I am going to be making some changes to this site to make it a better overall experience. I will be having a few more people post and we are going to be discussing everything from nutrition and martial arts to personal development. That way the site can live on and bring a lot of value to the community even after I have moved through to Black Belt. Remember, as Sir says, “anyone can get in shape, it is staying in shape that is hard.”

I will also have a lot of guests on here and even some new writers. Luis Rosario who is also testing for his black belt in February will be adding some good commentary of training and other activities. It should offer you some very valuable content.

We will also be adding some video and other ideas. If you would like to write a few articles for BlackBeltGoal.com please feel free to e-mail info@morningcoach.com. If you are passionate about martial arts and love writing you might be a good fit to share some knowledge here.

Stay focused on your training. Make sure you eat enough and eat right. Make sure you do not get in the habit of working out, make sure you train. If you are training you will understand that. If you are working out you need to move to that next level. What we are going to be doing here at BlackBeltGoal.com is help you move forward to your goals. Make sure you work the mental part also don’t stop your personal development as the mental part is half the battle.

Rock on,

JB

While I am down there I will be training at Cross Fit Bogota. It is truly a great group of people and while I am down there I will be putting on a few FIGHT classes. Geoffrey Tudisco and his team do a great job and provide an awesome atmosphere for training. When I am not at cross fit I will be training near our condo down there using the stairs, streets, or mountains as my personal training ground.

My focus right now is to work to build my cardio for my upcoming test at that start of next year.

The great thing about Colombia is the food is fresh and organic. The fruits and vegetables are so rich in nutrients and flavor  I love it. It helps with the nutritional choices that occur during the day. The only thing is watching the amount of food intake.

Time does fly. I look at the picture above and I actually look skinny. The last couple years the combination of Combat Fitness, American Kickboxing/Muay Thai, and FIGHT I have  help physically change me. I have mentally changed too thanks to the MC philosophies. MorningCoach.com has been growing at a spectacular rate and I have been able to help so many people. Which to me is super cool. Over the next few months we will be working on bringing more video to the site and I will be doing my first Intelligent Life Design event in New York on November 12, 2011. It is going to be an amazing event and I am honored to have Mike Lee Kanarek as a special guest.

The next few months are going to be amazing. Boot camp is coming up, lots of travel down south, goals to hit and time to prepare fo the test that will be coming up soon.

I will be blogging more as the time gets closer so stay tuned.

All the best!
JB

The nine month plan. It is time to really go after it. This week I head to Bogota Colombia for 1 month. Through the month of April I will be training at 8200 feet. I will be doing cross fit at the highest altitude cross fit in the world. My goal it to get massive cardio out of this trip as well as help my Spanish.

I am going to look for some personal training while I am there to work on striking. It should be an amazing trip.

I will also be doing Garett Machines workout from his DVD Israeli Combat Fitness you can find it here. I like how Garett discusses there are no “days off” in his system. If you live and work hard at what you do “days off” will naturally occur.

You can find out more about Garett’s DVD by clicking here

When I get home from Colombia it will be back to FIGHT classes three times a week, combat fitness in the mornings and privates with Mike Lee Kanarek.

I am looking forward to training at the new HaganaH HQ. It is going to be an amazing facility with John Clarke rocking the matt with Combat Wrestling and bringing some amazing tactical skills. The energy in the place is going to be amazing.

I am going to be blogging starting next week in Bogota my workouts and supplementation. It is not easy to keep with the blog but in Colombia I will have some time to go over post workout.

It is going to be a blast! Next time I will be writing you from Bogota, Colombia!

Buenos Dias!!

I am starting back in machine mode today as I start the training for the HaganaH Black Belt. I am getting my schedule together and will be working on Combat Fitness, Muay Thai, Combat Wrestling and Sparring hard over the next year. The good thing is this Saturday I get to start there year with a Kickboxing seminar from the legendary Joe Lewis at HaganaH HQ.

