016
pt of the day


“Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion.
Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return,
just know in your heart it will be returned.

“It's not enough to have lived.
We should be determined to live for something.
May I suggest that it be creating joy for others,
sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind,
bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”

[fitbody]

Jan 9, 2016
pt of the day

What you focus on expands,
and when you focus on the goodness in your life,
you create more of it.
Be thankful for what you have;
you’ll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don’t have,
you will never, ever have enough.
What you focus on expands.
If you focus on the good, you will get more of it.
If you focus on lack and poverty, you will get more of that as well.
Learn to recognize the good in your life
and be grateful for it everyday.
Soon your focus will change
and so will your life.

[fitbody]

Jan 10, 2016
pt of the day

Goals are my north star.
My compass.
The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel.
Goals are motivations with wind in their sails
they carry me forward despite the storms.

[fitbody]

Jan 11, 2016
pt of the day

“People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination
to follow their own dreams
will often find ways to discourage yours.
When you change for the better,
the people around you will be inspired to change also....
but only after doing their best to make you stop.
Live your truth and don't EVER stop.”
The difference between the impossible and the possible
lies in a man's determination.
Champions aren't made in the gyms.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them
a desire, a dream, a vision.
Sports do not build character.
They reveal it

[fitbody]

RECIPE:

APPLE QUINOA EGGWHITE MUFFINS
PRECONTEST FRIENDLY
(note you can substitute the quinoa for oats and flax & nutracleanse)

preheat oven at 400 degrees
spray muffin tins with PAM SPRAY
add chopped apple & quinoa (or oats, flax, nutracleanse) to muffin tins
blend cinnamon & eggwhites
pour over top off apple etc in muffin tins
bake 20 mins

note can sub other fruit instead off apple too
use your amounts for ingrediants
ENJOY

[fitbody]

Jan 12, 2016
pt of the day

“Strength doesn't come from what you can do.
It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.”
Strength doesn’t come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strength.
When you go through hardship
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.

[fitbody]

Jan 13, 2016
pt of the day

“In the storm, our only anchor is hope.”
“You can only have the courage and strength
to do what you think is right.
It may turn out to be wrong,
but you will at least have done it,
and that is the important thing.
We must act according to the best dictates of our reason,
and then leave God to judge its ultimate value.”
“Courage provides you with two qualities;
the capability to begin something
and the ability to endure it to the end!
Let no one stop you from sparking your life with courage!”

PIC: Dawn Alison
TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST
when you are ready for results....
www.FitBodyBC.com

[fitbody]

Jan 14, 2016
pt of the day


You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“The difference between a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack in will.”

[fitbody]

Jan 17, 2016
pt of the day

“Pain is temporary.
It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside
and something else will take its place.
If I quit, however,
it lasts forever.
That surrender,
even the smallest act of giving up,
stays with me.
So when I feel like quitting,
I ask myself,
which would I rather live with?”

[fitbody]

Jan 18, 2016
pt of the day

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others
and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us,
and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak,
the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs;
it's actually quite common.
The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”

Wise words below from Ms.Olympia Lenda Murray....
"The road less traveled is like an obstacle course. Blaze your own trail!
View challenges as opportunities to exercise your Mental, Physical and Spiritual Muscles!
TEST THYSELF ! KNOW THYSELF! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER !!"

It takes alot more courage to BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL than follow sheepishly the herd....
what's that term? "SHEEPLE" .....
lion care not for opinion of sheep !

It takes alot more courage to BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL than follow sheepishly the herd....

[fitbody]

Self-explanatory

[fitbody]

Jan 20, 2016
pt of the day

“Don't always be appraising yourself,
wondering if you are better or worse than others.
"I will not Reason and Compare," said Blake;
"my business is to Create."
Besides,
since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of Time,
you are incomparable. ”

[fitbody]

Jan 21, 2016
pt of the day


“No matter who you are,
no matter what you did,
no matter where you've come from,
you can always change,
become a better version of yourself.”
“This was when I learned that you have to give up your life as you know it
to get a new one:
that sometimes you need to let go of everything you're clinging to and start over,
whether because you've outgrown it
or because it's not working anymore,
or because it was wrong for you in the first place.”
“We cannot change our past...
we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,
and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me
and 90% of how I react to it.
And so it is with you...
we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

[fitbody]

Jan 22, 2016
pt of the day

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution.
If you don't have any problems,
you don't get any seeds.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break,
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain....
Accept the seasons of your heart,
even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields....
An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward.
When life is dragging you back with difficulties,
it means it's going to launch you into something great.
So just focus,
and keep aiming.

[fitbody]

Jan 23, 2016
pt of the day

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.
And the actions which speak louder than the words.
It is making the time when there is none.
Coming through time after time after time,
year after year after year.
Commitment is the stuff character is made of;
the power to change the face of things.
It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

[fitbody]

Jan 24, 2016
pt of the day

Never allow anyone to rain on your parade
and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day.
Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character,
are required to set up in the fault-finding business.
Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it.
Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy.
Guard your fragile life carefully.
Only God can shape a flower,
but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

[fitbody]

Jan 26, 2016
pt of the day

The best thing in life is
to go ahead with all your plans and your dreams,
to embrace life and to live everyday with passion,
to lose and still keep the faith
and to win while being grateful.
All of this because the world belongs to those who
dare to go after what they want.
And because life is really too short to be insignificant.

[fitbody]

Jan 27, 2016
pt of the day

A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards,
and makes no way on the smoothest road;
a man with a whole volition advances on the roughest,
and will reach his purpose,
if there be even a little worthiness in it.
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder
a waif, a nothing, a no man.
Have a purpose in life and having it,
throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.

[fitbody]

Jan 27, 2016
pt of the day

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible.
Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do.
He puts away all doubt.
It makes no difference how small or how large the thing you want to do may be;
if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it,
you will do it.

[fitbody]

Jan 28, 2016
pt of the day

Consult not your fears
but your hopes and your dreams.
Think not about your frustrations,
but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do.

[fitbody]

Jan 29, 2016
pt of the day

The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.

[fitbody]

Jan 30, 2016
pt of the day

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Develop your willpower
so that you can make yourself do what you should do,
when you should do it,
whether you feel like it or not.
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed.
No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined.
No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled.
No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

[fitbody]

Jan 21, 2016
pt of the day


It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Feb 1, 2016
pt of the day

The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps
we must step up the stairs.
There is no moment like the present.
The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him
can have no hope from them afterwards:
they will be dissipated, lost, and perish
in the hurry and scurry of the world,
or sunk in the slough of indolence.
Success will never be a big step in the future,
success is a small step taken just now.

[fitbody]

Feb 2, 2016
pt of the day

“Learn and train yourself to take the hits in life.
Obstacles, barriers and setbacks will come.
What matters is how you tackle them,
work your way around or find your way through them.”
“Remember that setbacks are only challenges in disguise.
Look at them as lessons . . .
don't waste time beating yourself up.
Just get back on track
and focus on what you want.
it’s up to you ,
and you will do it!”
The best preparation for tomorrow is
doing your best today.
Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

[fitbody]

Feb 3, 2016
pt of the day

I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point.
The turning point was when they made a clear,
specific unequivocal decision
that they were not going to achieve success.
Some people make that decision at 15
and some people make it at 50,
and most people never make it at all.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary
entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.
Sometimes your greatest asset is simply
your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else

[fitbody]

Feb 4, 2016
pt of the day

Courage is reclaiming your life
after a devastating event robs you of your confidence and self-esteem.
It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within yourself
to find another strength, another talent...
It is taking yourself to another level of your own existence
where you are once again whole, productive, special...
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear
not absence of fear.
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do.
There can be no courage unless you're scared.

