G’day Shredders,

I am hammered!

Today I circumnavigated Brisbane city (with a little help from a RiverCat!) with a good friend of mine who had just arrived in town. We walked from the top of Brisbane down to the waterfront, over to the Botanical gardens, across to South Bank Parklands (17 hectares of land) and finished in Chinatown!

All told, I reckon we walked about 10 km’s! As I still had a case of the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) from my recent training sessions my quads, hammies and calves were definitely feeling it by the end of the day!

The only problem was I didn’t bring my camera today so I don’t have any personal pics, but below is a picture of South Bank Parklands. A great place to spend Sunday afternoons!

Australia's only man-made beach in the middle of the city!

Respect,

Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

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G’day Shredders,

Today is a momentous day for my very good friend (who I met in person back in March 2008 in New York!), Suzette from Quest For Success Blog. That’s right! Suzette cracked a major milestone today, 600 days of shredding and blogging! 

Congratulations Suzette, you have displayed remarkable dedication, persistence and patience throughout your weight loss journey. Not only have you lost a stunning 79 lbs. over your journey, you have also managed to keep the weight off for a very long period of time (often the hardest part of all).

You have also been a rock of support and a fountain of positivity for all Shredders by selflessly giving of your time and and energy in posting encouraging comments on our blogs. You are a real life, real time success story who is an inspiration to many Shredders and blog readers the world over. 

Thank you Suzette, I look forward to seeing you hit your Mission 40 Dream Body on August 11, 2009!

Respect,

Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Check out Suzette’s Day 600 Post here!

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• Mission 1 Physique Transformation Resources 
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G’day Shredders,

As you may recall back on Day 731 a Japanese TV Crew flew in from overseas to interview me on the 2-Year anniversary of RTP Blog. 

Today, I got confirmation from the director of the Fuji TV Show, “Unbelievable”, that my story will be broadcast this Thursday, December 4, 2008 from 8:00PM! 

My friend who lives in Japan said they saw a preview of this upcoming episode (including my 84 day time-lapse video) when they were watching the same show last night! They also checked the TV ratings guide for Japan and discovered that this show is the 13th highest rating show in Japan, which means there will be approximately 20,000,000 people watching! 

Here is a screen capture of the preview below from Fuji TV’s website:

Fuji TV Show screen capture

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!

Catch ya,

AJ

P.S. If you’d like to see something “unbelievable” right now check out the comments on this post from Day 715: The Daily Double Is Coming My Way (the producer of the Fuji TV show made her initial enquiry via a comment on my blog!) 

P.P.S. Below is a TV clip on my weight loss story from another Japanese TV show aired back on Day 347: NHK Clip Goes Live! It will be interesting to see how the new one turns out!

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 Important RTP Blog Links

• Mission 1 Physique Transformation Resources 
• Free Report: My Biggest Secret Revealed

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G’day Shredders,

Thank you for your awesome response to yesterday’s Day 749: Pain Vs. Regret- A Simple Mindset Shift That Changed My Life Post.

If you haven’t read this post yet I highly recommend you do as the comments made by Mark, Celina, Rafael, Ron, Lynda, Suzette, Thomas, Mike, Angie and Jason really hit the nail on the head in regards to the multi-faceted role that “pain” plays in a full-blooded physique transformation.

Today I have a very important message for my fellow Shredder, BFL Champion and long-time online buddy, Dougal from Mind Body SuperFit Blog. Last night, Dougal’s ongoing recovery from a serious operation presented a new challenge that Dougal explains in detail on his Road Less Travelled Blog Post. 

Dougal, the way you have continually fought back and refused to give up has inspired me and many other people from all corners of the globe. I know I speak for all Shredders by saying our thoughts and prayers are with you as you go through this extremely challenging period of your life. See you again soon mate.

Cheers,

Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

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• Mission 1 Fat Burning Programs (Nutrition, Training & Abs) 
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G’day Shredders,

Today I’d like to share with you a simple mindset shift that helped me transform my life on Mission 1.

The picture slide to the right is from July 22, 2003 (the lowest point of my life) and March 24, 2007.

There is a lot of pain (and joy) in this picture slide. The pain I speak of is not just emotional, there was also a lot of physical pain I went through to transform my body in that time period.

