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Archives for September 2012

Small Wins

September 26, 2012 By Joel Runyon 6 Comments

Big wins. Big wins...are...(wait for it)...big. They shift your perspective and take you to a new level and most importantly change things. But because they're "big", they're necessarily rare as well. When you do get one, it's like your life tilts upside down. If you have the fortune to do it back-to-back, it's tempting to go crazy and think that every day will be filled with big wins. The dopamine hit you get off a big win can be addicitng, but it's ...

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Get Your Shoes On, Get Out The Door

September 20, 2012 By Joel Runyon 16 Comments

I'm running an ultramarathon in order to build a school in Guatemala and provide education for 1,000 students. An ultra marathon: 50 kilometers. That's 31 miles. I'd love to say I'm able to just run out the door and do 31 miles just like that - but it actually involves quite a bit of training. I've traded in my HIIT training for long distance runs. And 30 minute workouts for 1-3 hour runs. It's a very strange to think you're going to leave at 4:30 and not ...

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Filed Under: Fitness, Hacks Tagged With: get out the door, get your shoes on, just start already

An Update On The #Impossible School Campaign

September 14, 2012 By Joel Runyon 4 Comments

At the beginning of last month, we launched our first every charity intiative with Pencils of Promise. You can read the full announcement here, but here's the gist: We going to raise $25,000 to build an #impossible school in Guatemala and make education possible for 1,000 students. Since then, we've raised $7,184.31 of $25,000 – almost 30% BOOM! Nicely done team! But there's still a ways to go and still few months to make things happen. Here's an update ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, The Impossible, Updates Tagged With: education for all, guatemala impossible school, Impossible, impossible charity initiative, impossible school, pencils of promise, pop

30 Pounds In 2 Months: Meet Justin, The First Impossible Abs Success Story

September 11, 2012 By Joel Runyon 16 Comments

Impossible Abs hasn't even been out a full week and there's already an Impossible Abs success story? Dang straight. Here's how it happened. I finished my challenge in June and did a photo shoot to celebrate. Throughout the program, my friends and family started to notice my actions and transformation and their reactions changed over time accordingly. When I started this whole thing, they were asking: What are you doing again? As I kept doing it ...

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Filed Under: Case Studies, Fitness, Nutrition, The Impossible Tagged With: 2 month weight loss, how to get a six pack, how to lose 30 pounds, how to lose weight, impossible abs review, little brothers being awesome, six pack success story, weight loss success story

Get Disciplined, Not Motivated

September 6, 2012 By Joel Runyon 100 Comments

There's a lot of problems with simple motivation: Motivation is fleeting Motivation comes and goes however it wants. It might not last to the end of the week, end of the day, or even the end of blog post you just read. It's fleeting. Motivation is situational Motivation is based on your current situation. How do you feel? If you don't feel like doing it, then you're off the hook. You don't have to do it - because you don't feel like it! But then you ...

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Impossible Abs Is Here!

September 4, 2012 By Joel Runyon 21 Comments

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty excited today. After 6 months of planning, testing, programming, some more testing, a ton of work and even more anticipation, it's finally here. As promised, Impossible Abs is now live. This project will help you burn fat, kill your excuses and get six pack abs through a zero-excuses 8-week fitness program designed to work anywhere in the world without fancy equipment or an expensive gym membership. You can read more or ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, Hacks, Nutrition, Resources, The Impossible Tagged With: how to get a six pack, how to get six pack abs, how to lose weight, impossible abs, impossible abs guide, impossible abs launch, six pack abs guide, weight loss guide

All About Impossible Abs

September 3, 2012 By Joel Runyon 1 Comment

Whew! In the last week, I've moved and settled into my apartment downtown Chicago, finalized Impossible Abs and . I'm really excited to make this available to you guys. Yesterday, we answered a bunch of questions about the program and tomorrow is launch day (9am EST sharp!), so today, I'm going to clear up any remaining questions about the program. Impossible Abs: What It's About When I set out to knock "get six pack abs and do a photo shoot to celebrate" ...

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30 Questions About Six Pack Abs

September 2, 2012 By Joel Runyon 13 Comments

Impossible Abs is coming out in just a few days. Whew. After working to create a library of 25+ video tutorials for Impossible Abs, I decided that I'm going to be incorporating more video throughout the blog as we move forward. So, when I got a bunch of questions via emails, comments and facebook, I decided to bust out the video camera and answer them all at once. 30 questions total - dang! You can watch each of the videos or click on the questions that ...

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Filed Under: Fitness, Hacks, Nutrition, The Impossible Tagged With: impossible abs, questions about fat loss, questions about six pack abs

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