JO’S 10 TIPS

1 “Tomorrow never comes. Start now.” Whatever form that may take, whether it’s buying a new pair of shoes specifically for exercise, or doing a fresh grocery run after emptying your fridge/pantry from junk food. We all know the word “tomorrow” is a moving goalpost, tomorrow is simply another form of procrastination, and procrastination is a wall for one’s motivation.

2 “Understand motivation” Motivation is an internal thought process that allows an individual to pick one goal, and take action to achieve said goal. Motivation is not an external behavior, although some people may observe successful celebrities (external stimuli) and attempt to emulate their behaviors in hopes of being motivated. When you feel “unmotivated”, this is simply a state where an intrusive thought arises and becomes a mental roadblock between you and your final goal. For example, “I need to work out today, but my car is at the panel beater so I can’t make it to the gym…”. Your goal is “I need to workout today”, the intrusive thought is “I can’t because… *insert reason*”. A motivated individual would find an alternative, any alternative. A demotivated individual would call the day a write-off and move on. 3 “Be comfortable with being uncomfortable.” Change can only occur when we break out of comfortable routines. Most times, those routines and habits we’ve built up through our years are what got us to this current state of overweight, unhealthy, unfit, unhappy living. Waking up earlier, swapping out the car for a manual bike or walking, making time for the gym, meal prepping. All of these and more are changes that will feel uncomfortable for a time when starting out. Learn to love it. 4 “Record your progress, physically & mentally” You will be taught how to keep a strict log on food and training records whilst following the Tailored Fit method. But do not neglect the importance of self-reflection on your mental well-being by keeping a journal of some kind to record some form of daily, weekly, or monthly recap on how you are generally feeling in terms of your progress in lifestyle changes. 5 “Transform your mind as well as your body” This is the 2020s, prioritizing mental health is widely, objectively known as forming the fundamental skeleton of improving one’s life as a whole. There are countless mental health professionals practicing in the world today. They exist to help unpack and process feelings and emotions that may exist as walls preventing your success in transforming your body and beyond.

6 “The journey never ends” So you got to 10% body fat, you’ve got those beach body abs and can do 20 consecutive pull-ups. What now? Know that nothing is forever, if you don’t use it, you lose it. The choice of keeping up the lifestyle, the diet, staying under the guidance of Tailored Fit Alpha is entirely your choice. You’ll slip up now and then, miss a cardio session or two, have a whole pizza or two. But the choice to jump back on the bandwagon of success, or to let those two pizzas slide into three, then to 10 is completely in your hands. 7 “Work towards something”. Results and goals are the fuel for the engine of work and effort.. Without exams and assessments, there wouldn’t be competent lawyers, doctors, and scientists. Without the Olympics or top-tier national competitions, the bar for toptier athletes would be much lower. Without a purpose, we tend to ease towards taking the easy route in anything we do. This is why, when transforming your lifestyle, I highly suggest creating, or picking a tangible goal to strive towards. Whether it’s weight loss, preparing for a beach holiday, or being able to keep up with your dogs whilst walking them.

8 “It’s better with friends”. Look for like-minded individuals who can push you to be the best version of yourself, whether they’re coaches, family, or friends. Accountability has an undeniable positive impact on adherence. Involve your family and the close-knit home environment without forcing them to change, humans are highly impressionable to positive results, once they see your life change for the better in front of them, they’ll want to participate in the positivity too. 9 “Trust”. I used to think I knew a lot when it came to health and fitness. But one of the reasons I feel my transformation was such a success was because I came into this with a blank, beginner’s mindset and completely trusted Tyrone and his Tailored Fit Alpha approach. Everything he prescribed me down to the last detail I followed to a tee. If I didn’t understand something I simply asked. But I trusted, followed, and executed everything down to the last detail.

10 “Understand Results Aren’t Linear” some weeks when I checked in with Tyrone I could clearly see differences in my progress photos and shifts on the bathroom scales. Other weeks, despite following everything to a tee, it felt like little progress was made. When these slower rates of progress occurred, Tyrone would do his ‘magic’, adjust my training and nutrition, and as a result would have my body responding again the following week. Just remember if you hit a slow point don’t get discouraged, just realize maybe you maxed out the results possible from that particular plan, and are now in need of an approach adjustment.