In Fitness to Help and Inspire others!

What a great day it was today. Today when I woke up besides my good morning messages from my love that I love so much, I had one message on my Facebook page Real Deal Fitness Motivation from a lady in California saying: " I want help to get in shape." I was so amazed with those words, I had a great feeling coming out, because I will help her achieve her goals. 

Help someone feel better with himself, smile every day a bit more because they are getting where they want, help getting stronger mental and physical that's priceless.

We talked, I will be her BeachBody Coach and she will participate in my FOCUS T25 Challenge Group, starting at 10th of February. Can't wait to start it out. If you live in US and you want to be part of my Challenge Group inbox me here: Real Deal Fitness Motivation my Facebook page.

Today I couldn't workout in the morning. 

My morning workout today was shoveling the snow on my drive way, was 1h shoveling, not a bad workout.

But couldn't finish the day without pressing play, so after work I hit the gym with my buddy and we did Yoga X3 day 3 of 90 from P90x3. I felt great after the 30 minutes, I also notice that I have to keep on doing it because my flexibility really needs some improvements, but I know working hard and be consistent I will achieve my fitness objectives. 

There is no excuses bigger than your will. 

When you want something you will find or create time to do it. 

It's not only in Fitness but in your daily life. 

So if you really want something, fight for it, get off of your comfort zone and go get it. 

Goods things in life comes after hard work and perseverance. 

Always Trust and Believe in YOU!!

#realTalk #realWords #realDeal

Fitness my Sweet Addiction

After 3 weeks of resting due to an injure on my back, I'm back on track. I missed it so much, not being able to workout is like if my day is not complete. Yes I am addicted, addicted to fitness. My workouts nowadays it's like washing my mouth in the morning, can't start my day without having it. If I can't do it in the morning definitely has to be done in the evening, it's a nice addiction. 

I've started a new workout P90X3 it's from the same creator as P90X, TONY HORNTON, what a crazy old dude. This workout is just about 30 minutes a day. You read it right 30 minutes is enough for you to have a great workout. 30 minutes of intense, hard work it's what you need to have a great workout. If you just want to maintain, to start loosing weight, to get shredded this workout will work for you. If you want to compete for Body Builder, OK than I won't recommend it to you.

Before I stopped working out, I was in such great shape, I was able to do 2 INSANITY classes and still have strength to do something else, yeah I know I'm crazy. After 3 weeks resting I thought I would have something left in my tank. 

Pure mistake, Total Synergetics kicked my butt so bad. Around 15 minutes mark I've started feeling dizzy, my heart rate sky rocked, but was a great feeling, being pushed to my limits in so shortage of time. Total Synergetics it's a total body workout, from you arms, abs, chest, legs, calves and shoulder, you will feel it all working. You don't need heavy weights, light weight will do the work, or the resistant bands. Will be good to see my progression for the next 90 days. I know my improving will be crazy, I will be faster, stronger and leaner. But for now will be day by day and give all I can and can't.

Fitness can't be seen like a trend, not something you will do because everybody else is doing it, and than stop and start from where you left. When you stop you will have to start all over again from the basics. Fitness should be seen as a lifestyle, something that you enjoy and you do because you like to do it and you enjoy what it gives to you. Fitness beside the good looking it gives you, will provide you with something even more important than the physical aspect, it provides you mental strength. When you try to overcome what you can't do, you will work until you can, you will came out stronger from that simple exercise you were doing. So when life throws to you some obstacles you won't see it as difficulty but a challenge, and you are ready for challenges because you are stronger mental. 

Never let the words: I CAN'T, IMPOSSIBLE, beats you, you control your mind not the other way  around. Because you always "CAN" and "I'M POSSIBLE"!!! Not only in fitness but in life: "There's nothing you can't achieve when you put you mindset to". 

Always Trust and Believe in you.

Because today is Martin Luther King birthday, one of the greatest this world saw.

See you guys soon.

Any thoughts or comment please feel free to use the comment box.

Thanks for reading me!!

#RealTalk #RealDeal

Fitness a lifestyle!!

Here I am again...

My last post was back in November 2012, more than a year since my last post. So much happen, so much changed, but my laziness to write didn't. Once again I won't promise  daily posts, but now I have another motivation to write (I will talk about it later).

