San Antonio Personal Training

12/9/08

Last night I went do to a cardio session with one of my clients at Blossom Athletic Center.  As we were walking in, she told me that she had lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks.  That included the Thanksgiving Holiday period!  What great results at a time when most people were adding weight, not losing it!  I asked her, what it was that allowed her to achieve such good results.  Her answer was simple.  She quit giving herself excuses and started following her plan to get in shape.

Maybe you feel like you are giving it all you have, but you still are not reaching your goals the way this person is. Over the next five days, I will show you the 5 reasons that most people fail at an exercise program.  Some may pertain to you and others may not.  Hopefully, they will get you thinking and show you how to get the results you desire so bad!

Here is the first reason people don't succeed at fitness:

1) LACK OF GOALS- What are results?  Okay, what I mean is, what are the results you want to see?  I can't tell you how many clients come to me, and when I ask them what results they want to see or feel they don't have an answer for me.  If they do have an answer for me, it is typically, I want to lose 20lbs. 

If you don't have goals, here are some guidelines to making SMART goals:

• Specific-  Create goals that are detailed and will give you the exact look and feel you want.
• Measurable-  Goals have to be measurable.  If you can't measure your goal, how do you know when you have obtained them?
• Attainable-  When you determine which goals are important to you, start to develop a plan on how you will reach them.  Somehow, someway, you must have a way to reach your goals.
• Realistic- Make your goals something that are reasonable to obtain.  Just because we can reach a certain look, doesn't mean that they are realistic for us.  For example, it is possible for me to become a rocket scientist.  I would have to spend a lot of time studying, but it is obtainable.   Unfortunately, because I am trying to run a business, this goal is not realistic right now, although at some point it is possible.
• Timely-  This is the biggest mistake I see in clients.  Set goals that you can reach in a short period of time that will help you reach your big goals in a longer time.  So many people want to workout to lose weight.  Unfortunately, they have not worked out in over a decade and therefore have to ease themselves into the groove of working out.  Instead of saying they are going to lose 40lbs in 4 months, they should start out by saying that their goal is to workout everyday for the next 2 weeks for atleast 30 minutes/day.

So, today I want you to think about what your goals need to be in order for you to achieve the look or feel you desire.  If you already have goals, that is great.  Re-evaluate them today and make sure that they follow the SMART philosophy. 

Be sure to check back here tomorrow, where I will show you the second reason that people fail with their workouts and how you can change that!

 Make it a great day!

 Nicholas Wood

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