[fitbody]

Feb 5, 2016
pt of the day

“The purpose of life is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
“You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
There is no other land;
there is no other life but this.”
“I, not events,
have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”

[fitbody]

Self-explanatory

[fitbody]

Continued from above

[fitbody]

Feb 8, 2016
pt of the day

“Desire is the key to motivation,
but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal
a commitment to excellence
that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
“There’s a difference between interest and commitment.
When you’re interested in doing something,
you do it only when circumstance permit.
When you’re committed to something,
you accept no excuses, only results.”

[fitbody]

Feb 9, 2016
pt of the day

“Winning is the science of being totally prepared.”
“Discipline yourself and others won’t need to.”
“There’s no substitute for hard work. It is the price of success.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

[fitbody]

Feb 10, 2016
pt of the day

Our ability to commit will determine our ability to succeed,
prevail and overcome.
Commitment is the difference between goal and a wish.
Anybody can have a hope and wish,
but what matters most is the resolve to make it happen.

[fitbody]

Feb 11, 2016
pt of the day

"Pain is temporary.
It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.
If I quit, however,
it lasts forever."
"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."
"You're never a loser until you quit trying."

[fitbody]

Feb 12. 2016
pt of the day

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.
But the self is not something one finds,
it is something one creates.”
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
I am not what happened to me.
I am what I choose to become.

[fitbody]

Feb 13, 2015
pt of the day

Life is a struggle.
Life will through curveballs at you,
it will humble you,
it will attempt to break you down
And just when you think things are starting to look up,
life will smack you back down with ruthless indifference.
The reason most people never achieve their dreams is
because they simply give up.
Life was never meant to be easy
its a constant struggle,
with extreme lows and extreme highs.
Remember that the times when its most important to persevere
are the times that you will be most tested.
Whatever course you decide upon,
there’s is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end
requires courage
winner is someone who gets up one more time
than he is knocked down.”

[fitbody]

Feb 14, 2016
pt of the day



“Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place
and I don't care how tough you are
it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain't about how hard ya hit.
It's about how hard you can get hit
and keep moving forward.
How much you can take
and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done!”

[fitbody]

Feb 15, 2016
pt of the day


“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“Little by little, one travels far”
“Success is the sum of small efforts,
repeated day in and day out.”
Our life is made up by moments,
the choice we make from moment to moment
either takes us closer to or further from our goals....
take responsibility for yourself, your body, your health, your life
CHOOSE WISELY, time flies....

[fitbody]

Feb 16, 2016
pt of the day


“About all you can do in life is be who you are.
Some people will love you for you.
Most will love you for what you can do for them,
and some won't like you at all.”
“Follow your inner moonlight;
don't hide the madness.”
“To be yourself
in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment.”

[fitbody]

Feb 17, 2016
pt of the day


“Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them
a desire, a dream, a vision.”
“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.”

[fitbody]

Feb 18, 2016
pt of the day

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
A disciplined mind leads to happiness,
and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
First we form habits then they form us.
Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.
“For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.”
“We must all suffer from one of two pains:
the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
The difference is discipline weighs ounces
while regret weighs tons.”

[fitbody]

Feb 19, 2016
pt of the day

Whatever we expect with confidence
becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
The problem with worry is that
we attract the very thing we are trying to avoid.
we live a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Life keeps its agreement with us through our beliefs,
because whatever we think about,
we bring about.
Life is like a mirror.
It reflects back whatever image we present to it.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT YOU BRING ABOUT....
IF YOU WANT TO BE LEAN FOCUS ON BEING LEAN,
DO NOT FOCUS ON NOT BEING LEAN ENOUGH,
OR I CAN NEVER LOSE THIS FAT....
think about what you want, focus on that,
and believe it, and do everything you are supposed to do
and YOU WILL BRING IT INTO YOUR REALITY.....
think it, believe it, just do it, BE IT

[fitbody]

Feb 20, 2016
pt of the day

“There is nothing more rare,
nor more beautiful,
than a woman being unapologetically herself;
comfortable in her perfect imperfection.
To me,
that is the true essence of beauty.”

[fitbody]

Feb 21, 2016
pt of the day

Defining myself,
as opposed to being defined by others,
is one of the most difficult challenges each of us face.
By your own soul,
learn to live
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song,
dream your dream,
Hope your hope
and pray your prayer.
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE....
BE YOU xoxo

[fitbody]

Feb 22, 2016
pt of the day

“The brick walls are there for a reason.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
They’re there to stop the other people.”
“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact
it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.”

[fitbody]

2-23-16
pt of the day

Failure will never overtake me
if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
What does it take to be a champion?
Desire, dedication, determination, concentration
and the will to NEVER GIVE UP not matter what life throws your way,
no matter how many times you get knocked down,
no matter how long it takes,
its an unrelenting drive to SUCCEED.
DETERMINATION, SACRIFICE, COMMITMENT, DEDICATION = SUCCESS

[fitbody]

Feb 24, 2016
pt of the day

Do or do not.
There is no try.
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas,
Layin' in the sun,
Talkin' bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done...
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas,
All ran away and hid,
From one little did.
While we are free to choose our actions,
we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.
BY NOT DOING SOMETHING YOU ARE STILL CHOOSING,
AND YOU STILL GET A RESULT FROM NOT DOING
WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD DO
TO TAKE YOU CLOSER TO
RATHER THAN FURTHER FROM YOUR GOALS....
sooooooo,
JUST DO IT AND REAP YOUR REWARDS

[fitbody]

Feb 25, 2016
pt of the day

Each of us is
the sum total of the decisions we make each day.
Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Good thoughts bear good fruit,
bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

[fitbody]

Feb 27, 2016
pt of the day

I define self-control,
in the beginning of life,
as the choice of achieving what I really want
by doing things I really don't want to do.
Once this becomes a habit,
discipline becomes
the choice of achieving what I really want
by doing the very things I now want to do!
I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a
but only after we have worked hard to practice it.
If you can win complete mastery over self,
you will easily master all else.
To triumph over self is the perfect victory.

[fitbody]

Feb 29, 2016
pt of the day

A man with a half volition
goes backwards and forwards,
and makes no way on the smoothest road;
a man with a whole volition advances on the roughest,
and will reach his purpose,
if there be even a little worthiness in it.
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder
a waif, a nothing, a no man.
Have a purpose in life and having it,
throw such strength of mind and muscle
into your work
as God has given you.

[fitbody]

Feb 29, 2016
pt of the day


It is not the critic that counts;
not the man who points out
the strong man stumbles
or the doer of deeds could have them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the Arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but he who does actually strive to do the deed;
who knows the great devotion;
who spends himself in a worthy cause,
who at the best,
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails while daring greatly,
knows that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls,
who know neither victory nor defeat.

[fitbody]

Mar 1, 2016
pt of the day

I do not ask to walk smooth paths
nor bear an easy load.
I pray for strength
and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road.
Give me such courage
and I can scale the hardest peaks alone,
And transform every stumbling block
into a stepping stone.
So what is courage?
It is simply acting on what we know we should do,
regardless of any fear we may have.
It is the choice to disregard worry.
It is the choice to do right,
to pursue our dreams,
to be successful people,
to lead the way for others.

[fitbody]

March 2, 2016
pt of the day

Effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit.
Diamonds are only chunks of coal,
that stuck to their jobs !
I'd look at one of my stonecutters
hammering away at the rock,
perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet, at the hundred
and first blow it would split in two,
and I knew it was not that blow that did it,
but all that had gone before.
Great works are accomplished with PERSEVERANCE

JUST DO IT
& FEEL THE EXHILARATION OF VICTORY....
GOAL ATTAINED !!!!!!!!!

[fitbody]

Mar 3, 2016
pt of the day

Excuses excuse us from fulfilling our potential.
Discipline is the refining fire
by which talent becomes ability.
It was character that got us out of bed,
commitment that moved us into action,
discipline that enabled us to follow through.

