It's time to supercharge your workouts! I have been itching for a while to write about the 10 main reasons I feel people succeed with their workout regimen. I can usually tell in my initial "sit-down" with a prospective client how successful they will be in attaining their goals. The following article is dedicated to all the members on this site. Read through and pay attention to the details I give.
Here are the top 10 reasons for success in a workout program:
1. The individual has a defined and specific goal with a deadline - The biggest success stories from my clients are from individuals who had a special event in the not-too-distant future. These individuals were serious, motivated, and money was of no consequence to them. These individuals were willing to give up their favorite foods for six months and put me in total control of their diet and exercise program. They were not concerned with anything but their own success when they stepped into the gym.
2. The individual did not make excuses - One thing I cannot stand as a trainer is an excuse. I do not allow my clients or workout partners to use negative words (i.e.: can't, won't, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't) during our workouts. An excuse is an invitation for failure. An excuse is an acceptance of mediocrity. I do not allow excuses and neither should you.
3. The individual had a positive mental attitude - The general attitude of my successful clients is one of optimism. Many of my clients would be in the gym no matter how much "negative" influence they had in their life at the time. These individuals saw the best results.
4. The individual had a competitive nature - Not satisfied with mediocrity, the most successful individuals in the gym had at least a mild sense of competitiveness in their personality.
5. The individual trusted his leader - No matter how good your training program is, unless you believe in it, your results will not be commendable. You must believe in the abilities of the person training you for your program to deliver the results that it is capable of delivering.
6. The individual had both internal and external motivation - One form of motivation without the other will usually run dry. Every individual will come upon a day where they feel less motivated in the pursuit of their goals. If both internal and external motivation exists, one form of motivation can feed off the other form. For example, if your main goal were to lose 20 lbs. for a wedding, you would have increasing motivation as the wedding began to approach. But, if 6 months prior to your wedding, your physician told you that your cholesterol was so high that he feared your health was in danger, you would now add the internal motivator of self-preservation to the external motivator of your wedding.
7. The individual surrounded himself with people who had already attained the goal they were chasing - You will always tend to be like the people you bring into your "inner circle". For this reason, people tend to look like their dogs...just kidding. All joking aside, the single fastest way to reach your fitness goals is to find a fitness buff and become friends with them. You will learn to think as they think, train as they train, and eat as they eat. Before you know it, you will reach your goal and have a new friend to lift with. Use caution with this one!!! I will explain in 8.
8. The individual believed and practiced that actions worked better than words - The gym is not a social playground. If you are spending any time in a gym having conversations, you are wasting time. Period. Your goals will be hampered by talking to friends or acquaintances. Your time is your money. If other people want to waste theirs, don't let it carry over to you. If your training partner is a mouth on wheels, tell them you will talk over the weekend, or get a new partner. Then get down to business.
9. The individual didn't watch T.V. - Unless it was the Discovery Channel, Biography, HGTV, or The Weather Channel. Seriously, too much time is wasted with the tube. Look at how many gut-busting workouts are archived in our workout section. Some of these workouts last literally 5 minutes. Don't tell me you don't have time to workout if you are watching more than 10 minutes of T.V. per day. That goes back to number 2.
10. The individual thought that health was wealth - Health may not be the only type of wealth but it is certainly one type of wealth. I've seen entire families strengthened by the leadership of a man when he is physically strengthened. Your wife will find you sexier. Your children will look up to you more. Your sex life will improve 10-fold (and probably 10x more often). You will have more confidence at work, at home, and everywhere in between. You will be able to pass the knowledge of health to your friends and family and potentially add a decade or more to both your life and theirs. Health is definitely wealth.
There you have it! Start applying these goals to your workout routine and you will begin to see amazing results in a short period of time.
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
-Dale Carnegie
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