Fit for Life: Got Drive?

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Saturday, September 06, 2014

Matt Espeut, GoLocalWorcester Health + Lifestyle Contributor

What separates us as humans? Why are some wealthy, some poor? Some fit, some overweight? Some famous, some unknown? I people watch all day long. At the market, Home Depot, high school football games, airports, you name it. Some people watch for fashion, but I am observing posture, movements, body language, and body mass. I understand that some people have medical problems, or flawed genetics, but I believe that what separates most of us is DRIVE. It is a person’s amount of drive that will enable them to perform at a certain level. When one has drive to be fit, they will seek any way possible to learn to do so. When one has drive to be wealthy, they exert all their time and energy to do so also. This is more likely to produce the desired result one has in mind. One can argue and say it's because people are uneducated, and don't know how to better themselves, but all the info is out there, it just takes drive to find it.

What is DRIVE, and how do you get it?

D-esire: You need to have this first. You can't pick a task out of a hat and expect to excel at it. If your parents forced you to play sports, and you had no desire to, you would lack internal drive and probably not be very good at it. The same goes for your health; if you have no desire to improve it, you won’t.

R-egularity: You won't become a real estate top producer if you only seek listings once in a while. You won't get in the best shape of your life after one workout or one day of eating healthy; you won't be a good hitter if you hit the batting cages once a week. You need regularity, and it takes drive to do something over and over again.

I-ntensity: Do something without intensity and the results will be uneventful. Train without intensity and chances are that you will stay the same. Play football without intensity, and your team will lose. It is the people with lackluster attitudes and lack of intensity that usually are not at the top of their game, because intensity feeds drive.

V-ision: is a necessary component to all success, because with out it, you will have no direction, and without direction having drive is useless. If you start working out and do not visualize what you want to look like, you probably will lack the intensity and desire to get you there. If you start a construction project without a vision, you will be spending a lot of money on changes, until you get it right. Start anything without a vision and you probably won't finish.

E-xecute: when you have all the other components, you are more likely to execute the goal at hand. Without execution, you will have nothing. Thinking about a career move won't make it happen. Talking about opening a business will not put food on the table. Trying to eat better will not get you fit and healthy - doing it will. Everything is talk and thoughts until something is executed and put into play.

So what separates us as humans? Why are some strong and some weak? Why are some followers, and some leaders? Why are some employed and some not? What creates different classes in this world, weather it be income or weight? DRIVE!!

Matt Espeut has worked as a personal trainer for almost 20 years with clients ranging in age from 14 to 86. His focus is on overall health, strength, and functional conditioning. Holistic health and nutrition is the cornerstone of all his programs. Matt works in private and small group training available at your home or office location or at gym facilities. Matt offers his services to everyone wanting to be more fit and healthy, overweight young people, youth/collegiate athletes, and seniors. Matt has worked and trained at several facilities in the Providence area. In September, Matt will open PROVIDENCE FIT BODY BOOT CAMP, at 1284 North Main St., Providence. Email Matt: [email protected]; check out his website at http://www.fitnessprofiles.net or on Facebook at Matt Espeut or on Twitter @MattEspeut. Call 401-453-3200 for pre-opening information.

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