July 2003: Pain Dictated My Life

When I cast my mind back to July 2003 I remember quite clearly how much pain I felt daily due to the shape I was in and the fact that my life was going nowhere. I still had a glimmer of faith that I could turn my life around but I knew the road was going to be long and hard.

At that time pain did dictate my life. Every day I would wake up feeling miserable and frustrated with myself that another day had passed and I still hadn’t taken action on my long-held dreams of re-transforming my physique (and life).

Then, every 6 months or so an event would trigger me into action. I would get up the next day and decide to take action (this is why I have so many “before pictures”) and go “hell for leather” in the gym for a few weeks or months.

I would always make some progress during those “failed challenges” but inevitably the pain I felt in the gym (and in my mind) was not commensurate with the results I was getting.

My Life-Changing Mindset Shift

I continued this cycle for over 3 years until one fateful day (November 8, 2006) when I decided to make a simple mindset shift. Instead of letting pain dictate my life I decided to channel the pain I felt into my training and nutritional discipline.

In fact, I still remember the first set of my first weight training session on Mission 1. I remember staring into the mirror for one whole minute before I started on the first set of Barbell Bent Over Rows.

I told myself in no uncertain terms:

You are here for a reason, it is time for you to regain control of your life starting RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. You are going to channel all the pain you have felt for the last 3 years into this rep, set and workout session. The truth is, you deserve this pain. It has to be this way because you and you alone are responsible for where you are right now, and only you can turn it around.

After my little pep talk I got straight into my workout. For the first time in a very long time I remained laser-focused during a whole session. I kept the pain front and center in my mind and channeled this pain into every single rep and set of that workout.

As my body started transforming in front of my very eyes (evidenced by the daily pictures I took) I slowly began to redefine the meaning of pain in my mind. As I progressed throughout Mission 1 the pain I came to realize that the pain I felt for that one hour in the gym was nothing compared to the emotional pain I had endured for the previous 3 years.

The Choice Is Yours…

I now realize that in life pain is inevitable. The only choice you have is whether to meet pain on your terms or whether you let the pain you feel dictate your life.

Your body is a perfect metaphor for this idea, that being you can either choose 1 hour of pain every day and live in the body of your dreams OR you can choose do nothing (and feel no physical pain) and live in the body of your nightmares.

The bottom line is this:

Is it more “painful” to take the daily actions required (physical, financial, spiritual, academic) to live the life of your dreams OR is it less painful not to take the daily actions required and live a life of regret?

I know which pain I would rather feel. I’ll take my pain in small doses every day and live the life of my dreams because that pain is temporary while regret is forever.

How about you?

Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Today was another rainy day in paradise! Fair dinkum, I haven’t seen this much rain in donkey’s years!

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G’day Shredders,

I just got listening to an awesome new audio interview (external link) from my role model and fat burning mentor, Tom Venuto.

In this interview Tom discusses his newest insights, strategies and tips for 2009 along with his new book, The Body Fat Solution which will be hitting bookshelves in early January.

Here are some of the topics covered in this teleseminar:

•  Tom’s simple solution to End emotional eating and stop diet self sabotage once and for all.

• The massive confusion-causing and myth-making problem even worse than information overload and Tom’s fool-proof solution.

• Tom says, Body fat is NOT a problem, it’s a _________________ (get this, or you’ll be barking up the wrong tree forever)

• Why people are failing with applying positive thinking and law of attraction to their fitness efforts.

• How to go beyond goal setting by crafting a powerful “vision” that motivates you for life.

• How to eat healthy food almost unconsciously by using science-proven mental re-programming.

• Weight maintenance strategies of people who lose and keep off 50 lbs or more for 5 years or more 

If you’d like to download a free copy of the audio and a 21 page transcript go to Burn The Fat Inner Circle 

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!

Catch ya,

AJ

P.S. If you’d like to get the inside scoop on how I used Tom Venuto’s awesome Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle Program (RTP Blog Review) over Mission 1 watch this preview video below (An excerpt from Burn The Fat, Feed The Mind, my audio tele-seminar with Tom Venuto)  

Burn The Fat, Feed The Mind – Audio Teleseminar

Adam Waters Grills Tom Venuto: Live and Uncensored!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrt5fxAZOE4]

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G’day Shredders,

Just a quick one today as it is way past my bedtime now (burning the midnight oil on my RTP System!).

