Muscle in Progress

Hey studs!  How’s it going?  Boy, these Mondays roll around really quickly don’t they?  It feels like it was just yesterday that I posted the last visualization posting.  Ahh well, I guess that just means that we have to cherish every moment before it’s gone…

I hope that everyone’s having a great week so far?  If not, maybe these images will get your motivation sparked and help you set new goals and benchmarks for your health!  This week I wanted to feature some of the hottest mid-sections I’ve ever seen.  I hope you guys dig them too…

Have an awesome week everybody…and finally, some food for thought from one of my favorite personal trainers, Shawn Phillips.  Hear why he thinks it’s not what you eat that makes you fat.  I know, sounds odd right??  Check it out!

This trailer just cracked me up… I’m looking forward to seeing the movie someday soon!

The anticiaption is building….  Whew, I think my heart is beating out of control!

Monday, Monday… don’t we all wish it was Friday already? Hahah!  Look at me, already praying for Friday…that’s so sad .  Ahh well, c’est la vie.. the show must go on, so they say.  And so, without further ado, may I present this week’s selection of muscular goodness for all to enjoy and visualize.

And of course, my personal favorite of the week…. ahh, perfection…

Still able to tug at those heart strings with her music…

I really hope this is a sign of more to come…

Hey gang!  Another week has begun and I hope that everyone is having a great one so far!  Sometimes I swear time is shorter  on the weekends than they are during the weekdays.  Why do work days always go by so much slower than days off? Heheh… Ahh well, c’est la vie.  I hope you all dig this week’s batch of inspiration to use in the gym.  I know I always enjoy my gym time.  It helps take away the stress of worklife

Wouldn’t we all love arms like these huh?

Or a big firm chest like this?

Or these undeniably killer abs.. Damn!

Or you could have it all….

Whatever your personal goals, I hope that you achieve them all… and never forget, that believing you can do it is half the battle

Happy Labor Day!

I hope that everyone had a great holiday today?  Mine was so busy that it didn’t feel like a day off at all… oh well, sometimes I swear my days off are just as busy if not busier than my work days.  Anyway, Monday is here again, so you know what that means… it’s time to find more inspiration to push us to the next level of our workouts .

I hope you all enjoy the batch I have for you today!

For you hairy boys out there….

And for you smoothies out there… I just love the definition of his upper abs!

And for you big muscle boys….

And last but definitely not least… for our Latin lovers out there…

Have an awesome week everybody….

E ō mai e nā liko lehua o Puna a me nā ‘āhinahina kūpa‘a o Haleakalā, e nā pua kukui o Hālawa a me ke kauna’oa kolo ana i ke one o Lāna‘ihale.  ‘Auhea ‘oukou e ka maile ko‘iahi o Ka‘ala a me ka lauli‘i o Alaka‘i, pa‘apū me nā pūpū ‘o‘ole‘a o Pani‘au.  Welina mai e nā moku pāpapa o Papahānaumoku a me nā ‘opihi pilipa‘a o Hakioawa.  Aloha mai kākou!

He wā lō‘ihi loa ko kākou kama‘ilio ‘ana, ‘eā?  E kala mai ho‘i ia‘u no ka pa‘ē ‘ole ‘ana o kēia leo ‘ōiwi.  Nui ka hana ma ka hale i kēia mau lā.  Akā na‘e, he nūhou hau‘oli ka‘u iā ‘oukou.   E ho‘omaka ‘ia ana ke kūkala ‘ana ma ia wahi nā lā ho‘oheno i ko kākou lāhui.

‘O kēia ka lā hānau o ko kākou mō‘ī wahine hanohano, ‘o ia ho’i ‘o Lili‘uokalani.  Ua hānau ‘ia ‘o ia ma Honolulu nei i ka makahiki ‘umikūmāwalu kanakolukūmāwalu.  Ua a‘o ‘o ia ma ke kula ali‘i me nā keiki ali‘i ‘ē a‘e a lilo ia i mea kākau, haku mele, a kākā‘ōlelo lua‘ole.  Nāna i haku i nā mele nani he nui ‘ino e la‘a me “Ku‘u Pua i Paoakalani”, “Sanoe”, “Ho‘ōla Lāhui Hawai‘i”, “Ke Aloha o Ka Haku”, a pēlā wale aku nō.  Kaulana nō kāna mele ‘o “Aloha ‘Oe.”

