ericbeard.com » personal development http://ericbeard.com Corrective Exercise, Human Movement, Posture, Success and Personal Development Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:44:17 +0000 en hourly 1 99 Problems But a Vision Ain’t One http://ericbeard.com/2010/11/20/99-problems-but-a-vision-ain%e2%80%99t-one/ http://ericbeard.com/2010/11/20/99-problems-but-a-vision-ain%e2%80%99t-one/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:41:42 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=830 I am listening to some Jay-Z on the Logan Express shuttle form the airport back home after an AWESOME 1 day personal training summit titled “Success Driven 2010: The Ultimate Personal Training Seminar” in Dallas, TX.

I think he likes my style


The career school ATI put the shin dig on and I tell ya they did it right! Top notch facilities, breakfast and lunch for attendees and a killer line up all for only $85!!! I got the party started with my presentation “Save Your Back: Get Your Butt in Gear” which went over very well. I had an wonderful audience of @250 current faculty and students from ATI, alumni and fitness professionals from the Dallas area.

Juan Carlos Santana, Eric Beard, Todd Durkin, Dianne Vives at the ATI Summit 2010


Next up was Todd Durkin, who I have enjoyed watching over the years. He is an LMT like me who combines fitness with bodywork. Right up my alley! Todd is perhaps most famous for training Drew Brees and Ladanian Tomlinson amongst other top level athletes. Todd is an energetic guy and I have to tell you I was impressed by the man he is. Gracious, friendly, humble, hard working and engaging (FYI Dr.Wayne Dyer is playing on my itunes now…talk about a jump!). Todd may or may not have known who I was before this weekend but he greeted me as if I was a long lost friend. It was genuine, not saccharine and I felt so proud when he repeated told me that I did a good job on stage. Todd presented mostly on personal/professional development and I loved his stuff! There was some crossover in what he taught and I teach and books we recommend, which always makes me feel like I am on the right path when I see someone with his type of success doing some of the same things that I am doing. I have to say that meeting Todd was the highlight of the show for me.

Dianne Vives was up next. Dianne pounded the pavement, knocked on doors and drove this event to be what it was. I have know who Dianne was for years, but this is the first time we got to meet. She was all that I have heard and more. So welcoming, gracious and friendly and she was excellent on stage. She developed rapport with the audience and engaged them throughout with her personality and offered up instantly applicable coaching and cuing tips. Dianne focussed mostly on exercise technique and teaching tips.

Juan Carlos Santana brought his “Juan-ness” to the stage next and lit the crowd up with his presentation on metabolic training. If you know Carlos, then you know, what you see is what you get. He is a straight shooter with no tolerance for bull. I got to have dinner with Carli Strength, Brian and Dianne, from ATI, Jacob from Perform Better and Carlos Thursday (Todd’s flight was cancelled and he got in late) night and I enjoyed hearing JC’s stories. He is a good guy and has some opinions for sure, but another successful icon in the industry that was approachable all weekend and willing to engage others. An example for professionals of any level. Be yourself and follow your beliefs. JC does just that. I did catch JC releasing his ITB before he went on stage…

I see you!!!

We each spoke for an hour then had breakout/hands on sessions in the afternoon. We each set up in different corners of the ballroom and had 30 minute sessions then the students rotated to the next session. JC buried the group with some metabolic training protocols, Todd pulled out some his Under Armor challenge workouts and Dianne whooped up on the group with some Sandbells (a great newly revamped toy!).

These were awesome for grip strength and versatility

I did corrective exercise for low back protocols. I skipped SMR since we had more students than planned and we were a bit short on rollers. No fault of Perform Better, more students signed up than planned, which we all loved! By the way…thanks Perform Better and Sandbells for the toys I used during my breakout session. So I started with 4 progressions of a kneeling hip flexor stretch followed by 4 versions of a standing adductor stretch. Next was activation for the glutes. Glute max-stability ball bridge with the Sandbells. Glute medius-clamshells and side lying leg raises. For integration we did reach squats with either Sandbells, Stability balls or chairs. We reviewed step ups and did some lunge progressions ending with a lunge with an anterior reach to curl. The groups were rotating to me from JC and they were pretty spent, but they felt some work in the glutes for sure.

I came away from the event invigorated by the students, they were hungry to learn, energetic and appreciative. I am also energized and motivated by being on stage and working with Dianne, Todd and JC. They make me want to be better and achieve more. I have more to contribute to others and I have some ideas on how to reach out. I can see my future more clearly as well as a future that we can create together in this industry.

