The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes to Avoid And The Top 10 Kick-Butt Training Tips.

Bonehead workout mistake #9: Comparing yourself to others

Always trying to one-up the next guy is bonehead behavior. Comparing yourself to others is a great way to lower your self esteem and stay perpetually frustrated, unhappy and dissatisfied!

Kick butt workout tip #9: Compare yourself to nobody but yourself

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden always advised his players, "Never try to be better than someone else; but never cease trying to be the best you can be. That is under your control. The other isn't." So why not focus on competing with yourself? Compare yourself to yourself. Improve yourself. Work on progress and forward movement. Become better than you used to be. Ultimately, competitive sports are most valuable to the degree you use them to better yourself, not to beat others.

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Bonehead workout mistake #10: Making excuses

Many people, when they don't get the result they want, or when things don't go the way they expect, insist it's not their fault. When they don't lose any body fat, it's their genetics or "The diet just doesn't work!" When they fall off the wagon, it's their friend's and family's fault - "They just don't support me... they even tempt me with junk food and eat in front of me." When they miss workouts, it's their boss's fault - "I just don't have time with so much work being piled on me at the office." No matter what the situation, the boneheads never even consider that the problem is staring right back at them in the mirror - someone or something outside of them is always responsible.

Kick butt workout tip #10: Accept total, 100% responsibility for all your results - good or bad

When you win, you don't attribute it to luck or give someone else the credit for it. You proudly say, "I created it... I did it... that was me!" However, if you want to take the credit for your wins, you must also take credit for your losses and say, "Yep, I created it... I did it... that was me!" Boneheads want to take credit for their successes but not accept responsibility for their failures. Ultimately, that turns them into nothing but big losers. Winners and successful people became successful because they learned three magic words: I AM RESPONSIBLE. Once you claim responsibility for every result in your life - the good and the bad - the feeling of empowerment and liberation that comes over you is beyond description. For the first time in your life, you realize that YOU are in control. From that moment on - and not a second sooner - you become the creator of circumstance rather than a victim of it. - - - - -

Well, that's all ten of em'. Let me wrap up with what is perhaps the biggest mistake of all, and that is: Not learning from your mistakes. Mistakes are okay. The only people who don't make any are the timid, wimpy people who don't even attempt anything. If you realize you've been making a lot of these mistakes, don't beat yourself up. As long as you learn from them and stop making them, you're off the hook! But if you keep repeating these mistakes over and over again, then it's official: You're a bonehead!

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Tom Venuto is a certified personal trainer, natural bodybuilder and author of the #1 best selling diet e-book in Internet history, "Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle. You can get info on Tom's e-book at: http://www.BurnTheFat.com To get Tom's free monthly e-zine, visit www.fitren.com