[fitbody]

Mar 4, 2016
pt of the day

WE ARE THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF ALL OUR PAST THOUGHTS & ACTIONS....
Each of us is the sum total of the decisions we make each day
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success
because they don't know when to quit.
Most men succeed because they are determined to.
You may be disappointed if you fail
but you are doomed if you don't try

[fitbody]

Mar 5, 2016
pt of the day

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible,
period.”
Keep your dreams alive.
Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself,
vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.
Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

[fitbody]

Mar 6, 2016
pt of the day

All who have accomplished great things
have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible.
Any great achievement is preceded by
many difficulties
and many lessons;
great achievements are not possible without them.
Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
The roots of true achievement lie in
the will to become the best that YOU can become.
BE THE BEST YOU, YOU CAN BE....
and don’t worry about what anyone else is doing...
RUN YOUR OWN RACE

[fitbody]

Mar 7, 2016
pt of the day


A dream is
your creative vision for your life in the future.
A goal is
what specifically you intend to make happen.
Dreams and goals should be
just out of your present reach but not out of sight.
Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die.
Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams go
Life is a barren field frozen in snow.

[fitbody]

Mar 8, 2016
pt of the day

Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere.
It’s a result of something…
hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.
Champions aren’t made in gyms.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them
a desire, a dream, a vision.
They have to have the skill and the will.
But the will must be stronger than the skill

[fitbody]

Mar 9, 2016
pt of the day

Perseverance is the hard work you do
after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
SUCCESS is not always achieved by the swiftest....
but the one who keeps on running.........
You can do what you want to do,
accomplish what you want to accomplish,
attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind
not all of a sudden,
perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement
but you can do it gradually,
day by day
and play by play,
if you want to do it,
if you work to do it,
over a sufficiently long period of time.
FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT,
KEEP FOCUSED,
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET KNOCKED OFF THE PATH,
DUST YOURSELF OFF AND GO AGAIN....
EYE ON THE PRIZE.....
JUST DO IT

[fitbody]

March 10, 2016
pt of the day

I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure
in almost any of life's endeavors.
Your attitude--your perspective, your outlook,
how you feel about yourself,
how you feel about other people
determines your priorities, your actions, your values.
Your attitude determines how you interact with other people
and how you interact with yourself.
I cannot always control what goes on outside.
But I can always control what goes on inside.

[fitbody]

Mar 11, 2016
pt of the day

Coming out of your comfort zone
is tough in the beginning,
chaotic in the middle,
and awesome in the end...
because in the end,
it shows you a whole new world
Make an attempt..
Commit yourself to a dream...
Nobody who tries to do something great
but fails is a total failure.
Why?
Because he can always rest assured that
he succeeded in life's most important battle
he defeated the fear of trying.

[fitbody]

March 12, 2016
pt of the day

Champions know there are no shortcuts to the top.
They climb the mountain one step at a time.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit.
He conquers who endures.

[fitbody]

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Canadian Bodybuilding Nationals on my
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[fitbody]

Mar 13, 2015
pt of the day

Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
The measure of a man sir,
is not in money, position, station or possessions.
These things mean nothing.
The measure of a man is in his character,
wisdom, ability, aliveness, intimacy, creativity, courage, fearlessness, perspective,
independence and maturity.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because
they don't know when to quit.
Most men succeed because they are determined to.

[fitbody]

Mar 15, 2016
pt of the day

All that we are is a result of what we have thought.
Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
Whether you think you can
or think you can’t,
either way you are right.
Whatever the mind can conceive
it can achieve.

[faller]

Is this even a real person? Seems more like a bot to me.

[fitbody]

Is this even a real person? Seems more like a bot to me.

really? how the hell is a bot gonna come up with these posts day after day, year after year
uh huh....

see that picture in my Avi... that's who's posting
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.alison3
IG: Dawn_Alison

[fitbody]

March 16, 2016
pt of the day

“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
FAILURE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN MORE INTELLIGENTLY...
“Pain is temporary.
Quitting lasts forever.”
SUCCESS OR FAILURE IS ONLY DETERMINED BY WHERE YOU STOP....
they only people who really lose are those who don’t try....
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

[fitbody]

March 17, 2016
pt of the day

“Maturity is when you stop complaining
and making excuses in your life;
you realize everything that happens in life
is a result of the previous choice you’ve made
and start making new choices to change your life.”
“You have more potential in you than you can possibly use up in an entire lifetime
or even in several lifetimes.
Stop making up excuses and believing in limits.”
“Someday",
you said you'd do it yesterday;
Yesterday, you said you'll do it today.
Today, if you push it to tomorrow,
it's likely tomorrow, you'll shift it to "Someday"!
Do it now!”

[fitbody]

March 18, 2016
pt of the day

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly,
“I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,”
that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise.”
“The word courage
comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning “heart.”
Thus just as one’s heart,
by pumping blood to one’s arms, legs, and brain
enables all the other physical organs to function,
so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues.
Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.”
“You are essentially who you create yourself to be
and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.”

[fitbody]

Mar 21, 2016
pt of the day

today is about inspiration
these are a small snipet of the AMAZING TRANSFORMATIONS of SOME of the TEAM Fit Body COMPETITORS
who competed this past saturday
many only see the end results
and do not now the torturous path that some went on in order to reach this goals
to me a pic is worth a THOUSAND WORDS
so please see below
TO BE INSPIRED
and to all those who made it to the stage
I commend you for it takes a special person to go all the way
guts, determination, heart, bravery, commitment, sacrifice, blood, sweat, tears etc
YOU DID IT
BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
YOU ARE AMAZING
MUCH RESPECT
your coach Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

Marc 22, 2016
pt of the day

A strong positive mental attitude
will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
Change your thoughts
and you change your world.
Become a possibilitarian.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are,
raise your sights and see possibilities
always see them,
for they're always there.
Excellence is not a skill.
It is an attitude.

[fitbody]

March 23, 2016
pt of the day

Develop your willpower
so that you can make yourself do
what you should do,
when you should do it,
whether you feel like it or not.
First we form habits,
then they form us.
Conquer your bad habits
or they will conquer you.
The first and the best victory
is to conquer self.

[fitbody]

Mar 24, 2016
pt of the day

Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.
All respect comes from persisting to completion.
Continuous effort,
not strength or intelligence,
is the key to unlocking our potential.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.

[fitbody]

Mar 25, 2016
pt of the day


“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, w
hich often leads to long-term gains.
The mistake many of us make is
the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification),
which often leads to long-term pain.”
Self-respect is the root of discipline:
The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.

[fitbody]

March 26, 2016
pt of the day

Commitment leads to action.
Action brings your dream closer.
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas.
Layin' in the sun,
Talkin' bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done...
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas.
All ran away and hid .
From one little did.
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right."
Start where you stand,
and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found as you go along.

[fitbody]

MARCH 27, 2016
PT OF THE DAY
HAPPY EASTER

Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.
Be empty of worrying....
Why do you stay in prison
when the door is so wide open?
Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.
Wear gratitude like a cloak
and it will feed every corner of your life.

PEACE BE THE JOURNEY

[fitbody]

Mar 28, 2016
pt of the day

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you,
they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Though our challenges are maybe fearsome,
so are our strengths.
Life is a series of experiences,
each of which makes us bigger,
even though it is hard to realize this.
For the world was built to develop character,
and we must learn that the setbacks and grief's
which we endure help us in our marching onward.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experiences of trial and suffering
can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired
and success achieved.”

[fitbody]

Mar 29, 2016
pt of the day

The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing,
does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.

[fitbody]

March 30, 2016
pt of the day

"Every day,

think as you wake up,

today I am fortunate to be alive.

I have a precious human life

and I am not going to waste it.

I am going to use all of my energies to develop myself,

to expand my heart out to others,

to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.

I am going to have kind thoughts toward others.

I am not going to get angry or think badly about others.

I am going to benefit others as much as I can."

