Inspired Strength – Mark Bell

[00:02:07]   Mark Bell is an inspiring human being and compares to the likes of the legend Vince Lombardy.

[00:02:30]   All great coaches teach 2 things, Fundamentals and Universal Law of Success.

[00:05:37]   The secret to consistency.

• Lower your initial standards so far that it is almost impossible to not be consistent.
• Set small goals.
• Everyone has the innate ability to be consistent with something.
• Lowering your initial standards, will make the challenge easier from the onset and thereby build confidence, e.g., 10 minute walks.

[00:11:18]   Mark explains 10 minute walks.

• On average about 5 times a day.
• Try and keep it at 10 minutes so that it could be done more frequently throughout the day.
• Start fitness goals at the level you are at and progress from there.
• Mark suggests an extremely interesting concept of how to face and deal with problems, while on these 10 minute walks.
• Current problems will become smaller the more you work towards your new goals.
• Amazing advantages for both your mind and body can come from just walking.

[00:18:32]   If going to the gym is a challenge, start training only the body part that you like to train.

[00:23:55]   Get rid of excuses! Everyone has obstacles, do not turn them into excuses.

[00:26:07]   Everyone has unique qualities inside them that they can develop. Mark tells 2 stories about training with his brother and how he helped a friend of his to bury excuses.

[00:33:00]   A discussion on Mark’s nick name ensues.

[00:36:45]   How tied is Marks’ personality to being strong? If he could not train, will he still find value in himself?

• Only loosing strength will not be that big of a deal.
• Will always try to do any physical activity, though.
• He has recently worked on getting efficient at shifting goals and focus.
• Also focus on helping other people succeed.

[00:39:14]   The gas station food analogy.

• People tend to equate diet to impossible sacrifice and constant failure.
• We are desensitised to how real foods taste.
• A lot of people do not like healthy foods, it is important to re-educate your tastebuds and palette.
• It takes about 2 weeks to do this retrain your tastebuds.
• Figure out which healthy diet, be it Keto or Low Carb or Low Fat fits into your taste in terms of texture and satiety levels etc.
• It is not a death sentence, you do not have to stay on any one diet for ever, switch things up.
• The key is consistency.