The Mastro Zone

Episode 67: Inspiration Vs Motivation

Being motivated is temporary. Being inspired is where we find longevity. Where we find inner joy and our best selves. We are able to live on a higher vibration when were inspired. More blessings get accepted. 

Episode 66: Your Calling

Never Force the feeling. Never Force the calling. Never force yourself to think that you need to have all the answers. if you focus on becoming better everyday, things will begin to make sense. Things will fall into place. Your calling will be there on a higher vibration than you ever imagined. 

Episode 65: The Comfort Zone Dilemma

Breaking out of the comfort zone is a hard thing to do. Being comfortable in new situations is difficult. The one's who win are the people who find strength in weak moments and that CAN BE YOU. YOU are capable. You are going to climb to new levels of happiness. New levels of success. Every opportunity that exists in the world can be yours...if you claim it. 

Episode 64: The Underdog Can Win

Underestimated? Good. Nobody thinks you can do it? Good. Everyone has their doubts? Good. The underdog can always be motivated by doubt. Motivated by those who do not see your vision. I love playing as the underdog. Expectations are you will fail...reality is you will surpass what anyone can fathom. 

Episode 63: If You Didnt Love Them, Would You Care?

This episode is about choosing who we take advice from not with our hearts but with our true knowledge of credentials. Using a strangers outlook to understand an idea rather than being convinced a passion is impossible by loved ones. Loved ones are excellent for so many things. I love my parents and the rest of my family an insane amount. But, when it comes to my dreams... they have absolutely no knowledge of how it works. I want to be big on social media. How can my dad know what is best for me in that world? I want the best podcast? How could my mom know about monetizing online. I want to create an app.... well you get the point. We need to choose who we are giving the power to when it comes to our dreams.

Episode 62: Why Toning Is a Fake word

This episode is about how muscles have two options. Grow. Shrink. That is it. There is none of this "get ripped" but not bigger, thing. Listen to this episode on how toning was used to trick people into thinking something magical can happen. 

Episode 61: Successful People

Successful people don't have everything. They have the mindset that will not let them fail. At business, fitness, adapting, life in general. is your mindset your asset or your downfall?

Episode 60: Should I Change My Workout

"I was getting results, but I am not seeing results anymore" is such a common issue. I hear it all the time. Everyone found something that worked and run it into the ground. Nothing wrong with that. But eventually you may need to do something to change it up.

The good news is, usually the changes you need to make are a lot simpler and smaller than you think. "change my workout" is usually as simple as changing 1 simple thing. The volume, the intensity, the weight, the time between sets....usually it is something that you can adjust very quickly. 

Come tune in to episode 60 to make some changes if you hit a plateau. 

Episode 59: WHY YOUR WORKOUT SHOULD NOT ALWAYS KICK YOUR

This episode is about why every workout is nottttttttttttt, I repeat NOT, supposed to leave you feeling dead. 

Dont get me wrong, now and then its great. I try to go intense 2-3 times a week (usually 2). Other than those 2 intense workouts that make me sore and tired... my other 3-4 workouts are less intense. More leisure but with proper direction. 

You cannot just lift lift lift or run run run and continue to see progress. You need to recover. And some recovery comes in the art of training lightly (20 easy reps of things) and getting in steps. 

Unless you are using anabolic steroids and your body recovers like wolverine, you NEED to let your body recover properly.  If you continue to leave the gym or your home workouts feeling like you cannot walk the next day...something is wrong. Decrease the weight, the reps or intensity a notch. Nothing wrong with turning it down. You should NOTTTTT feel like you got hit by a train after all workouts. 

Again, once in a while it happens. But if you THINK your workout is ONLY good when you feel like you ran a marathon through a fire uphill both ways carrying a boulder on your back.... thats false. Some workouts are made for recovery. Mae for touching up a muscle. Not destroying them. 

PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD: Slowly increasing intensity, weight or volume over time. Time!!! Not every single workout. Thats how we avoid the exhaustion. 

Episode 58: JUST BECAUSE IT WORKS, DOESN‘T MEAN ITS RIGHT

A lot of what we are told in fitness is FAST results. 15 minute abs. Eat 1000 calories a day! Run 1000 miles and you'll get lean. OR the opposite: Workout for 3 hours a day. NO DAYS OFF. Eat whatever you want as long as you workout harder..... all of this info is confusing and not fitting for MOST people. Generalizing, but by most I mean like 99% of people. 

Sure, certain things work. Eating 1000 calories and running 10 miles MAY help you quickly drop some weight.... but it is not healthy. It is not sustainable. It is not okay. 

JUST CAUSE IT WORKS, DOES NOTTTTT MEAN IT IS WORKING!! Quick results are usually not sustainable results and anytime you are removing nutrients and health out of your life...you cannot expect to see the goals you truly want. 

This episode is basically a call to action: extremes are usually not healthy. Making a full 180 overnight on your health is usually not healthy. We often need to take baby/medium steps before doing anything drastic. And I bet usually you'll find that those baby/medium steps, work. It's all you need to find balance between health and results. 

Do what works for your longevity.