Titanium Fitness

05/03/2024

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐓𝐨 & 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

Your current flexibility and mobility is the way it is because of the story you tell yourself and the emotional state you associate with it.

I'm not flexible = Stretching hurts (pain) and mobility work is boring (frustration).

OR

I've always had tight hips = I feel unsafe stretching because it makes me unstable through my area.

These are two simple examples of how this might sound.

Here is the process I learnt many years ago from Tony Robbins that will influence your results

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 - 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲

Focus on the process in this order:

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 - how you feel emotionally & energetically

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - what you tell yourself based on how you feel

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 - the actions & behaviours that are driven from your state & story.

Once you can understand this then you can start to apply to the behaviours your want to implement or change.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?


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05/09/2023

Building on yesterdays video.

These are bad foods I shouldn't eat. BUUUULLSH*T!
Here is how to eat biscuits and NOT feel guilty or judge yourself.

I ate these biscuits today because I wanted control and I wanted control because I was feeling stressed.
Out of control.
Helpless.
Indecisive.
Disconnected from myself.

Us males often stress eat. We think we eat these quick and easy foods because they are quick and easy, they give us a little hit of sugar, and adrenaline, which sparks up the energy systems for a while.

BUT!

That's not why we eat them. We do it because we are stressed and when we are stressed we are in our heads and using a lot of brain power.

Here is the mic drop moment...🎤

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬/𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.

It's not for energy.
It's not because we are bored.
𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐎 𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒.
🤯🤯
You problem = stress.
Your solution = feed your brain to help it think of a solution.

Tell that your local nutritionist.

Now, why is this so important?

Because it frees you from the emotional position of feeling guilty, shaming or judging yourself for eating foods you 'should not eat'.

When your brain and body can comprehend that you are eating those foods for a logical reason, not an emotional reason, watch what happens to your stress. It plummets.

Better still, say out loud:
"I am eating this because I want to gain mental control by fuelling my brain so it can think of a logical solution"

When your stress plummets, and you're more aware of that stress and why you eat, watch what happens to how often you stress eat....it plummets.

Which means = less over eating. Better mental health. Less brain fog. Less energy lethargy. Better performance!

If you want more straight forward & simple ideas like this to optimise your performance and wellbeing, comment 'LESS STRESS' below.


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05/09/2023

I got asked a question the other day that made me reflect on why my company, Titanium Fitness, exists.

To be fair, it's had a few reasons why in the 15 years since I created the name.

But, ultimately it's lead to where it is now and the most personal, heartfelt reason why I work with males.

𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥.

This shows up as these males not leading themselves & their own lives, not leading their families and eventually we lose them to illnesses and/or premature death simply because they lose themselves and who they are.

I'm here to use my knowledge and skills to stop that from happening and help show men they can take ownership of who they are.

I've seen myself and far to many other guys get overwhelmed by what they should or should not be doing, other opinions, to much information and allow themselves to think its too hard.

Ultimately, they end up not doing anything and sliding further back.

Cue 5, 10, 15 years later and they end up as the lost males described above, which has a flow on effect into society as a whole.

If you're a male and you're reading this, I invite you to ponder on these questions:

𝐎𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟏 - 𝟏𝟎, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 & 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫?

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

Just remember, your personal leadership doesn't have to be glamorous or world changing, but it does have to be personal to you.

Feel free to message me with your insights from my questions.

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👋 Hi, I'm Nathan
🙌 An everyday man showing other men how to gain better movement, mobility, perform better & be the leaders in their own lives.

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26/06/2023

I am bringing back a personal and crowd favourite!

BOOTCAMPS ARE BACK!

Challenging programs designed to test your comfort zones both mentally and physically.

Register now for $249 per person

6 weeks duration
Monday, Wednesday, Friday sessions
0600
Hagley Park

20 spaces available.
Fitness testing starts on Monday 10th July

25/06/2023

Breathwork is a trending topic right now. If you've ever wanted to know more about it, then check out this article I wrote on two methods that I use with my clients. Each method has its pros and cons and each is used for specific reasons to induce specific states of being within the mind & body.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathanmacgregortitaniumfitness_wellbeing-breathwork-wimhofmethod-activity-7078844500105711616-d-JZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

12/06/2023

Tension and immobility in the body isn't a bad thing!

