Who is the UvU Academy?

This blog is dedicated to YOU to help better YOU. Whether it's fitness, diet, fashion, or motivation, the only person stopping you from becoming the best version of 'you' is yourself. Let's get to it!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Day 1: The Setup [Project Sexy Summer - April 1st]

Day 1: April 1st The setup. Today is going to be all about setting up for success. It's time for a clean up. Today has nothing to do with diet. Nothing to do with exercise. Today is about building the foundation. Your foundation. I can't stress enough how important it is to change your attitude, mindset, and perception of your own world. It's powerful. It's possible. It's also... cliche. Right? Repetitive shit. You've seen it all before shit....

Friday, March 29, 2013

Health Through Fitness Fueled By Diet

So I'm on this journey to becoming healthy. I do CrossFit. I eat healthy. I never thought I would be THIS into staying fit and learning to eat this instead of that. It's gone from a hobby to a lifestyle ever since I've felt and seen the results in my body. I've earned every bit of it, and that makes me proud of my accomplishment. My friends who know me, know the kind of person I am. Anything I set my mind to, I stick to it passionately and enthusiastically...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

What Motivates You To Succeed? 2 Things, duh.

An amazing article from, PickTheBrain.com, gives two simple factors that explains what motivates us. The article is by Anvil Merchant, a software engineer at Entfusion. I'm glad I ran into this article. I know these two things motivate me and the guys I workout with... What do you think? ____ Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...

Saturday, March 23, 2013

22 Things Happy People Do Differently

You see them everyday. You know one person at work that is always like this. You have that one friend that is always the way they are. R. Kelly even made a song about them, damnit. Happy people. You're either happy, or you're not. What's the secret? How can they be like that? Why are they always so damn happy? How come the richest people can be miserable while people who have nothing are so happy with what little they have? The secret is in the...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Some Motivation Pictures & Quotes

I don't know how many of these kind of pictures I've seen throughout my life, but I do know that it was at the right moment when I was looking for that "something" to get me moving and working out. HEALTH THROUGH FITNESS is no longer a chore, nor is it an obligation, but a necessity in my life. I don't believe in pills and prescriptions, even though it's ironic I will be going into the medical field as an ER Physician Assistant  so I try...