[fitbody]

March 31, 2016
pt of the day


“Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place,
and I don't care how tough you are,
it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain't about how hard you hit.
It's about how hard you can get hit
and keep moving forward;
how much you can take
and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done!
Now, if you know what you're worth,
then go out and get what you're worth.
But you gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody.
Cowards do that and that ain't you.
You're better than that!
I'm always gonna love you, no matter what.
No matter what happens.
You're my son and you're my blood.
You're the best thing in my life.
But until you start believing in yourself,
you ain't gonna have a life.”

[fitbody]

April 1, 2016
pt of the day

The easiest way to set goals is
to answer the following questions:
What is it I want to achieve?
When do I want to achieve it?
Where am I today
and what action do I need to take to achieve my goal?
Every single life only becomes great when
the individual sets upon a goal
or goals which they really believe in,
which they can really commit themselves to,
which they can put their whole heart and soul into.
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make,
both consciously and unconsciously.
If you can control the process of choosing,
you can take control of all aspects of your life.
You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

[fitbody]

Apr 2, 2016
pt of the day

“The person without a purpose

is like a ship without a rudder.”

“Construct your determination with

Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy.

Opportunities never come to those who wait…

they are captured by those who dare to attack.”

[fitbody]

April 3, 2016
pt of the day



“Success is stumbling from
failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“To persist with a goal,
you must treasure the dream
more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”

[fitbody]

April 4, 2016
pt of the day

“Excellence is the Result of Caring more than others think is Wise,
Risking more than others think is Safe,
Dreaming more than others think is Practical,
and Expecting more than others think is Possible.”
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,
but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

[fitbody]

April 5. 2016
pt of the day

“If you limit your choice only to what seems possible or reasonable,
you disconnect yourself from what you truly want,
and all that is left is a compromise.”
“Most humans, in varying degrees,
are already dead.
In one way or another they have lost their dreams,
their ambitions, their desire for a better life.
They have surrendered their fight for self-esteem
and they have compromised their great potential.
They have settled for a life of mediocrity,
days of despair and nights of tears.
They are no more than living deaths
confined to cemeteries of their choice.
Yet they need not remain in that state.
They can be resurrected from their sorry condition.
They can each perform the greatest miracle in the world.
They can each come back from the dead...”
“Stop lying to yourself.
When we deny our own truth,
we deny our own potential.”
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed,
a new continent unexplored,
a world of possibilities
waiting to be released and channeled

[fitbody]

April 6, 2016
pt of the day

“The true measure of success is
how many times you can bounce back from failure.”
“Manifesting is a lot like making a cake.
The things needed are supplied by you,
the mixing is done by your mind
and the baking is done in the oven of the universe.”
“Never allow your mind to
wander untamed like a wild animal
that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest.
Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.”
“Focusing is the great secret of power.
If you want to use your full amount of focus,
you must close down all other thought
and direct your power of generating mental steam toward one outcome.”

[fitbody]

April 7, 2016
pt of the day

“There is a price to be paid for any accomplishment.”
“willingness to work-hard
and indomitable willpower
are vital for any accomplishment.”
“Never dare to turn your subconscious mind into a shelter for thoughts or beliefs
that aren't working in your favor.”
“Consistent positive self-talk
is unquestionably one of the greatest gifts to one's subconscious mind.”
“Affirmations are positive statements
and they need to be spoken with absolute, unadulterated faith.
If you only speak with your mouth,
without an iota of feeling in your heart and belief in your mind,
then you’re going the wrong way!
You need to feel the vibrancy,
the truth, and the positivity of these statements.
You need to write them on your mind-slate,
create an indelible influence, and engrave them in your consciousness.
You can only do that by following the Three Golden Rules of Affirmations
Repetition, Belief, and Positive Expectation.
Remember,
by making affirmations,
you are consciously programming your mind to think in a certain way,
so that hopeful and happy thinking becomes a part of your being.
Affirmations are a way to train the mind;
and training happens when you practice, practice, practice!
Training requires conscious effort, discipline, belief, and consistency.
That is exactly how you need to practice your affirmations.”

[fitbody]

April 8, 2016
pt of the day

Everything that happens to us
leaves some trace behind;
everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment.
Fully alive, fully aware.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
And today?
Today is a gift.
That's why we call it the present.

[fitbody]

April 9, 2016
pt of the day

“The difference between the impossible and the possible
lies in a person’s determination.”
“Without self-discipline,
success is impossible,
period.”
“Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”

[fitbody]

April 10, 2016
pt of the day


“If you want to be happy,
do not dwell in the past,
do not worry about the future,
focus on living fully in the present.”
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…
but merely to be LIVED.
Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly,
magically LIVED.”

[fitbody]

April 11, 2016
pt of the day


The drops of rain make a hole in the stone
not by violence
but by oft falling.
The race is not always to the swift,
but to those who keep on running.
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something
stand in the way of your doing it.
The time will pass anyway;
we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock,
perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred-and-first blow
it will split in two,
and I know it was not the last blow that did it,
but all that had gone before.

[fitbody]

April 12, 2016
pt of the day

Commitment leads to action.
Action brings your dream closer.
First we form habits,
then they form us.
Conquer your bad habits
or they will conquer you.
The ultimate measure of a man is
not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.

[fitbody]

April 13, 2016
pt of the day


If you do what you’ve always done,
you’ll get what you’ve always got.
There is only one way to avoid criticism:
do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out how far one can go.

[fitbody]

April 14, 2016
pt of the day

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering
can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
Difficulty, my brethren,
is the nurse of greatness
a harsh nurse,
who roughly rocks her foster children into
strength and athletic proportion.

[fitbody]

April 15, 2016
pt of the day

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.


Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.


Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.


Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.


Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.


You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.


Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?


Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.


Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

[fitbody]

April 16, 2016
pt of the day

“The greater danger for most of us lies
not in setting our aim too high and falling short;
but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
“Dare to dream!
If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true,
your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place.
There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve,
except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination.
What you believe to be possible will always come to pass -
to the extent that you deem it possible.
It really is as simple as that.”

[fitbody]

April 17, 2016
pt of the day

“Self-discipline is the cornerstone of any endeavor.”
“success awaits those who
steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice”
Delayed gratification, or deferred gratification,
is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward
and wait for a later reward.
Generally, delayed gratification
is associated with resisting a smaller but more immediate reward
in order to receive a larger or more enduring reward later.
“The road to character is built by confronting your own weakness.”
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”

[fitbody]

April 18, 2016
pt of the day

“Life will break you.
Nobody can protect you from that,
and living alone won't either,
for solitude will also break you with its yearning.
You have to love.
You have to feel.
It is the reason you are here on earth.
You are here to risk your heart.
You are here to be swallowed up.
And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed,
or left, or hurt, or death brushes near,
let yourself sit by an apple tree
and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps,
wasting their sweetness.
Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”

[fitbody]

Self discipline is that which,
next to virtue,
truly and essentially raises one man above another.
If you do not conquer self,
you will be conquered by self.
Self-respect is the root of discipline:
The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.

[fitbody]

RIP "Cat" Catherine Wheatley
Died April 19th, 2016 after a hard fight succumbed to her injuries
from a Motor Vehicle Accident a few weeks prior

I will send out information for her service as it comes available

Cat did 4 shows with BCABBA Western Canadians 2014, SWFC 2014, LBMC 2015 & Iron Ore 2015
she was training, prepping and qualified for BC Championships 2016

may you rest in peace, I will never forget your BEAUTIFUL SOUL....
I will miss you greatly,
Godspeed my sweet friend,
the world will not be the same without your bright light...
Love you always xoxo.

[fitbody]

April 21, 2016
pt of the day


“Quitting is never an option on the road to success.
Find the way forward.
If you have a positive mindset
and are willing to persevere,
there is little that is beyond your reach.
The attitude of being ready to work
even in the face of challenges
and despite odds
is what will make all the difference in your life.”

