How Do You Handle The Pain?
14/01 2012 Posted in Blog, Motivation | 1 comment
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What do you do when life is being hard on you? When the feelings burn your heart, your soul! When the feelings leave you drained! Staying there wanting to move,scream or just do something but feeling empty? Like all your strength is gone…
Standing there…being seen by others as a whole person, but inside feeling broken? Dying with the desire to put yourself together, but feeling helpless in front of your feelings? Wanting to grab that terrible sense, rip it out of your chest, throw it on the ground and then jump on it? Make it feel, the way it makes YOU feel!
Burning inside…. READ MORE
I workout because…
22/09 2011 Posted in Blog, Motivation | 3 comments
I workout because...
I went to the gym this morning and as usual I had a pretty tough workout. I am often asked why do I do all this crazy stuff. I am often asked “ What are you preparing for? In what sport do you compete?”. I always say “Oh,nothing. I workout for fun.”When I tell them I workout just for fun,they never say it but I can tell by their perplexed look that they consider me crazy! I am always challenged to persuade the average person why working out isn’t just for professional athletes. I can’t always find the right words to explain how sports develop your mind, personality, character and how the lessons learned in the gym can be applied in a difficult situation in our daily life.The principle is to learn to compete against yourself…and when the going gets tough to push a little more! Below I will try to give vivid examples. Hope more people will get my point of view!
I do overhead squats, so when life is giving me a hard time, I can hold on to the pressure for one more day, a week or a month.
I do burpees, so no matter how many times I fall, I will make sure that I will stand up one more.
I bench press, so when an earthquake happens, and I find myself under an object, I can push it up and save my life.
I drag tires, so when something in my life is holding me back, I can make sure I will still give my best to move forward.
I do double unders, so I can get used to stumbling over…and later on when I stumble over in life, I will get up, dust myself off and try again!
I do plated push ups, so when somebody is trying to knock me down,I can fight the resistance and get back.
I do pull-ups so when I get used to my life and keep hanging in the same place, I will have the strength to put myself together and rise above mediocrity.
I do deadlifts, so when I want something, I will know how to concentrate, give my best and get it.
I lift weights, because the stronger I am, the more I can take from life.
Colorful Cookies
Sundayyyyyyyyy! 
Time for cooking! Not many people know, but crafts and arts are one of my hobbies. That’s why this week I decided to have some more fun cooking, and I decorated my cookies. This is the first time I decorate cookies but they turned out pretty good!
Ingredients for 30-40 cookies: READ MORE
Favorite Reads of the Week: 05/19/12
Alexander Lazarov-one of my clients
It is the end of the week, which means time for my Favorite Reads of the Week! This week there are less articles, because I’ve been really busy with my exams, as I am graduating this year! But I assure you that this week’s reads are really interesting and helpful! Read them!
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What Is the Best Cardio?
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The best cardio… tell you the truth I really dislike the word “cardio”. Probably because of what it associates with- countless hours, spend on the treadmill, stepper, running and other boring stuff like that.
Personally I do not do none of that. When I work out outside the gym, and I am not “playing” with big tires, I sprint! Here you can check out my opinion about sprints as a whole, and in today’s post I will talk more about hill sprints.
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What Was Your Defining Moment? The Moment You Decided to Make a Drastic Change to Live Healthier?
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Yesterday I logged in on my facebook profile and I had a notification from one of my favorite facebook groups Eat Clean (no crap)! Train Smart. Stay Awesome. Forever. I read a post from Peter Haas(one of the group members) that went on something like that “ What was your defining moment? The moment when you decided to make a drastic change by eating clean/working out/etc.?”
As I started reading the comments below, I thought what was my defining moment? That “aha” moment, when something flipped and I was determined to change my unhealthy habits. It was READ MORE
Night Eating Syndrome: How I Stopped Eating During the Night?
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…I just started eating healthy throughout the day. I am sure that most of you had or still have this problem… you open your eyes and it is still dark. Obviously it is not time to get out of bed. Oh, no! You feel the urge to eat during the night, go to the fridge and eat something- if it could be something sweet, that’d be perfect!
Why does it happen like that? Why do you wake up in the middle of the night with a strong desire to eat? READ MORE
And You Don’t Lift Weights Because…
Erin Stern
And once again you don’t lift weights because…
You will get big and bulky…
Emily Skye
You will become unattractive… READ MORE
Are Athletes Dumber Than the Rest of People? Turns out YES…
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Some time ago I wrote an article called “Are athletes dumber than the rest of people”. Yesterday, I woke up and I was checking my e-mail, when I stumbled upon this comment from a reader: READ MORE
Healthy Fruit Pizza
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Everybody loves pizza, right? 
Especially when it is healthy and especially when it is a “sweet” pizza! Today’s recipe is easy as usual but surely tastes delicious. Besides that it is easy to experiment with your immagination and decorate it as you’d like!
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Favorite Reads of the Week: 05/12/12
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Hey, everybody! Here is a week full of knowledge! Make sure to read my favorite reads of the week and in case you missed some of the posts on Inspired Fit Strong, make up and read them! Enjoy and have a wonderful, healthy and active weekend!
First, READ MORE
Interview with Laura Harris aka Chicken Tuna
Chicken Tuna
There are people you’ve never met, people who don’t know anything about your existance, but people who have the greatest impact on your life. Today I am really happy to introduce you Laura Harris aka Chicken Tuna. She is an amazing woman, who is really determined and inspirational. Through her hard work and self example she has changed the lives of million people around the world. I am glad I had the opportunity to take an interview from her, so she could tell us more about her lifestyle and the journey to being so fit, healthy and inspiring! Meet Laura…
Ines Subashka: READ MORE