Ma hope pono o ka hala ‘ana o kona kaikunāne ‘o Kalākaua i Kapalakiko, ua lilo ‘o Lili‘uokalani i mō‘ī wahine no ka pae ‘āina.  Me ka ho‘ohanohano ‘ana i kona mau kūpuna ali‘i, ua ka‘apuni ua ali‘i nei i nā mokupuni a pau i ‘ike ia i ka makemake o kona po‘e aloha.  Me ke kāko‘o palena‘ole o kona lāhui Hawai‘i, ua ho’ā‘o ‘o Lili‘u e kau i kahi kumukānāwai hou e hā‘awi ana i ka pono kīwila i nā ‘ōiwi o ka ‘āina.

Ma laila nō i loa‘a ai iā ia ka pōpilikia nui i ka po‘e haole malihini.  ‘A‘ole lākou i makemake e hā‘awi i nā pono kīwila i nā Hawai‘i.  Ua ‘imi koke lākou i ke kōkua o ke kuhina ‘Amelika, ‘o ia ho‘i ‘o John L Stevens i ho‘okahuli ‘ia ke aupuni.  Ma o kahi kū ‘ole i ke kānāwai, ua ho‘opae ‘ia nā koa ‘Amelika a ho‘okāhuli ‘ia ke aupuni ma ka lā ‘umikūmāhiku o Ianuali i ka makahiki ‘umikūmāwalu kanaiwakūmākolu.

I mea e ho‘opākele ai i kona po‘e lāhui, ua ha‘alele noho ali‘i ‘o Lili‘uokalani i ka mana o ‘Amelika a ‘ike lākou i ko lākou hewa a kau hou ‘ia ke kalaunu iā ia.  Ma muli ho‘i o ka pī o kānaka ‘aha ‘ōlelo lāhui ‘Amelika, ‘a’ole i ho‘opololei ‘ia.

No laila e nā hoa o nā aupuni like ‘ole, ke ho‘ohanohano nei ka lāhui Hawai‘i i ko kākou kuini aloha no kona kū mehameha ‘ana i ka loloku ka‘alina i maluhia mākou.

Kūpa‘a mākou ma hope ou e Lili‘u o Lolokulani i ke kapu…

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Greetings, everyone!  Wow it has been a long time since we have talked, huh?  I do apologize for the absence of my presence on this blog in such a long time, my friends.  Life has been so busy here at home that I’ve hardly had the time to even think about what to present to you next.  However, having said that, I do have a new idea to present to you.  I would like to commemorate and honor special dates in Hawaiian history.  It was brought to my attention today by a good friend of mine that today is one such special day to the Hawaiian people.

Today is the 171^st birthday of our beloved queen, Lili‘uokalani.  She was born here in Honolulu in 1838.  The young princess was schooled at the Royal School along with all the other royal children who were eligible to rule at the time.  Through her natural talent and schooling, Lili‘u Walania Loloku Kamaka‘eha became an accomplished author, composer, and orator, among other things.  She penned hundreds of beautiful songs, such as: “Ku‘u Pua i Paoakalani”, “He Mele Lāhui Hawai‘i”, and “Ke Aloha o Ka Haku” just to name a few.  One of her famous compositions, “Aloha ‘Oe,” has gained international notoriety.

Soon after the passing of her brother King David Kalākaua, while he was on a trip to San Francisco in 1891, Lili‘uokalani was crowned Queen of Hawai‘i.  Following the traditions of her ancient predecessors, the queen took a trip around the islands to meet with the people of the nation in order to hear their concerns and suggestions.  One of the suggestions that was made strongly throughout the islands was the need for a new Constitution that would restore the civil rights of the Native Hawaiian people.  Therefore, upon returning to Honolulu, Her Majesty attempted to promulgate a new constitution.

Therein lay the source of all the Queen’s problems to come.  There existed in Honolulu a group of American and foreign European businessmen who called themselves the “Annexation Club” and the “Committee of Safety” who strongly opposed the idea of giving the average Hawaiian the right to vote.  They immediately sought the aid of the U.S. Foreign Minister John L Stevens in order to overthrow the lawful government and the Queen.  In an illegal act of war, U.S. marines were landed and the government was quietly stated as being “overthrown” on January 17, 1893.  Being that it was a Sunday, most of Honolulu was in church at the time.  No one was at the legislative building to witness this statement of overthrow.

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Once word had reached the Queen and her cabinet, in an effort to avoid bloodshed of her subjects and of the foreign invaders, the Queen abdicated her throne under protest to the military power of the U.S. until such time that the U.S. Congress would right the illegal action, thus restoring her to power.  However, because of the greed of those in Congress at the time, that “righting of wrongs” never came to pass.  Hawai‘i remains a lawful country illegally occupied by a foreign power.

Therefore, friends of many nations… we, the Native Hawaiian people, honor our beloved Queen today on her birthday, for her brave and lonely stance during a very dark era in our history so that we may be protected from the storm.

Kūpa‘a mākou ma hope ou e Lili‘u o Lolokulani i ke kapu…

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