[fitbody]

"Cat" Catherine Wheatley's
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE
Sunday May 1st 1pm
Richmond Funeral Home
8420 Cambie Rd

[fitbody]

April 22, 2016
pt of the day

Only those who dare to fail greatly
can ever achieve greatly.
Life is either a daring adventure
or nothing at all.
Being challenged in life is inevitable,
being defeated is optional.

[fitbody]

April 24, 2016
pt of the day


When we least expect it,
life sets us a challenge to test our courage
and willingness to change;
at such a moment,
there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened
or in saying that we are not yet ready.
The challenge will not wait.
Life does not look back.

[fitbody]

April 25, 2016
pt of the day

What does it take
To reach out and touch your dreams?"
To them I always say:

Are you hungry?
Are you thirsty?
Is it a fire that burns you up inside?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming
With that one thing on your mind?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Cause if you want it all
You've got to lay it all out on the line

[fitbody]

April 25, 2016 ]
pt of the day

“Excellence is the Result of
Caring more than others think is Wise,
Risking more than others think is Safe,
Dreaming more than others think is Practical,
and Expecting more than others think is Possible.”

[fitbody]

April 27, 2016
pt of the day

“If you want to be excellent at something,
it involves moving away from your comfort zone,
overcoming doubt, setbacks and failure.
Don't give up.
Keep plugging away and being persistent.
Success and winning will be yours.”
“You must practice the discipline of a champion
before you win the actual contest.
The appointment and opportunity must then come
to confirm what you have already become.”

[fitbody]

April 28, 2016
pt of the day


“Many of life's failures are
people who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.”
“Never confuse a single defeat
with a final defeat.”
“Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day
that says I'll try again tomorrow.”

THE DIF

[fitbody]

APRIL 29, 2016
pt of the day

“Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear
not absence of fear.”
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers that fear.”
“Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage.”

[fitbody]

May 1, 2016
pt of the day

PACT TO PERSEVERE.

A Serious Commitment means
sticking with something even when,
and especially when, times are tough.
Just like the traditional marriage vows of “for richer or poorer, in sickness and health,”
true commitment is unwavering regardless of the circumstances.
When you make a commitment to someone or something,
you make a pact to persevere through the tough times together.
It won’t be easy, but it is almost always worth it.
“Everyone starts strong.
Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.”

[fitbody]

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[fitbody]

May 2, 2016 pt of the day (one of my FAV POEM's)

DON’T YOU QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

[fitbody]

May 3, 2016
pt of the day

“Many think that the mark of a great champion is
the nature and margin of their victories
and the peaks they scale and reach.
That’s only part of it.
The mark of the greatest of champions is
how they react and respond to defeat.
That is when they become enshrined in our hearts and minds
as they rise again and into the immortal pages of history.
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream.
The oak sleeps in the acorn,
the bird waits in the egg,
and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs.
Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

[fitbody]

MAY 4, 2016
PT OF THE DAY

“The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”

“A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing,

when such a determination is related to something noble

which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.”

[fitbody]

May 5, 2016
pt of the day

“Goals are my north star.
My compass.
The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel.
Goals are motivations with wind in their sails
they carry me forward despite the storms.”

[fitbody]

May 6, 2016
pt of the day


“Imperfection is beauty,
madness is genius
and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous
than absolutely boring.”
“Be yourself;
everyone else is already taken.”

[fitbody]

May 9, 2016
pt of the day


“Courage is not having the strength to go on;
it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“Often it is tenacity,
not talent, that rules the day.”
“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.”

[fitbody]

May 10, 2016
pt of the day

“She is free in her wildness,
she is a wanderess,
a drop of free water.
She knows nothing of borders
and cares nothing for rules or customs.
'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against.
Her life flows clean,
with passion,
like fresh water.”

“If you want to live a happy life,
tie it to a goal,
not to people or things.”

[fitbody]

May 12, 2016
pt of the day


To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best,
night and day,
to make you everybody else
means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight;
and never stop fighting.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Put your future in good hands
your own.

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

[fitbody]

May 14, 2016
pt of the day

I dream,
therefore I become.
I see myself living a life where
I am not bound by the opinions others have of me,
one where I no longer concern myself with the judgments of others,
one in which I believe in myself and my talents, skills and capabilities.
I imagine, and therefore bring about,
a life where I do not need to justify my existence,
where I am free to be who I really am.
If you can imagine it,
you can achieve it;
if you can dream it,
you can become it.

[fitbody]

May 15, 2016
pt of the day

Do or do not.
There is no try.
The most effective way to do it,
is to do it.
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
While we are free to choose our actions,
we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.
If you want to accomplish something,
every choice you choose
from moment to moment
either takes you closer to
or further from your goals....
I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE.
I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL !

[fitbody]

May 16, 2016
pt of the day

Courage is very important.
Like a muscle,
it is strengthened by use.
Fear ends where faith begins....
Commit yourself to a dream . . .
Nobody who tries to do something great but fails
is a total failure.
Why?
Because he can always rest assured that
he succeeded in life's most important battle
he defeated the fear of trying.

[fitbody]

May 17, 2016
pt of the day

I define self-control, in the beginning of life,
as the choice of achieving what I really want
by doing things I really don't want to do.
Once this becomes a habit,
discipline becomes the choice of
achieving what I really want
by doing the very things I now want to do!
I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy
but only after we have worked hard to practice it.

[fitbody]

May 18, 2016
pt of the day

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past,
the education, the money, than circumstances,
than failure, than successes,
than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance,
giftedness or skill.
Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts,
and habits can be acquired.
An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.
Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
You can change YOUR ATTITUDE as FAST as YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND....
WHICH IS IN A SPLIT SECOND....
your attitude, your life, your whole experience
IS UP TO YOU !

[fitbody]

May 19, 2016
pt of the day

"The power of the human will to compete
and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities
is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport."
"Victory isn't defined by wins or losses.
It is defined by effort.
If you can truthfully say,
'I did the best I could, I gave everything I had,'
then you're a winner."
"Sports remain a great metaphor for life's more difficult lessons.
It was through athletics that many of us
first came to understand that fear can be tamed;
that on a team the whole is more than the sum of its parts;
and that the ability to be heroic lies,
to a surprising degree,
within."

[fitbody]

May 20, 2016
pt of the day

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,
it sings because it has a song.
A flower doesn’t think of competing...
it just BLOOMS.
By your own soul,
learn to live.
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song,
dream your dream,
Hope your hope and pray your prayer.

[fitbody]

May 21, 2016
pt of the day

And then the day came,
when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to Blossom.
Be daring, be different, be impractical,
be anything that will assert integrity of purpose
and imaginative vision
against the play-it-safers,
the creatures of the commonplace,
the slaves of the ordinary.
The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness
and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that
he tries nothing, does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.

[fitbody]

May 22, 2016
pt of the day

In truth,
the only difference between those who have failed
and those who have succeeded
lies in the difference of their habits.
Good habits are the key to all success.
Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
Thus, the first law I will obey,
which precedes all others, is--
"I will form good habits and become their slaves."

First we form habits,
then they form us.
Conquer your bad habits
or they will conquer you.

[fitbody]

May 23, 2016
pt of the day

We grow great by dreams.
All big men are dreamers.
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day
or in the red fire of a long winter's evening.
Some of us let these dreams die,
but others nourish and protect them;
nurse them through bad days
till they bring them to the sunshine
and light which comes always to those who
hope that their dreams will come true.

[fitbody]

May 24, 2016
pt of the day

Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Destiny is not a matter of chance,
it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for;
it is a thing to be achieved.

[fitbody]

May 25, 2016
pt of the day


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where

individual differences are appreciated,

mistakes are tolerated,

communication is open,

and rules are flexible

the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”

“No family is perfect…

we argue, we fight.

We even stop talking to each other at times.