I'm still in Jersey in an assignment from my company back home Portugal. I'll be starting my fifth year here in USA. It seems like yesterday (31st January 2010) that I've arrived.

On my last post I've wrote I was going for a trip in Negril, Jamaica for a 5 days vacations. An amazing place to go, amazing people, amazing beach and amazing music. For those who like to dance and enjoy yourselves and relax, I definitely recommend you to visit Bob Marley's country. Negril has been rated as one of the 10 top beaches in the world by several travel magazines. As you can see that's enough of a reason to give it a look and spend some quality time.

The thing that I liked the most was the peoples hospitality, so friendly and so peaceful of mind. They are relaxed but in a good way, they don't let the life's problems let them down, they try to be happy and enjoy with the little they have. That was a lesson I learned, I don't need much to be happy and be a better person. 

Life is only one and we should try to get the best it has to offer us.

Since than I didn't do any other traveling rather than going home several times. And why was that? Me not traveling around and going to know other places and enjoy myself. The reason is simple: Love found me. Since I got found by love I couldn't run away from it and most of all I didn't want to.

I found the one that completes me, the one that understands me (sometimes, I'm tough to understand even to me), the one that is my friend, the one I enjoy talking hours and hours, the one I miss every time I'm away from her, the one that loves to be my favorite clown, the one that makes me happy, the one I LOVE. Because of her every time I do have a chance I go back home to meet her and embrace her and her love.

Distance relationship are not easy, they demand even more than a door to door relationship. But that doesn't mean its impossible or is doomed to failure. When two persons want it so bad, and show they are willing to do whatever it takes to make things work, everything is possible.

Thank you my Angel for the patience and most of all the love you have given and still give me every day.

This  was definitely my biggest achievement in 2013.

2013 was definitely a great year for me. I have found my one and only but also found what I would love to do as a work in full time: Fitness!!!!

Since 2010 when I came to USA I was introduced to INSANITY, one of the most challenging and tough fitness DVD program. Before INSANITY I was going to the gym, hit the treadmill hit some weights and go home. But I didn't really know what I was doing, was kind of working at least I thought it was. INSANITY was a game changer in all aspects: physical and mental. In 60 days I saw crazy results with it, so I've did another 2 rounds. I was in the best shape of my life but I wanted more. That more came when INSANITY the Asylum vol.1 came out. The evolution of INSANITY, a sports performance program even more demanding than INSANITY, I can't remember how much I did curse SHAUN-T the creator of those crazy programs. After Asylum I wanted to mix the things up with some weights, so I start doing an Hybrid Calendar: INSANITY & P90X. P90X was created by TONY HORNTON another crazy dude. After 60 days of the Hybrid I wasn't only shredded as hell but I gained even more lean mass. In that moment I've realized how amazing those Home DVD programs where, how much I've learned with them. Did INSANITY Asylum Vol.2, P90X2, BodyBeast and T25. My know-how of exercises exploded with so much info, I was getting loaded with the tools without knowing for what.

The gym I use to go and do my workouts, I've start to have a small group of people doing the workouts with me, first my work colleagues and after some people I've met at the gym. Several times the Personal Trainers Manager of the gym told me to get certified and start teaching at the gym in part-time. One of those days I said to me: Why not?! Even if wasn't to teach I could learn something more to myself. At the same time the INSANITY certification came out, sweet. Because, what I really wanted to do was teach and give to others what INSANITY gave to me. But I could kill two in one shot. One week I did the AFAA Personal Trainer workshop and the other did the INSANITY certification. So I was more than ready to start helping people changing theirs lives.

I realized than I had all the tools (beachbody programs got me ready) was only missing the certification.

Being an INSANITY Instructor I've realized a dream that I never dreamed of, shooting a INSANITY infomercial with SHAUN-T and his crew. It all started with the casting in NYC, met amazing people and met the amazing TANIA BARON (The Machine). The shooting day I was surrounded by outstanding Individuals, other instructors like me with same love for fitness and INSANITY. A day to remember and never forget.

That day I've met so many amazing people but met an entrepreneur ROBERTO ESPOSITO.