Today I’d like to thank Danny, Suzette, Celina, Diane and Angie for the great advice they gave me on yesterday’s Day 746: Blog Vs Book post regarding effective writing techniques.  I had an extremely productive writing day today using these strategies, 20 new pages of raw content complete (way above my normal batting average!)

Before I sign off today I’d like to give a very special Shredder Shout-Out to my long-time online buddy, Dougal from Mind Body SuperFit. Dougal has once again made an extremely informative and inspiring post on his Road Less Travelled Journey today. Check out Dougal’s awesome post here. 

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!

Catch ya,

AJ

P.S. I had to use another camera today as I couldn’t get my old faithful Olympus camera to connect via the USB (looks like I’ll have to go shopping soon!)

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• Mission 1 Physique Transformation Resources 
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G’day Shredders,

Today has been a very productive day! I spent most of my waking hours today working on the last remaining Module (to be completed) of my forthcoming RTP Transformation System and am very pleased with the progress. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day!

The biggest thing I have learned over the course of writing this System is how greatly your mindset affects your writing ability. For example, when I am writing blog posts I can relay my thoughts relatively quickly because I don’t self-censor as I write. I just let my mind roam free and worry about the editing after the post has been written.

However, when I’m writing for my book I tend to self-censor as I write because psychologically I am thinking “this is a book, this has got to be “perfect”! As you can probably imagine, this approach really slows the writing process as it “blocks the flow” of mental energy in a massive way, and can ultimately lead to full-blown “writer’s block.” 

In order to get back “into the groove” I decided to implement some tips that Carlos DeJesus gave me on writing a few days ago, namely, write on the topics you enjoy first and write in “10-minute bursts.” This advice has made the world of difference over the last few days!

My question to my fellow Shredders is this, is your “blog writing mindset” different to your “book/report writing mindset”, and what specific techniques do you use to overcome “writer’s block”? I’d really like to hear your views on this!

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!

Catch ya,

AJ

P.S. Unfortunately my USB cable for my camera is refusing to connect with my computer so I’ll have to try another method tomorrow (memory card reader) and upload today’s picture (Day 746) then.

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• Mission 1 Physique Transformation Resources 
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G’day Shredders,

This day will go down as the day I officially regained my vision, clarity, focus and purpose! For the last 3 months I have been struggling with one particular Module on my forthcoming RTP Transformation System.

Non-completion of this Module has been the reason why the release RTP Transformation System has been delayed. Ironically, this was the Module that I originally thought was going to be the “easy one” to finish! 

Anyway, 6 days ago I made a decision to blast through “writer’s block” by simply bunkering down for 6 full days and “grinding out” this Module until it was complete. After 12 hour days of wall-to-wall writing, re-writing and editing I am now happy to report that this Module is “in the can” and is immediately available for all RTP Group Shred 2.0 Shredders to review (an email has gone out to all qualified Shredders).

Before I sign off there is one man in particular I’d like to thank for his massive feedback, advice and support in helping me finish this Module, the one and only Carlos DeJesus from http://www.carlosdejesustotalfitness.com. Thank you big time Carlos, you da man!.

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!

Catch ya,

AJ

Shredder NewsWire

I’d like to say a big welcome to three new Shredders who have recently started their own real time physique transformation blogs, my long time cyber friend, Celina from Health & Fitness Journey (G’day Celina!) and Jay from My Fitness Journey (Welcome Jay!) and Mark from Ripped At 50 (Welcome Mark!).

Congratulations on taking massive and immediate action on starting your own real time physique transformations journeys. I look forward to seeing you shred massive and hit your goals big time! 

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• Mission 1 Physique Transformation Resources 
• Free Report: My Biggest Secret Revealed

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Below are RTP Blog Daily pics for Day 745: November 22, 2008 

G’day Shredders,

Today as I was updating my “Stats Panel” on the right-hand navigation bar I noticed that this blog has now received over 500,000 visitors since Day 1: November 8. 2006! 

These visits are the cumulative totals from RTP Blog 1.0 (hosted by Blogger) and the RTP Blog 2.0 (this one!) Interestingly, around 40% of the total visits (230,000) have come since I switched from Blogger to WordPress on Day 536. 

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Shredders and loyal readers who regularly visit this blog and post comments. The journey we have shared together and the friendships we have made is a testament to what can happen when like-minded people come together organically for a common purpose and use the power of the Internet for good.

I wonder what the next 2 years will bring…