But in the end, family is family…

The love will always be there.”

[fitbody]

May 26, 2016
pt of the day

“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“It is not enough that we do our best;
sometimes we must do what is required.”

[fitbody]

May 27, 2016
pt of the day

The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing,
does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.

[fitbody]

May 28, 2016
pt of the day


“You’ll learn, as you get older,
that rules are made to be broken.
Be bold enough to live life on your terms,
and never, ever apologize for it.
Go against the grain,
refuse to conform,
take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.
Laugh in the face of adversity,
and leap before you look.
Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching.
March to the beat of your own drummer.
And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”

[fitbody]

May 29, 2016
pt of the day

There is a quality of life out there on that edge
that tugs at our souls
and calls from us a better quality of person.
Devote today to something so daring
even you can't believe you're doing it.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven.
He who never risks
and never fails
is a failure in his whole being.

[fitbody]

May 30, 2016
pt of the day

Do not wait;
the time will never be "just right."
Start where you stand,
and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found as you go along.
Commitment leads to action.
Action brings your dream closer.
Everyday do something
that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

[fitbody]

May 31, 2016
pt of the day

You can accept reality,
or you can persist in your purpose until reality accepts you.
When you walk in purpose,
you collide with destiny.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

[fitbody]

June 1, 2016
pt of the day

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of
trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.

[fitbody]

JUNE 2, 2016
pt of the day

It takes a little courage,
and a little self-control.
And some grim determination,
If you want to reach the goal.
It takes a deal of striving,
and a firm and stern-set chin.
No matter what the battle,
If you really want to win.
There's no easy path to glory,
There's no road to fame.
Life, however we may view it,
Is no simple parlor game;
But it's prizes call for fighting,
For endurance and for grit;
For a rugged disposition
and don't know when to quit.

[fitbody]

June 3, 2016
pt of the day

Change is inevitable,
growth is intentional.
Change isn't optional,
and creation isn't something that happened a long time ago and then ended.
It's ongoing,
and we are invited to be a part of it.
The question for us is 'what will we create in this new day?'
How will we make it count?
How will we nourish the things that matter,
and stand in the way of injustice in the small ways that add up to the arc of history?
You are invited to participate in the creation of this day...

[fitbody]

June 5, 2016
pt of the day

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our success or failure.
The way you think about a fact
may defeat you before you ever do anything about it.
You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.

[fitbody]

June 6, 2016
pt of the day

Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.
Difficulty, my brethren,
is the nurse of greatness
a harsh nurse,
who roughly rocks her foster children
into strength and athletic proportion.

[fitbody]

June 7, 2016
pt of the day

Every man who accomplishes things
sees first in his mind what he wishes to do.
He puts away all doubt.
It makes no difference how small
or how large the thing you want to do may be;
if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it,
you will do it.

[fitbody]

Jun 8, 2016
pt of the day

See the things that you want as already yours.
Know that they will come to you at need.
Then let them come.
Don’t fret and worry about them.
Don’t think about your lack of them.
Think of them as yours,
as belonging to you,
as already in your possession.
You create your own universe as you go along.

[fitbody]

June 9, 2016
pt of the day

What we think about
and THANK about is what we bring about.
“We all possess more power and greater possibilities than we realize,
and visualizing is one of the greatest of these powers.”
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.”
THINK IT, SEE IT, JUST DO IT, BE IT...”

[fitbody]

June 11, 2016
pt of the day

Ambition is the path to success.
Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
All the performances of human art,
at which we look with praise or wonder,
are instances of the resistless force of perseverance;
it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid,
and that distant countries are united with canals.
If a man was to compare the single stroke of the pickaxe,
or of one impression of the spade,
with the general design and the last result,
he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion;
yet those petty operations, incessantly continued,
in time surmount the greatest difficulties,
and mountains are leveled
and oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings.

[fitbody]

Jun 12, 2016
pt of the day

Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Good thoughts bear good fruit,
bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
Master your choices,
or become the slave of their consequences.

[fitbody]

Jun 13, 2016
pt of the day

Try not to resist the changes that come your way.
Instead let life live through you.
And do not worry that your life is turning upside down.
How do you know that the side you are used to
is better than the one to come?
Change is inevitable,
growth is intentional.
Adapt or perish,
now as ever,
is nature's inexorable imperative.
ADAPT & OVERCOME
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

[fitbody]

June 14, 2016
pt of the day

Self-discipline facilitates goals and keeps our attitude elevated.
You can even say that discipline is the foundation of happiness
and the uttermost requirement for success.
“What lies in our power to do,
lies in our power not to do”.
It was character that got us out of bed,
commitment that moved us into action
and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.
A disciplined mind leads to happiness,
and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

[fitbody]

Jun 15 ,2016
pt of the day



When one door closes another door opens;
but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the ones which open for us.
Don't let the past steal your present.

[fitbody]

June 16, 2016
pt of the day

All the world ‘s a stage,
and all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
the valiant never taste of death but once.

[fitbody]

June 20, 2016

pt of the day



BECOME ALL YOU CAN BECOME....

“CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.

MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.

CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.

MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.

CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.

MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.

CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.

MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.

CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.

MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.

CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?

MORPHEUS: I am hope.”

[fitbody]

June 21, 2016
pt of the day


Every single second is an opportunity to change your life,
because in any moment you can change the way you feel.
You create your own universe as you go along.
See the things that you want as already yours.
Know that they will come to you at need.
Then let them come.
Don’t fret and worry about them.
Don’t think about your lack of them.
Think of them as yours,
as belonging to you,
as already in your possession.
What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.

[fitbody]

June 22, 2016
pt of the day

PAIN IS NOT THE ENEMY....
IT’S A CALL TO GREATNESS

[fitbody]

June 23, 2016
pt of the day

The ultimate victory in competition
is derived from the inner satisfaction
of knowing that you have done your best
and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
When you get in a tight place
and everything goes against you,
until it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer,
never give up then,
for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.
It does not matter how slowly you go
so long as you do not stop.
No matter how hard the battle gets
or no matter how many people DON'T believe in your dream,
Never give up!

[fitbody]

June 24, 2016
pt of the day

Twenty years from now
you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream.
“Be careful what you water your dreams with.
Water them with worry and fear
and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
Water them with optimism and solutions
and you will cultivate success.
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success.
Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”

[fitbody]

Jun 25, 2016
pt of the day

“FEARLESS is getting back up
and fighting for what you want over and over again....
even though every time you've tried before you've lost.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“If you meet the darkest moment of life,
strive valiantly through it with courage and never retreat,
for you shall surely meet light afterwards.
If you meet the muddy stream of life,
swim across it with tenacity to the very end
for there is a clearer stream that shall wash your dirt away afterwards.
If all people reject you in the mid of the arduous race of life,
dare to smile
and move on for there are people who await you to embrace you in the end”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up.”

[fitbody]

June 26, 2016
pt of the day

“You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
Fools stand on their island of opportunities
and look toward another land.
There is no other land;
there is no other life but this.”
“Happiness,
not in another place
but this place...
not for another hour,
but this hour.”
“I, not events,
have the power to make me happy
or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day,
today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”

[fitbody]

June 27, 2016
pt of the day

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
Some people throttle their potential
by refusing to think "what if?"
and ignoring what's truly important to them in life.
You have to start dreaming before you can achieve anything.
Persistence is much of what separates the successful from the pure wishful thinkers.
Distinguish yourself by staying motivated even in the toughest of circumstances.
"Press on.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

[fitbody]

Jun 28,2016
pt of the day


“If we choose not to get involved
or pretend it's not happening,
we're going against the very sense of connection that makes us human.”
“If you want to make a difference,
the next time you see someone doing wrong to another human being,
take it personally.
Take it personally because it is personal.”
“Stand up for your conscience.
Use light to reveal what is concealed in the darkness.
Use truth to fight the lies,
and the heart to fight the mind.”