Like me he always was very reluctant to become a Team BeachBody Coach, but after talking with MONICA WARD he changed is view in what was a BeachBody Coach. So he did the same with me.

He showed me that I was already a Team BeachBody Coach the only thing was I wasn't getting the benefits of being a real one.

What is a Team BeachBody Coach? Is someone that Invite people to get healthy and get in great shape, help people achieve their objective. Those objective can be: loose weight, eat better, get in an insane shape, gain some lean mass, all objectives related to fitness. And how people can get all of those? Simple, with one of the BeachBody programs and SHAKEOLOGY. BeachBody programs can be one of: HIP-HOP ABS, INSANITY, P90X, BRAZIL-BUT-LIFT, TURBO-FIRE and so many more. SHAKEOLOGY is a shake that can replace one of your meals a day, it contains the right dose of nutrition you should have every day, it helps you loos weight, helps you staying away of crap food, gives you extra energy, it helps your digestion system, it has so many benefits.

So I'm committed to help as many people as I can achieving their objectives. (If you want some help or want to know more about it hit me, only US, my email).

So because of that I want and will write almost daily posts, about my workouts or about motivation and of course about stuff that happens in my life.

Thanks so much for reading me. 

If you came thus far, was because you liked it a bit, if so, invite and share my blog with others. I want to reach as many people as I can, I want to help and more people motivating them and enjoy life.

See you guys soon, I promise won't be another here of waiting.

#RealDeal (need some more inspiration my facebook page)

Me, myself and I...

Hello readers,

I'm back after another long absence. What can I say, not much.. I would love to write more often, but I learnt from me that I'll only write when all of me wants it, can't be only a part.

I've changed my blog layout because I pretend to write more and different subjects. Lets see if this time I'll be able to at least have a post per month about any subject.

I'm still in New Jersey-USA working for Alcatel-Lucent in 4G LTE. I can't complain about the life here and the work environment, they both great and very pleasant. But I do miss my old life, not so old if I take in account that I'm leaving here since 2010. But I miss my travels around the world, meeting new people, new countries, new cultures, the crazy parties I use to have in everywhere I go with my friends. 

I really miss the time in Malaysia, there I really had quality of life, in all aspects. Ok not all of them, because the work wasn't that great, but all the rest was simply amazing and awesome. Those times was definitely the best 6 months in my life.

In here what is missing? I think is missing more social life. What defines how good and happy is the place you are is the social life. And here my social is close to none, I only deal with my housemates and my family once a month when I go to Boston. You guys should be thinking why is that if you live close to the best city in the world, New York,

Here where I live Summit, NJ my house is located in a residential and family area, super quite and nice to rest. But not so good to socialize and make new friends. At work the average age of the company should be around 45 years, I've started hanging out with some soccer friends from work.

The nightlife in NYC is kind of awkward, because is so nice and glamorous but at the same time annoying. Annoying because to get in in the best clubs or you go with several girls or you have to spend at least 300$ in bottle  and once you got in is kind of hard to socialize with other groups. At least in my case is hard as hell, because I'm very shy. But definitely I will have to do something about it, most probably next year I'll still be around here.

Being here I've gain the love for fitness and working out my body, but that I'll talk more in another post.

Somebody has told me that: Never forget the lonely never win.

I couldn't agree more, we were made to be somebody other half.

I had so much already in my few years of life that I learnt from my own histories. A lot of good friends says that I'm afraid of living a new love, and because of that I've became a colder person because of all my not happy endings.

I prefer to think the other way around. In my opinion the way I see life is the way most of the people should see it. Is true that we would see less romantic histories but is also true we would see less people getting hurt. The way I see it is in the realistic way, live today because we don't know if will have tomorrow.

Live one day after the other.

I know is wrong thinking that I can manage to fall in love or not, think I can control my feelings. But right now that's the way my brain and heart are plugged to work. For me fall in love is more than the act of just being lead for the feelings, lead by the love and the theory of having love all the rest will come after.

Will love come when you don't have a strong friend relationship with your loved one? Will love be enough when you start having argues day after day and not having the capacity of seat and talking? Will love be enough to hold a beginning distance relationship? Will love be enough when you start being suspicious about you loved one? Will love be enough to feed all the house expenses? Will love be enough to surpass the absence?