Let’s make it happen!

Eric Beard
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and if you are not up to date on my professional career…watch this;)

Thanks for watching and reading!

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Tribes by Seth Godin, a great and quick read

Tribes by Seth Godin, a great and quick read


Many people choose to avoid a leadership role because they are afraid of being wrong, criticized or made to look like a fool. I have experienced all three of these and honestly I do not like it. I am uncomfortable with being criticized and hate to look “bad”. (inset joke here for my friends). putting myself out in social media and creating educational products has been a risk for me because I have had to open my thoughts, opinions and how I live my life up to judgement of thousands of people. Is it easier to do so online that in person? Yes, but it is a risk nonetheless. Part of me has been looking for a greater platform to initiate change, to become a catalyst for the next evolution and to become a more substantive part of peoples lives. I want to contribute at a deeper level. I want to make a difference in more people’s lives. Being a parent and husband has been more rewarding than I have ever imagined. Reaching the successes that I have in my career have been wildly unthinkable (coming from a perspective of self doubt, not of hubris). As I type this blog post I am in Nanjing China getting ready to work with the Chinese Tennis Association at their Nanjing National Clinic. This is the 2nd year that they have flown me to China to work with their players and coaches. I mean come on…that is ridiculous, isn’t it? Me getting hired to go to China???? Yesterday I was able to cross a HUGE accomplishment off of my TTDBID list (things to do before I die). I visited, and mounted an assault on the Great Wall of China.
eric beard great wall of china
I attacked the Wall with fervor and excitement and my lower body is crushed today as part of the aftermath. It was an amazing experience. The connection with our past and an icon of another time being shared with people from around the world was powerful.
Me, Some Aussies and our Muslim Friend after conquering the wall

Me, Some Aussies and our Muslim Friend after conquering the wall


But back to my point…the taste of success I have had in my personal and professional life has whetted my appetite for more. I just don’t know how to do it. I am quite proud to be working for the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the California University of Pennsylvania. I am also proud to represent my own brand that I share with all of you. I just don’t know how to get to the next step. I enjoy providing coaching to others in the industry to help them reach their goals and believe that I have done well helping others achieve. I also know that there is more ahead for me and more value that I will be able to offer others.

I just want to make sure you know that I don’t know what I am doing. I have a clear vision of where I want to go and the impact that I want to have on others. I just don’t know exactly how to get there yet. I feel like I could go on and on but to spare you I will try and curtail this Jerry Maguire moment and not give you my personal manifesto over this blog post.

Tommy boy after some bad pizza on the road

Tommy boy after some bad pizza on the road


As Godin Writes “The only thing that makes people and organizations great is their willingness to not be great on the way. The desire to fail on the way to reaching a bigger goal is the untold secret of success.”

So, in case you didn’t know, which you probably did, I am not sure how to get where I want to go. I may very well know how to help you, and maybe that is how I get where I want to go…but my plan needs some refinement.

Thank you so much for your time. I truly hope you are invested in doing what you love to do and get to contribute positively to other people’s lives.

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Unless you have a success coach or mentor integrated into your team or you have a nagging, I mean supportive spouse or significant other gently reminding you to get off your rear and stop wasting your time, it is all on you/me/us. If my wife is reading this post, I love you honey, thank you for your support :)

At the end of the day “you” are responsible for “you”. Of course that same standard applies to me, but I am getting sick of typing you/me/us. We are responsible for our successes and failures. Everything that we have done, said, read and thought has brought us to this point in life. We are 100% successful. We are reaping what we exactly what we have sown. Now whether our Dharma or Karma have a greater impact on our lives than what we have done in the more tangible world I do not know. I believe that the universe/God is there to help and guide us if we put out what we want to receive. It might not come back in a form that we recognize or on the timeline that we expect but I believe that it will come.

That being said we must plant the seeds, tend the crops and then harvest when the bounty when ready. If we do not plant enough or the right type of seed, or care for our crops or harvest too early then we will probably be disappointed with our results.

We have to put in, give back and put out what we want to receive.

Plant-Read, watch and listen to what will give us the knowledge that we need to achieve our goals.

Tend-Take consistent action on what you have learned. Give back to others. Be good to others. Be good to yourself.