[fitbody]

June 29, 2016
pt of the day

“Make the most of every moment.
Get excited about every little thing.
Why not?
Why not have your wonderful moment of excited anticipation?
Why not be happy NOW?
This is my greatest challenge,
but something I'm pouring my heart into:
learning how to enjoy what I have,
right here, right now.
Every moment is precious and although sometimes I struggle to see it,
I see it more and more every day.”
“Embrace your inner lunatic.
Fun times guaranteed.”
“We are never more fully alive,
more completely ourselves,
or more deeply engrossed in anything,
than when we are at play.”



TEAM Fit Body as 2 MIXED PAIRS TEAMS for the COUPLES CLASS
at the BC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 wk this Saturday at Canada Place
Brandon & Dawn and Colby & Scott
gonna be a blast to share the stage with these wonderful people

[fitbody]

Jun 30, 201
pt of the day

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the choices one makes.
In the long run,
we shape our lives,
and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make
are ultimately our own responsibility”

[fitbody]

July 1, 2016
pt of the day

“The death of a dream
is the day that you stop believing in the work it takes to get there.”
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
He will put some things behind,
will pass an invisible boundary;
new, universal,
and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws be expanded,
and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense,
and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.”
“Happiness is the byproduct of fulfilled dreams.”

[fitbody]

July 2nd, 2016
pt of the day

“To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all.”
“Life will break you.
Nobody can protect you from that,
and living alone won't either,
for solitude will also break you with its yearning.
You have to love.
You have to feel.
It is the reason you are here on earth.
You are here to risk your heart.
You are here to be swallowed up.
And when it happens that you are broken,
or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near,
let yourself sit by an apple tree
and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps,
wasting their sweetness.
Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”

[fitbody]

July 3rd, 2016 PT OF THE DAY

Welcome To The Grind

Rise and shine.

6 AM and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock

before the voices in your head start telling you that it's too early,

too dark, and too cold to get out of a bed.

Aching muscles lie still in rebellion,

pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move

A legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission for you to hit the snooze button

and go back to dreamland,

but you didn't ask their opinion.

The voice you've chosen to listen to is one of defiance.

A voice that's says there was a reason you set that alarm in the first place.

So sit up,

put your feet on the floor,

and don't look back because we've got work to do.

Welcome to The Grind.

For what is each day but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way?

10,000 streams fan out like a river delta before you,

Each one promising the path of least resistance.

Thing is, you're headed upstream And when you make that choice,

when you decide to turn your back on what's comfortable

and what's safe and what some would call "common sense",

well that's day 1.

From there it only gets tougher.

So just make sure this is something you want.

Because the easy way out will always be there,

ready to wash you away,

all you have to do is pick up your feet.

But you aren't going to are you?

With each step comes the decision to take another

You're on your way now

But this is no time to dwell on how far you've come.

You're in a fight against an opponent you can't see

Oh but you can feel him on your heels can't you?

Feel him breathing down your neck

You know what that is?

That's you...

Your fears, your doubts and insecurities

all lined up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out of the sky,

but don't lose heart

While they aren't easily defeated,

they are far from invincible.

Remember this is The Grind,

The Battle Royale between you and your mind, your body

and the devil on your shoulder

who's telling you that this is just a game,

this is just a waste of time,

your opponents are stronger than you.

Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat

Burn away your self doubt

with the fire that's beneath you

Remember what you're fighting for

And never forget that momentum is a cruel mistress.

She can turn on a dime with the smallest mistake.

She is ever searching for that weak place in your armor,

That one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for.

So as long as the devil is hiding the details,

the question remains,"is that all you got?",

"are you sure?"

And when the answer is "yes".

That you've done all you can to prepare yourself for battle

THEN it's time to go forth and boldly face your enemy,

the enemy within.

Only now you must take that fight into the open,

into hostile territory

You're a lion in a field of lions

all hunting the same elusive prey

with a desperate starvation that says

VICTORY is the only thing that can keep you alive.

So believe that voice that says "you CAN run a little faster"

and that "you CAN throw a little harder"

and that "you CAN dive a little deeper"

and that, for you, the laws of physics are merely a suggestion.

Luck is the last dying wish of those who wanna believe that winning can happen by accident,



sweat on the other hand

is for those who know it's a choice,

so decide now because destiny waits for no man.

And when your time comes

and a thousand different voices are trying to tell you you're not ready for it,

listen instead for that lone voice in decent

the one that says you are ready,

you are prepared,

it's all up to you now.

[fitbody]

July 4, 2016
pt of the day

Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.
The moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur
to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

[fitbody]

July 5, 2016
pt of the day


“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about.
What's hard
is figuring out what you're willing to give up
in order to do the things you really care about.”

[fitbody]

jULY 6, 2016
pt of the day

“Real courage is when
you know you're licked before you begin,
but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“FEARLESS is getting back up
and fighting for what you want over and over again....
even though every time you've tried before you've lost.”
“Courage is not having the strength to go on;
it is going on when you don't have the strength.”

[fitbody]

July 7, 2016
pt of the day

COURAGE IS FEELING THE FEAR & DOING IT ANYWAY....
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

[fitbody]

all the best to all 18 TEAM Fit Body Athletes in BC’s this wkend
watch for updates as I can and Brandon on our facebook pages
mine: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.alison3
Brandon’s: https://www.facebook.com/GaoshangXiongshou?fref=ts

it’s a 2 day show
saturday: mens bbing, womens bbing, womens physique & couples
sunday: classic, bikini & mens physique

the below is who is in which class from our team
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL
SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU
ROCK IT
================================================== =======

WOMENS PHYS
CRYSTAL
COLBY
RHEA

MENS PHSYIQUE
KEN
MARC
BRANDON

COUPLES
COLBY & SCOTT
DAWN & BRANDON

CLASSIC PHSIQUE
BRANDON

WOMENS BODYBUILDING
KELLY

BIKINI
ZOE
TARA
CAMILLE

FITNESS
ANGELA

MENS BODYBUILDING
BILL
JERRY
SEAN
VLAD

[fitbody]

July 11, 2016
pt of the day

“It's not about perfect.
It's about effort.
And when you bring that effort every single day,
that's where transformation happens.
That's how change occurs.”
Freedom is not the absence of commitments,
but the ability to choose -
and commit myself to ....
“The brick walls are there for a reason.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people
who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

[fitbody]

JULY 12, 2016
PT OF THE DAY

Don't Quit


When Things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and debts are high,
And you want to Smile but have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out,
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up,
When he might captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown,

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body's TARA HERNANDEZ at the BC CHAMPS in BIKINI

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body RESULTS

BC CHAMPIONSHIP 2016



Angela Kang FITNESS CHAMPION

Colby Whelpton PHYSIQUE CHAMPION
& COUPLES CHAMP with Scott Ambler

Rhea Proulx 5th place PHYSIQUE

Dawn & Brandon 2nd place COUPLES

Bill Ferguson 3rd Men's Masters BB
Vlad Raducu 2nd Welterweight BB
Jerry White 3rd Welterweight BB

Kelly Chohan 2nd Masters Bodybuilding
and 2nd Heavyweight Women's BB

Zoe Walter 3rd BIKINI



Brandon Best CLASSIC PHYSIQUE TALL 2nd



Brandon Best Masters PHYSIQUE 2nd

Brandon Best PHYSIQUE TALL 3rd



Competitors: Crystal Edge, Sean Reid,

Ken Leggatt, Marc Audette,

Tara Hernandez, Camille Hindley

SO PROUD OF YOU ALL

www.FitBodyBC.com

[fitbody]

July 13, 2016
pt of the day


“Achievement doesn't come from what we do,
but from who we are.
Our worldly power results from our personal power.
Our career is an extension of our personality.
Personal power emanates from someone who takes life seriously.
The universe takes us as seriously as we take it.
There is no greater seriousness
than the full appreciation of the power and importance of love.
Miracles flow from the recognition that love is the purpose of our career.”
“Your power to choose can never be taken from you.
It can be neglected and it can be ignored.
But if used, it can make all the difference.”
“..giving power to negative thoughts or fears
was bringing ideas to life in physical world,
idea in mind
became emotion in heart,
emotion turned into words spoken,written, acted out and brought into reality,
because thoughts affected physical world.”
“We are always
- always
- in choice.”
PERSONAL POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS.....
YOU CHOOSE !