With all this questions I don't want you to think that I'm against love, not at all. But for me to fall in love these days won't be so simple as it use to be. And trust me I'm a lover. I do love to love and love to be loved.

Live now life is short time is luck...

I've just came last week from 10 days vacations in Portugal. Once again as always I've had a great time with my family and friends, I'd rest a lot and recharge batteries till the end of the year.

But when I was there a feeling came around again, a feeling that for long time I did not feel. I felt shifted.

I pass so much time out that when I'm around is normal for my friends they don't notice I'm around. For a couple of days I've stayed at night by myself at my house, just me myself and I. I really don't blame them who chose this life was me, and they just keep on living theirs.

There were some days I wanted to do something or go somewhere I've could call to one of my good friends I do have a couple, but thinking they would be doing something on their own routine I kept quite on my place.

Those days even knowing that I have a lot of friends who would do anything for me I've felt lonely and wanting to come back to Jersey. I know you will want to kill me, but you guys know I don't work very well. :)

Counting down for my 5 days vacations in Negril, Jamaica can't wait. Once I get back I'll let you guys know how was it.

And for now is all folks, see you guys soon...

Flight

Another outstanding performance from Denzel Washington in a Robert Zemeckis movie directing.
This movie will grab you since the first sequence until the end of it.

The best way I can describe this masterpiece is short telling the story itself.
What to do to a person who saves 95 lives out of 101, from a plane crashing, but that person was under prohibited substances as cocaine and alcohol.
It should be considered as a hero for saving 95 life's, or he should be punished for being drugged in service?

The maneuver he did to save all those peoples was outstanding and very crazy. Being under such kind of substances our brain is uninhibited, we think we are capable of doing anything.
Ten other pilots tried to land the plane in a simulator and all of them crashed the plane. What suggest that if he was completely sober he could not have been able to land the plane.
So, being under drugs helped him saving all those people. My questions is: Should he still be punished for being drugged in service?

Bellow I let you some sentences from some critics about the movie, Denzel performance and Zemeckis.

“A gripping, deeply engaging and emotionally powerful drama that features Denzel Washington at the top of his game.”
Scott Mantz - ACCESS HOLLYWOOD

“Mr. Zemeckis, directing his best movie since ‘Cast Away’”
“Mr. Washington’s ferocious performance”
Manohla Dargis - THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Washington hits you in the gut with every beat, making ‘Flight’ near-transcendent.”
Kurt Osenlund - SLANT MAGAZINE

“Denzel Washington is beyond superb! It’s an Oscar worthy performance that's masterfully and skillfully delivered with ferocity and feeling. It’s the best of his career, which is saying an awful lot. And certainly one of the all-time best performances ever by an actor. He is way on top of his game in ‘Flight.’”
Shawn Edwards - FOX-TV

“Nothing short of a masterpiece.”
Jake Hamilton - KRIV-TV (FOX)

“John Goodman turns out another superb supporting performance.”
Billy Donnelly - AINT IT COOL NEWS

Friends, Party & Triplex

Once again I couldn't keep up with my wishes of posting more often than before. But what I've figured it out is that I can't say I will post every week or even every month, because I have to feel like it, otherwise I won't be writing from deep inside and just because it as to be.

One of the bad things of not posting so often is that so many things I went through, thoughts that I've had, things that happened in the meanwhile, lots of them I don't recall it. But I'll try to resume what I've been doing since my last post regarding my adventures.

Since I returned to New Jersey in January I've posted a couple of posts ( not that much as I wanted), but in none of them I've talked about my vacations in December, and after those I've went to Portugal another 2 times. So I have 3 vacations to talk about, I will resume in just one.