Harvest/reap-Be on the lookout for and take advantage of opportunities that you have been preparing for and creating. Make sure you keep an eye out and pay attention to these opportunities, they may not be what you expected. Then follow through! Do not miss this chance. The next one may be the result of a different crop.

I know it is often more comfortable to take be easy way out. Sometimes we can be enjoying our safe and secure groove that we are in and sometimes we are just plain scared to make then changes we need to make to reach the goals we want to reach.

There comes a time when we have to take the high road and put the extra effort in, and it may not pay off right away, but you will be strengthened for future journeys and experience things that will be remembered for a lifetime. It’s been said before, it is not about reaching your goals, it is about who you become along the way.

Thanks for reading. I hope you are having an awesome day!

Eric Beard
ps. I took these pictures while hiking in Castlewood Canyon in Colorado. I enjoyed the high road that day;)

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Have an awesome day!

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2010/05/26/its-okay-to-peek-into-the-past/feed/ 0 Please Read This: Gratuitous Boston Marathon Post Part 4: The Juice http://ericbeard.com/2010/04/19/please-read-this-gratuitous-boston-marathon-post-part-4-the-juice/ http://ericbeard.com/2010/04/19/please-read-this-gratuitous-boston-marathon-post-part-4-the-juice/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:28:17 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=698 When we first got down to the marathon route, we caught the tail end of the first heat of elite runners. These guys were moving! Most of them were still a mess-protracted shoulders, all bam-string, no glute…but it is still impressive to see people who have truly worked on their craft for years in the throws of competition. I will never run like they were running. Very cool.

As this pack thinned out and the first wave of runners from the next heat came through there was a very different feeling…

Boston Marathon 2010 Start

These runners were cheering back to the crowd! High Fivinng, smiling! Yelling…happy to be alive and running in the Boston Marathon. They probably all had personal goals for times, but they seemed to run for the love of the sport and experience. These runners donned the garb and colors of their country and outrageous costumes. There were a couple dozen Canadian proudly displaying the maple leaf. A group of 4 men carrying the Japanese flag. Several Irish folks running along. A man carrying an American flag with red white and blue clothes on. A man dressed as a fairy..wings and all. A Ninja, a man with a towel and rubber ducky, characters from movies, people with their 20 year old college and high school cross country pinnies on. Celtics and Red Sox T-Shirts, their names or the names of the people they are running for written on their bodies and more.

There were the teams of runners running for a cause or a sick or departed friend or family member. Runners running for themselves and those who could not run.

A blind man with 2 escorts, an 80 year old who was running Boston for his 8th time, an old man pulling an oxygen cart (yes…pulling his oxygen…with 2 health aides walking with him). There were people with prosthetic limbs and other seeming physical challenges.

It was amazing…I could not clap or cheer for an hour…I thought I would burst into tears. The humanity, the sacrifice, the camaraderie the unbridled and unconditional support of one another…total strangers! It was beautiful.
There were people handing our notes to runners…young girls near us…one runner took one and accidentally dropped it…this man RAN BACK through the other runners to get it!!!! He was so appreciative of the words of encouragement on the paper that he actually ran against the tide of thousands (only about 10 feet) to get the note off of the pavement and kept going.

This is what sport should be about. This is what life should be about. there are crowned winners who stand out…but not a single loser. It was about each man and woman being out for themselves on this journey, while sharing it with thousands of strangers. People cheering for other people who were limping or tired, that wanted to quit!

There was a man in obvious pain…limping, barely walking and woman shouted to him “Keep ti up! You are doing a great job!”…honestly at any other time in Boston this woman would have been yelling at this man to “hurry up and get the heck (PG version) out of the way!” .But this was “Boston”…what they call the Boston Marathon. Where the crowds treat the participants like kings, queens and family.

Never have I experienced a culmination of effort, dogged determination and sacrifice like this. Never have I felt this much pride about this community, about the people at this race and in this race. It was a celebration of life. My narrow mind tried to pick and analyze the human body but my heart and soul would not let me ignore the human spirit.

Thank you to the thousands of volunteers and tens of thousands of marathoners and untold number of fans. I feel like a better person for what you showed me today.

Talk about “Acres of Diamonds”…

Thank you for reading…I hope this story, my experience today can make a difference for you too the next time you have the opportunity to pick someone else up when they are down.

Eric Beard
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Watch this short video, share your comments and pass it on if it makes sense to you.