[fitbody]

July 14, 2016
pt of the day

The Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,

even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter,

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble,

it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life,

keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

PIC: TEAM Fit Body’s COUPLES TEAMS of:

Dawn Alison & Brandon Best and Colby Whelpton & Scott Ambler

[fitbody]

JULY 15, 2016
PT OF THE DAY

Opportunities are on every hand;
what we need is,
not a new chance,
but clearness of vision
to discern the chance which at this very hour is ours,
if we recognize it.

[fitbody]

July 16, 2016
pt of the day

Without self-discipline,
success is impossible,
period.....
allowing only ordinary ability
and opportunity,
we may explain success mainly by one word
and that word is WORK!
WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!
Not transient and fitful effort,
but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting and indefatigable work
into which the whole heart is put !!!!!!

[fitbody]

July 17, 2016
pt of the day

“You are essentially who you create yourself to be
and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.”
“The true measure of success is
how many times you can bounce back from failure.”
“The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.”
“Dare to dream!
If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true,
your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place.
There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve,
except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination.
What you believe to be possible will always come to pass
to the extent that you deem it possible.
It really is as simple as that.”

[fitbody]

July 18, 2016
pt of the day

“Stay strong, stay positive,
and never give up.”
“Excuses will not take you far,
they will take you out.
The success of your many excuses doesn’t mean you will run away from the work.
It means the work will run away from you!”
“Stay strong,
stay positive,
and never give up.”

[fitbody]

July 19, 2016
pt of the day

Respect your efforts,
respect yourself.
Self-respect leads to self-discipline.
When you have both firmly under your belt,
that's real power.
We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams come into reality,
it takes an awful lot of determination,
dedication, self-discipline,
and effort

[fitbody]

We fly out for Canadian BODYBUILDING Nationals this morning
TEAM Fit Body has 4 competing

LAURA SUTTON
in Grand Master Bodybuilding and Middlewts.

Luis RAMIREZ
in Masters and Middlewts

BRANDON BEST
in Classic Physique
And Couples

Dawn ALISON
In Grand Masters
and Heavyweights
and Couples

Be home late Sunday night
Watch Brandon and my Facebook for updates

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE

[fitbody]

TEAM Fit Body RESULTS
Canadian Bodybuilding Nationals 2016

Dawn Alison​
Canadian National Couples Champion
2nd in Grandmasters
3rd in Heavyweight

Laura Sutton​
2nd in Middleweights
4th in Grandmasters

Luis Ramirez
2nd in Masters Lightweight

Brandon Best​
Canadian National Couples Champion

[fitbody]

July 25, 2016
pt of the day

“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact,
it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.”
“The brick walls are there for a reason.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
They’re there to stop the other people.”

[fitbody]

jULY 26, 2016
pt of the day

“Never say that you can't do something,
or that something seems impossible,
or that something can't be done,
no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be;
human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by:
our own minds.
We are each the masters of our own reality;
when we become self-aware to this:
absolutely anything in the world is possible.

Master yourself,
and become king of the world around you.
Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear,
or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams.
Never be a victim of life;
be it's conqueror.”

[fitbody]

Canadian National COUPLES / MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONS
Dawn Alison & Brandon Best
IG: @dawn_alison & @g_brandon_best

[fitbody]

July 27, 2016
pt of the day

At any moment,
you have a choice,
that either leads you closer to your GOAL
or further away from it.
The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't."
That is simply not true.
We can do anything we want If we don't do something,
it is because we have committed our time,
energy and resources somewhere else.
Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Master your choices,
or become the slave of their consequences.

[fitbody]

july 28, 2016
pt of the day

Do not fear failure.
Fear mediocrity.
If you resolve to NEVER quit then there is no failure,
only setbacks.
It's never too late to become what you could have been...
Mediocrity scares the shit out of me.

Average.

Ordinary.

Standard.

Usual.

Normal.

Typical.

Common.

Customary.

Regular.

Everyday.

The idea that I was conceived, built, grown

and launched into this world to be nothing more than “Run-of-the-mill” is simply unacceptable.

Some may see this as a silly, contrived fear.

How can someone find fear in being average?

Average is safe.

That’s why we all strive to achieve the same things in life…

…safety, security and sanctuary free from scrutiny.

No one second guesses the standard process.

No one questions the usual path.

Because people who break free from mediocrity aren’t normal…

…they’re radicals, rebels, and rabble-rousers.

They wipe their ass with typical.

Typical is the murderer of thought…
the defiler of the idea…
the jailer of genius.
Typical is the synapse you’ve already burned into that genius brain of yours…

…that genius brain of mine, and it leads right to the lizard brain.

The lizard brain wants us all to be the same.

A flock of geese.

A herd of cattle.

Middle management.

The lizard brain tells us to avoid trouble…

“Don’t rock the boat…” and we listen.

So we put in the time,

we pay your dues

and we pray that someday everything works out.

That the cubicle will become an office…

That the hourly wage will become a salary…

That the job will become a career…

That our sensibility will become success…

…hopefully.

Mediocrity is a choice.
We don’t choose to die.

Even if we did, it was going to happen eventually anyway.

Why fear something you can’t avoid?

Not that I want to die, I certainly don’t,

but fear of death just doesn’t seem to make sense.

Death isn’t a choice.

But fear courses through my veins at the possibility of living a typical life.

Debilitating, gut-wrenching, sweat-inducing fear.

Fear of expectations not achieved.

Fear of childhood dreams cast aside for the security of a life not questioned, not critiqued…

Fear of never really being alive.

Never taking a risk.

Never putting myself on display, naked and alone, vulnerable to inquisition.

Never feeling the pain of defeat… of failure.

Fear of average.

Fear of being picked 5th for dodge ball.

Fear of being no different from you.

I don’t mean better than you,

I mean different.

How can I add value to your life if our regular lives are exactly the same.

Am I supposed to help you become more typical?

More mediocre?

More regular?

I fear mediocrity and not death because one is my choice and one is inevitable.

When I death becomes me and I’m given the opportunity to look back on my life it will be my choices that yield regret.

See… I want to dent the world in whatever way I can.

Not because I have some unique gift others are incapable of providing…

…but rather I have the willingness to do so.

Creation Destroys Mediocrity
Ahhhh…

Creation.

My friend.

The bright light in our would be dark, mediocre lives.

Creation is my prayer, my meditation, my savior from leading a mediocre life.

And honestly there is no method to my creation madness.

Maybe one day it’s fabricating a new word to describe something I don’t understand.

The next it might be making my wife laugh so hard she has to pee.

Today’s it’s writing.

My point is this…

Mediocrity is a derivative of our surrender to the lizard brain.
The lizard brain says don’t create, don’t stick out, don’t be different.

There is no safety or security in being different.

Stand out and you will be scrutinized,

you will be criticized,

you will experience failure

and you will feel pain.

Listen to the lizard brain and you will be safe,

you will be secure and you will be mediocre.

But you will never experience what if feels like to be completely awesome,

even if only for a moment…

…and you will certainly never be the person you were conceived,

built, grown and launched into this world to become.

Mediocrity scares the shit out of me.

But as fate would have it, the choice to overcome that fear is mine.

I choose to create.

I hope you will too…

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”

~ Confucius

[fitbody]

July 29, 2016
pt of the day

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.