Why resume in only one when they were 3, and so different times: December (Christmas time - New Years Eve); March (my birthday); June?!?! I can resume them as simple as: Friends, Party & Triplex...
In all of them I could spend loads of times with my old friends, somehow I can say regain the time lost. Even knowing they were always there for me no matter what, I know I let them down being so absent. So I knew I had to reward them with my presence as much as I can and annoying them as I use to do. I think I was succeed at least I've seen most of my old and good friends and spent some good quality time with them. Here are a couple names of the persons I was talking about, don't be upset if I didn't say your name ( Still love you): Silvia, Ira, Mada, Edina, Eloisa, Jorge, Lourenço, Pedro, Rodirlei, Joana, Iolanda and so many others.
And in addition of old friends I made a couple of new friends, new crazy people came in to my life. They really have to be crazy to come in to my life, and let me stay on their lives. All of them so different but so genuine and so friendly. João Paredes, Carlos Paz, Daniela Djaló, Sonia Rodrigues and Vera Riddel. Thanks to all of you for making part of my life.

Party, oh my god. We had party so hard you guys can't even imagine how hard it was. I can try to describe but won't be even closer to what it really was. I've got introduced to Bairro Alto, I use to know that place but I never wanted to go there, because I use to think there is no point of going there and would be a waste of time, I was so deadly wrong. With a good crew of friends, all nights were a blast, with most of the friends I've mentioned above I had such crazy nights. And of course I don't have to mention the alcohol.
Triplex one of the most dangerous SHOT's in the Duplex Bar, is just a mix of 3 kinds of Absinthe. Imagine a flame ball going down on your throat, burning all the way down to your stomach. Like 1 wasn't enough normally we use to took 3 to 6. And of course we got ourselves completely wasted. What a nights I had we my fellas these last 3 trips back home, was simply the best. Besides the several nights I had in Bairro Alto, or better saying memorable nights, I had some others like: W disco, with my love Silvia, what a blast of night we had, she had to put up with me singing all night and doing so many stupid figures (some of them I didn't recall she helped me remember them hahahah); Art Club, with Ira, Madalena, Carlos, Joao, Andreia the club was pretty much empty but we did our party was so damn crazy and fun; Docks Club thanks God it doesn't talks, otherwise it would tell so many stories (LMAO); great night with my brothers back in my home disco Ondeando, great nights we had remembering those days back in the time. And so many others...

I want to say a big thanks to all that went to my birthday dinner and made it so special and so good. Long time since I had my birthday party back home in Portugal, since 2009 was out. In 2009 was in Dominican Republic, 2010 USA and 2011 again in USA. Was really good to celebrate with all of you near me.

As you remember I got a place that I can call home now, and more than never that place it really feels like home, my place, my pier, my fortress. It has gained shape, color, life, is really ready to have me in most of the time when I'm in Portugal. The worst part of moving from my mom's place was seeing her crying and saying: " is not easy, was 27 years, but one my dreams realize". I've got really emotion when she said those words. I love that woman so much, there are not enough words to describe how much I love her, I much she means to me, how much she did and still does for me. Everything that I am and I have is thanks to one person, my mother MARIA MANUELA SILVA MORENO, my everything, my sun. Thanks God for giving me the best mother.

And for today it's all folks, hope you enjoyed the ride, see you guys soon (just don't know how soon, lol)...

Friends...

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

What would be life without this word, or better saying what would a human being without them?!

We were born to create new friendships, meet new people, create new connections with all kind of people all over the world. I'm a blessed person because I can truly say I've the best friends in the world all over the world.

Although I'm not always nearby or even close, but a friendship is not only about how close we are but if we can be near through any means when a friend needs us. Thanks to one of the best mankind invention we can always be close even being far away: INTERNET. 

Friends will always be there when the entire world turns their back to you.

Friends will be there when you need a shoulder to cry.

Friends will make us laugh when we only want to cry.

Friends will hurt us with the truth because they want our best.

Friends will be there for you just to listen you without saying a word, because sometimes we don't need to listen a thing, just to vent.

Friends will always tell us the truth no matter what,

Friends will forgive us even when move away from them for silly reasons.

Grabbing on this last sentence, I want to apologize to all my friends that I move away from. Even though they know why and they did forgive me. I will never do that again, I will never put nothing in front of friendship.

Everything comes and goes for some reason, but a real friendship is forever no matter what.

I'm so thankful for all the friends I have and even being thousands of kilometers away they make sure I still make part of their lives, even when somehow I feel out it. 

Thank you all of you that somehow make smile every day. 

Love you all.