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2010/03/12/2600-fridays/feed/ 0 Will Smith Needs Corrective Exercise…but He Helps Me this Time http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/12/will-smith-needs-corrective-exercise-but-he-helps-me-this-time/ http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/12/will-smith-needs-corrective-exercise-but-he-helps-me-this-time/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:54:37 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=592 I have always like Will Smith and I do have he and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand” on cassette as well as a very earlier recordings before he polished his image and actually talked like a teenager on a few cuts…any-hoo. I found this video on You Tube and LOVE IT! I have watched several of these interviews before but never strung together. THIS GUY GETS IT! I hope you enjoy and find this as powerful as I do. I have watched it several times.

Remember, this is all a mind game and we are more powerful than we have ever dreamed!!!

Make a difference and live your life to it’s fullest!

Honored to be on a similar path as you.

Eric Beard

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ps. he does need some corrective exercise, he pushes himself pretty hard!

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/12/will-smith-needs-corrective-exercise-but-he-helps-me-this-time/feed/ 0 Chunking Goals: Breakdown the Big Goals Into Smaller Actionable Steps http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/06/chunking-goals-breakdown-the-big-goals-into-smaller-actionable-steps-another-fitness-challenge-hfpn/ http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/06/chunking-goals-breakdown-the-big-goals-into-smaller-actionable-steps-another-fitness-challenge-hfpn/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:24:48 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=596 Having BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOALS (BHAGS) is great!

For many that can feel overwhelming. I know it can feel that way for me. To make your BHAGs more manageable you must break them down into actionable steps. Anthony Robins calls this chunking. Brian Tracy does a wonderful job of laying this process out as well

During this short video I talk about going through this process. The example I use is for weight loss but this can be used for financial goals, community goals, behavior modification etc. Feel free to share this with your clients and incorporate it into your life:)

Thanks for reading and watching!

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/06/chunking-goals-breakdown-the-big-goals-into-smaller-actionable-steps-another-fitness-challenge-hfpn/feed/ 0 Goal Setting 101…an Abridged Lesson http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/04/goal-setting-101-weight-loss-goal-setting-book/ http://ericbeard.com/2010/02/04/goal-setting-101-weight-loss-goal-setting-book/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:56:42 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=573 Goal setting can be a powerful exercise to help bring dreams to fruition. This post is a quick read on goal setting and I recommend doing some additional reading, watching and studying on this topic…but don’t wait! You can start today if you have never done this exercise or if it has been longer than 12 months since you have done so. Reworking your goals on a regular basis, quarterly say is a great idea and reviewing them daily is vital to reaching your goals.

Brain Tracy is one of my top choices for goal setting;

Les Brown-

The late Jim Rohn-

Matt Morris-

Tony Robbins-

The great Zig Zigglar rounds out my top 6.

The basics of goal setting are to follow the S.M.A.R.T. system. Goals should be;

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time Bound

Your goals should also be in line with your values, otherwise you will be fighting an internal battle against your progress. Goals should also provide a big enough target in the future to march towards and incremental steps to complete along the way. Tony Robbins talks about “chunking” goals or breaking them down into more manageable tasks that can be completed along the way. We should have a Jim Collins BHAG!

Big Hairy Audacious Goal!

The Hedgehog Principle



We should have something that we are internally inspired by and when we can find that thing that allows us to do what we are good at, do what we love and can make money with it…we are golden! then we end up going to life everyday instead of getting up and going to work.

I don’t want to slow you down…so if you have not done so start with these steps and remember to sate everything in the positive and present tense. Example “I am 9% body fat”.

1) make a list of everything that you want to have in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be material things; cars, boats, houses, organic make up (my wife loves that stuff!) etc. This is your FUN list.

2) make a list of everything you want to do in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be travel, community service, start a family, own a company, positions in a company, learning to swing dance, cure cancer, personal, professional or a mix. Some people like to have different lists for personal and professional, I like to put them all together.

3) make a list of everything you want to be in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be a professional tittle, a corrective exercise specialist, head stylist, set of traits that will help you succeed or more. Becoming more will allow us to do, have and help more! Here we can outline exactly what that is; More confident, leaner, stronger, a stirring public speaker, a great parent, a difference make in the community…it is endless!!!!

Start here and we can talk about breaking these goals down into more manageable steps another time. Take action…now!!

Eric Beard
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