A bead of sweat trickled down my nose and splashed to the ground as I got up from the bench.

Eminem’s “I Need a Doctor” with Dr. Dre was blasting in my ear.

Usually, slow songs don’t get me hyped up, but for some reason, this was just the perfect song.

I stood there, 15 feet away from the platform, feeling my hands start shaking.

I felt my pulse in my ears and my feet at the same time. Breath was more of a pant.

This is how you zone yourself out and put yourself in the moment.

If there’s anything in the world that can help me do that, it’s lifting weights.

I knew I was ready. I clipped on my belt like I had a thousand times before and marched towards the barbell.

410 pounds was loaded on the bar.

This was a weight that I thought I could only do for five, but today was different.

Today, I was going for an AMRAP (as many reps as possible) set.

I set my feet in the sumo position. My optimal deadlift stance.

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Took three deep intense breaths and bent forward to grip the bar.

The first and second rep were explosive, I shot right up.

Then, after 5 reps I kept going.

Six… seven… eight… I stopped for a second to take a few deep breaths… nine… TEN.

I hit ten reps.

I couldn’t believe it.

I unclipped my belt and sat down on the ground in disbelief.

This was something that just last year I could barely lift for one rep.

But today, I managed to do it for TEN reps.

It made me stop and think.

I have spent a decade weight training and focusing on my fitness.

Why is it that only in the last year was I able to see most of my results?

It was because I started tracking my macros and using proper programming techniques.

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Although I would always get my clients to track their macros, I always thought that, “I was too busy” or that “I didn’t need it.”

Well, clearly I was wrong. And more importantly, I was a hypocrite.

I’ve been tracking my macros for almost one year now and the bulk of my progress was made in that year.

I’m not perfect with tracking my calories.

And some days I don’t track them at all.

I would estimate that I still track my calories 6/7 days of the week on average.

There are some weeks where I didn’t track or half-assed tracked for at least 3 or 4.

But overall, tracking my calories made me realize something important. I am not perfect.

My belief on what I thought was eating “enough protein” and “healthy food” was WRONG.

It’s funny, I always thought I was able to eat intuitively, but I was nowhere near where I should’ve been.

Looking back, it almost feels like I wasted all those years.

I would set massive goals, only to end up feeling disappointed and defeated soon after.

But now that I know that tracking my calories works like magic, I’m never going to turn back.

There are three main things that separate my highest result clients form my lowest result clients.

1. Tracking calories
2. Weight training three times per week
3. Cardio sessions two times per week

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I swear this is all it takes for you to see amazing results.

The unfortunate part of this is, only 30-50% of my clients do all three of those things.

Knowing that the key to your success lies in doing those three things, are you more willing to do them?

I really hope so.

If you’re one of my clients who doesn’t do those three things, I will remind you every day until you start doing it.

So tell me in the comments below, WHY don’t you do it?