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Reason #4: Lack of Support |
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12/15/08
Lot's of people start diets and fitness regimines with nothing but the best of intentions.
Unfortunately, MOST don't achieve the goals they were looking for when they started.
In my experience I have found that the people who achieve the best results are those who have someone or many people who are supporting them in their effort.
Now, I do think that having a personal trainer to hold you accountable and coach you is important for anyone looking to achieve high fitness goals. In this instance though, I am not speaking of a personal trainer.
I am thinking more along the lines of a spouse, a best friend, a sibling, a work group, etc.
These are the people that see you day in and day out for many hours at a time.
They are the ones you need to rely upon to help you reach your desired fitness goals!
Someone like this can help keep you on track late at night, after dinner when all you want is to go out and get ice cream. They are the ones who will motivate you to get out of bed and get to the gym on the morning when all you want to do is sleep in.
If you don't have someone who supports you like this, it will be very hard to succeed at achieving your fitness goals.
At some point you will get battered down and you will want to stop.
These people supporting you will be the way you will get through that plateau and make it to your fitness goals!
If you are fighting to stay motivated and keep on your fitness plan, then follow these recommendations:
- Ask someone to be your accountability partner. Sometimes, the best accountability partner is your most annoying friend or family member. The one who calls too much or stops in uninvited! These people may get on your nerves, but they will be the support you need.
- Ask another person to be your workout partner- Find someone who is at your relative fitness level and get them to be your workout partner. The MPT Fitness Boot Camp is a great way to have several workout partners! This partner/partners will be the drive that pushes you past your plateau when your workouts are becoming a grind. Without a workout partner it will be too easy to let yourself skip workouts or not push yourself during a workout.
If you follow these recommendations and build up a support system comprised of these two types of people then you will be successful in achieving your goals!
Make sure that these two people or groups of people are different, because their roles are different and their ability to stay on top of your progress will be compromised if you mix their roles.
Make it a great day!
Nicholas Wood
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(210)415-5934
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Reason #3: Poor Eating Habits |
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12/12/08
The third reason most people don't succeed in achieving their fitness goals, is that they don't follow a diet plan that will help lead them to their goals.
It doesn't matter what your goals are, you need to be eating properly for your goal.
There is a ton of research on nutrition and no matter what your goal is, there are hundreds of nutrition books designed to help you match your diet with your goals.
If you have not seen this yet, Oprah recently said that her weight is going out of control. Why? Because she can't control her eating habits.
Her trainer, Bob Greene is the trainer that is on the show The Biggest Loser, so you know that he can get people results with his workouts.
The problem is, she cannot control her eating.
So how do you control your eating without creating a Yo-Yo effect like Oprah.
Well, it goes back to having a plan.
I have noticed with a lot of people go all or nothing on their diet. They either eat like crap or they try doing a crazy strict change where they change everything all at once. They cut down on their portion sizes, don't eat red meat, carbs, dairy, and they definently don't eat sweets.
Well my recommendation is to find the middle ground.
Start by cutting down on your portion sizes.
Keep a food log, to keep yourself on track and stay consistent with cutting the portion sizes down.
Once you are eating less, start limiting the amount of cheese or sweets in your diet.
*Notice- I did not say quit eating them, I said LIMIT them. This is life, we want to enjoy it.
Move through a step or two a month like that and you will be amazed at how healthy you are eating in 6 months and you won't yo-yo like Oprah!
Keep up the great work and check back on Monday for Reason #4 that people don't reach their fitness goals.
Make it a great day San Antonio!
Nicholas Wood
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Reason 2: Lack of Consistency |
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12/10/08
The second biggest reason I have found that people don't succeed in their fitness goals is simply that they are not consistent in working to obtain those goals.
If you workout four times in one week, and then skip four or five days the next week without doing anything that pushes you to your limits, then you are not being consistent.
The other half of the equation is your diet. If you are not eating a diet that fits your goals, then you are in an uphill battle.
You know you need to be consistent with your workouts, and it is easy for me to tell you to be consistent with eating right and working out regularly, but you need to know how you can do that without sacrificing your lifestyle and happiness.
Fair enough. Here are some ways that I personally use and I have had my clients use with success to stay consistent.
- Don't complete all your workouts in the same location. We all get bored with the same workouts over and over. Being bored, will lead to a lack of interest and thus you will not be consistent with your workouts. If typically workout with dumbbells in your garage, then go to the gym. If you typically go to the gym, find a basketball court near your house and either play basketball or if you are not good at basketball, make yourself run sprints on the court and follow that with pushups/situps/squats.
- Create a schedule. You have a schedule for other things in your life, such as work, kids, school, etc. Why not plug in 30min-1hr, 4-6 times per week to get a workout in?
- Plan your lunch and dinner schedule. Sarah is better at this than I am. On Sunday of every week, she creates a list and determines exactly what we will eat. Based on that, she then creates her grocery list. When she goes to the grocery store, she doesn't buy any extras. This keeps us consistent on many levels. Number 1, we know what we are going to be eating. This keeps us from guessing what we are going to eat for dinner and then deciding to go get fast food just because we are hungry. When it is on the plan, she just comes home and gets it ready. Number 2, because she plans our meals and does not buy junk food just because it sounds good when grocery shopping, we don't have junk food in the house. If we want an after dinner snack, like ice cream, we have to make a decision to go out and buy it. This takes energy at the end of a long day that we rarely have, so we eat less junk food.
Hopefully, these three tips will help you stay consistent with your diet and your workouts. If you ever need someone to help keep you on track, don't hesitate to call or e-mail me.
Make it a great day!
Nicholas Wood
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(210)415-5934
www.sampt.com
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5 Reasons You are Not Succeeding! |
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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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(210)415-5934
www.sampt.com
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