Next week I am breaking back into Billy Becks gym the BB3 training center with my own Boot Camp. I will be working on a cardio and strength program to get me to the next level. I have not hit 5.5% body fat yet. This is going to be the year that I do it!

Time to get back at it, pick up the shovel and go to work!!!

On a personal note I will be announcing a partnership that I have been working on. MorningCoach.com is rocking and growing and we will be launching our new site soon. I am pumped about that! I am doing a large business event in May that I will be announcing that is going to ROCK! So Many things are going on I am just pumped. When you have a lot going on you have to be in MACHINE MODE.

Time to get back there! 1 More year!!!

One of the main exercises this year was suplexing Sandy. On the final day Sandy gave out from all the abuse. The 90 lbs of rice, sand and whatever was in it just gave way. It was an ending ritual of the boot camp.

As you can see by the picture Sandy’s career as a sand bag is over.

On of my favorite rituals was the post workout shake. This years chosen shake was After Glow. I have to tell you After Glow rocks. I love  the flavor and the recovery time is amazing. As you can see by this picture I was getting my fix after every workout. 2010 is almost over and we are moving into my third year in the MLK system and it just has been an amazing ride. This year will hold many new ideas and activities.  I am looking forward to a new venture that I am doing with John Clarke and Larry Cott that I will be announcing the start of the year. I am really pumped to move into the martial arts area as a business and I can think of no better people to do it with. With MLK’s support  in this venture 2011 is going to be an amazing year.

I will have more updates soon as the MLK annual HaganaH conference is in Vegas again this year so I will be heading out in the middle of January! It is going to be an amazing year!!!

I wanted to shoot a quick not about an upcoming event I will be speaking at. This January 13, 2011 I will be speaking with Billy Beck III, and Gregg Avedon at Billy’s annual BB3 Breakthrough.

The event is in Weston Florida and we are expecting a large group. We will be discussing howto “How to cut your body fat in half in 90 days.” It is the perfect event to set 2011 fitness goals. I will be doing mine. Speaking of which I am walking around at 7% body fat. I needed all of it this am.

Looking forward to hammering my last 2% during the beginning of 2011! Feeling amazing though.

If you are in South Florida make sure you make it to the event January 13, 2011 at 7:00PM EST.

BB3breakthrough.com

Have an AMAZING week as always!!

JB

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I have a new toy for my iPad it is called MyNetDiary. It costs me $10 but it is a great application. I am tracking everything that I put in my body. It records everything you eat and remembers so inputting food items is a breeze. It is a great tool for keeping track of calories. I am nailing 2500 calories a day broken up through about 6 meals.

I ordered a new fight doctor mouthpiece so I will have to do another product review real soon. Overall been working away. Life is good!

Measurements coming in Friday so I will let you know where I am at as far as body fat %. For now back to work. Combat Fitness comes quick at 7:30PM tonight.

This year we have a great group and as usual MLK has mixed up given us our diet plans and instructions. Tuesday and Thursdays we are going 2 times a day. Two a days! This really puts a stain on nutritional requirement. My goal eat enough! No really I am trying to maintain 160 and continue down on the body fat. Looking to drop from the 7% I am at to that mystical 5.5%. It is really tough at this point and the diet needs to be spot on.

We started today with a 300 workout that really hit all body parts. Everyone survived but no one could hit everything on que. We all had to take a break in some of the sets. But it was bad ass. Great way to start the morning. I have to tell you though at 5AM in the shower I am thinking, “what the hell did I get myself into?” But, as always once we got going it was great. I did feel my legs in some parts and got real winded like at altitude. I guess the leg work was gassing me, combined with the fact that I am not used to working out at 6AM. After 12 weeks of this it should be no problem!

Business is going amazing. I am redoing both of my mine website and we are working on a total rebrand. It makes it so much fun to learn new things like Pay Per Click Marketing and Search Engine Optimization. I am really getting an education in both.

Life continues to move forward. I promise more updates as I continue to progress. Just loving it all right now!

Thank You,