The most prevalent cause of fitness failure may possibly not be what you feel it is. It has absolutely nothing to do with heredity, gender, attitude, laziness, motivation or the generally-prevalent gimmick, quick-fix diet marketplace. A number of strong-willed and positive thinking individuals have let their workout programs and well being falter for long periods of time--gaining additional pounds, loosing muscle strength and sending their systems way out of balance.
Take a deep breath... this does not mean you are a failure! It only means you haven't employed a program of objective setting that guarantees outcomes each and every time you do it.
It doesn't matter how motivated, energetic or gung-ho about an physical exercise or fitness program you are. If you neglect putting your goals on paper you will Never attain success to the level that you deserve. Actually, let me reword that--if you neglect putting your objectives EVERYWHERE--the refrigerator, the bathroom mirror, your dashboard--you will By no means achieve the rewarding success of becoming healthy and fit for life.
When you have set an unwritten fitness goal, as countless of us have in the past, commonly what happens is a newly discovered energy and drive leads you via the very first couple of weeks of energetic workouts and solid gains. This is a tremendous feeling and we embrace it with excitement.
This energy is a powerful motivator during that time--it can make you get up off the couch when you are feeling lazy or convince you to get up an hour or so earlier for yoga or a run.
Unfortunately, as powerful as that energy comes on, it drops off just as rapidly. For most persons, when that energy fades so does the frequency of workouts. This not only leads to failure to total your unwritten goals, it also leads to self-doubt. Right after not living up to a commitment, people tend to be harder on themselves and give up creating similar objectives all together. I call this the New Year's Resolution Syndrome. What's the point in making a New Year's Resolution if they in no way last until February?!
Posting your objectives is an action that will serve as a reminder of the energy you had when you initially produced them. When you are two months into a new fitness and wellness program and you feel too tired to go out and ride a bike, you can look at your objectives and be reminded of how essential those goals were to you then and how they are just as valuable now. Remembering why you posted them and bringing back that positive unstoppable energy is necessary to your lasting fitness success.
I've practiced posting objectives for a while now and demand that all my clients do the same. The outcomes are staggering. People today reach their goals and then they continue to use the system to maintain succeeding. I'll tell you what, there is nothing like reaching a objective way prior to you thought you could do it. It is a wonderful feeling and gives you a positive energy that bursts out of your seams.
So believe about writing down your objectives and putting them in places where you can see them all the time. It will work. I promise you. Next article will be about addressing your past successes and how you can apply that success to your fitness goals!
To Your Success,
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