Jesse McConaghy - Create.Change.

This weekend's SLAM SESSION will be on Sunday 15th July at 11.00am at Monash.

Let me know if you are keen or want more details.

Only days away!! There are going to be some awesome line-ups on stage this coming Sunday at the 2017 ICN ACT Titles presented by King Ape Supplements, and based on ticket sales, the crowd will be pumping!

Get along and support the awesome athletes that will be hitting the stage from 10.30am at the Hellenic Club Woden.

Tickets on sale until Friday at

2017 ICN ACT Titles Tickets for 2017 ICN ACT Titles in Phillip from Ticketbooth. The ACT's ICN Domestic Season B event that showcases the finest athletes in our region competing across a variety of divisions and categories including Bodybuilding, Figure, Mens Physique, Ms Fitness, Mens Fitness, Ms Bikini and Ms Sports

Looking to create change in your world? Then it will require some level of discomfort.

Learn to embrace it and recognise that it's in the times of discomfort and personal challenge where you grow and take the biggest strides.

In terms of physical change and altering your body composition (losing fat, gaining muscle or ideally both!), it's your ability to push into and push through pain and discomfort zones that make the biggest difference to putting you on, and keeping you on, the path to success.

I watched an amazing television series recently titled 'The Selection' which focused on 30 civilians and their endeavour to complete a selection course designed and delivered by a team of ex Marines, Navy Seals, Army Rangers and Green Berets.

Their aim was to finish the course, and they were not made aware of the duration or what the course consisted of. It was brutal, and presented an extreme physical and mental challenge. Quitting was entirely voluntary, and there was no prizemoney of any kind involved.

The levels of pain and discomfort these guys and girls experienced was extreme at times. The instructors continually reminded them that they were simply "uncomfortable" during these times and it would pass. Depending on what they were doing, this feeling of being uncomfortable would be anywhere from a matter of minutes, hours or days - depending on how far into the course they got. In case you end up watching it, and I highly recommend you do, I won't reveal any more details about the show itself, but to watch these people go through what they did was both amazing and inspiring.

Of course, they each had different motivating factors as to why they wanted to do this.

FIND YOUR WHY. That's your motivator and the reason you are doing what you are doing and aiming for what you are aiming for. Everything flows from here and this needs to be your focus during times of pain and discomfort. You need to OWN YOUR WHY.

Plan your HOW. Formulate the actions you need to take to put you onto the path to achievement. Set goals, make lists and do the work.

Achieve your WHAT. The motivators in your WHY, combined with the actions in your HOW, will lead to the achievement of your what. Needless to day, you will need focus, consistency and commitment - embrace pain and discomfort as signs you are on the right track.