It can show us where the body feels unsafe and what emotion comes up when we address that tension.

This is the start of being back in my home city of Christchurch, re-owning what I'm an expert at and rebuilding a thriving business helping clients tune into their bodies.

Here's my LinkedIn article about feeling into what your body needs vs trying to think into what your body needs

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathanmacgregortitaniumfitness_your-body-is-a-powerhouse-of-insights-that-activity-7073849820058161152-hV4O?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Your body is a powerhouse of insights that can open up a universe of awareness into your performance within the lifestyle you lead. Here's a small piece I…

07/06/2023

Throw Back Thursday
Since we touched on where it all started last week with my youthful trainer profile from Les Mills, I thought we'd take a slight step forward to when I ventured out on my own in 2013.

Garages and frosty parks were my work place for a good amount of time after leaving the big gym.

I have an incredible amount of gratitude for these three individuals in these photos. I met them all at Les Mills as either PT clients or through my bootcamp sessions. They then continued to train with me for a considerable amount of time outside of the gym and introduced me to many other people who became clients along the way.

Ross, Leah & Campbell: I appreciate you!

04/06/2023

Monday's Mobility Minutes

When I do these routines I feel great and areas the I hold tension in, mainly my hips and lower back, feel fantastic....but I have to admit that I am not as diligent as what I used to be.

I often forget that the compounding effects of mobility work takes time to stick. But, posting these little snippets has reminded me of that fact. On my walks with my dog over the past couple of weeks I've been the weird looking one swinging my arms and legs in various directions and moving in random ways to help my mobility.

A tip to remember is that tissue mobility comes from nervous system safety. If your nervous system is feeling unsafe then it will show up in your tissues. This lack of safety can come from physical, psychological or emotional factors.

So, to aid your mobility....regulate your nervous system through breathing as you go into your mobility routines.
😤🫁

31/05/2023

Throw Back Thursday.

Now on the opposite end of the timeline from yesterdays post.......this is a LOOOOOOONG throw all the way back to the very start!

Check out my profile from the personal trainer board at the Les Mills City club here in Christchurch.

I was 21 years young here in 2009 and fresh into the industry.

There was definitely a decent amount of ego and over confidence floating around in that head thinking I knew it all, especially when it came to running 🤣

It's funny how things have come full circle and I'm now back in Christchurch building Titanium Fitness up again.

P.S. If any former clients see this and comment I'll give you a complimentary session for old times sake 😉

30/05/2023

Today we celebrate the birthday of this amazing man who is the hardest working member of the team.

He's been with us right from the beginning, is a true company man and, despite a couple of sabbaticals to who knows where, has always stayed true to his home turf here at Titanium Fitness.

To show our appreciation for his hard work, and to celebrate his birthday, Nathan will be gifted the the day off work today as well as some thankyou gifts from his favourite stores here in Christchurch, and of course some cake.

Happy birthday Nathan!

28/05/2023

Monday's Mobility Minutes.
For now, the third and final mobility tip about your big toe.

This exercise is a staple when it comes to increasing activation and ground connection through the big toe. It helps to fire up your abductor hallucis, a muscle that runs along the inside of your foot and abducts, or pulls you big toe inwards.

Thing to check when it comes to your big toe:

🦶 Is there a natural space between your big toe and second toe?
🦶 Can you easily move your big toe independently or your other toes?
🦶 Can you press, not claw, your big toe into the ground to create stability?

When you've got improved big toe stability you also get:
✅ Better balance because you have better connection with the ground.
✅ Less chance of ankle, foot or knee issues in the long run.
✅ Improved power and control in your walking and running.
🕺 The best twisting skills on the dance floor!!

So, have a play around!
Plant that foot and twist away.

25/05/2023

Throw Back Thursday.

Going back to 2019 when Anika's mother got in touch to ask about sports conditioning for her daughters golf performance.

We worked on a lot of injury prevention as well as generating, stability, mobility and then power for her golf swing.

We ended up lowering her handicap by several points over the duration we worked together.

Your performance in your chosen sport will reflect the training you put into your practice time. If you're involved in sport and want to talk about how you performance can be increased, reach out for a chat.