Happy new year fitfam! I pray 2017 brings the best of your dreams to reality.
Obviously, the holidays are over and every body is getting back to work with lots of hopes and expectations for the year.
As expected,gyms around here are getting full by the day as more and more people are trying to burn off fat accumulated during the holidays. As I amuse myself watching all these people go aimlessly from one machine to another trying to burn off all the fat in few hours, I thought about making a post on “working with goals in fitness this year”.
In my experience as a fitness enthusiast and trainer, I have found that one reason why people make little progress after spending years in the gym is because they do not have well defined fitness goals.
Dictionary.com defines a goal as ‘the result or achievement toward which effort is directed’. Weight loss/fitness requires effort and it makes no sense to put in so much effort towards fitness without knowing what results these efforts are expected to produce.
I started making real progress in body building when I picked up the habit of writing my daily workout routines down, I go to the gym with my workout journal and a lot of people see this as being weird but this is the reason why I am making so much progress and they are not.
Before you go to the gym every morning ask yourself; what am I going to achieve today? This way you don’t get distracted by what the next guy is doing or move from one machine to the other without achieving anything.
It is not enough to just have these goals in mind; it’s important that you write them down, make it a habit to plan your routines ahead.
Writing down your goals everyday before heading to the gym will:
• Help you stay focused
• Save time and brain power as you already have your routines planned and outlined
• Keep you motivated because you already have an idea of what achievements your effort will produce.
• Every time you complete the routines on your list, you build self confidence and esteem.
It is a fresh year and you have ample time to develop new and productive habits, Make goal setting a part of your fitness plan in 2017 and experience unlimited success.
Have a fitful 2017, cheers to the fit life!
