What is the best way to stay motivated?
"The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed". Charles Louis Montesquieu
You need motivation to keep following an exercise routine. Although the initial motivation for taking action can come from different sources, inevitably, most of use require some positive reinforcement in the form of physical results to stay motivated. Physical results produce confidence and confidence makes for success.
Unfortunately, we are bomb rushed everyday with the visual images of extraordinary youth. We are shown the "bodies" that we want as if something is wrong with the body we have if made healthy and strong. We are told that an unbelievable body can be built quick and easy. All it takes is some breakthrough nutrition and/or gadget along with spending just a few minutes a day, three times a week being active. However, according to A Consumer's Guide to Chelation Therapy by Harold & Arline Brecher, "Many studies have shown that fifty percent 'new' exercisers drop out before they're six months into an exercise program. More than half of them didn’t make it more than three weeks. Fully twenty-five percent who enroll in a program, fail to show up for the first session."
The two statements; the advertisers quick and easy and the studies showing early drop out, conflict with one and another. They are complete opposites. Why are people getting who are supposedly getting fit quick and easy quitting so soon. Have they become fit? Statistic show 30% of Americans measure Obese! Is there something wrong here? Maybe the missing part is motivation! After all, it is possible for impulsive enthusiasm, to be taken for motivation, at first. Perhaps what is need to sustain exercise, is the kind of experiential awareness that comes from people who have already become fit. Reality soon teaches anyone who has gotten into shape that progress takes time.
So, is there some way to promote motivation while waiting to see results? Yes, there is! By measuring the progress of health capacity! Once we understand that fitness builds internally first, before becoming externally visible, it becomes clear that measuring performance is a more reliable way to confirm results rather than tape measuring and body fat testing. So, to stay motivated from results, all we need to do is learn where to look for the results! We believe that your physical health can be measured by your muscle strength (ability to move weight/mass) and your cardiovascular conditioning (ability to move blood/oxygen).
Bodybuilding, Powerlifting and Weightlifting are the 3 styles of progressive strength training. Toning, shaping and building are all part of the Strength-Endurance Continuum. With a scientific prepared progressive resistance workout plan we will have specific days on which we routinely test our performance. Each time we exceed our previous test results we are setting a New Personal Record (NPR).
Every New Personal Record (NPR) is total assurance that we are moving towards our goals. (NPR) are concrete evidence. They reinforce the fact that positive fitness changes are happening inside. Setting a NPR brings a powerful psychological sense of wellbeing. We feel good about our achievement. We gain confidence about our ability to go further. Making a NPR gives the starter (who has untapped potential) the opportunity to enjoy the same excitement and thrill as the champion. By frequently measuring our performance we see fitness success happening immediately. In fact, for the starter and the champion alike, the NPR may be the ultimate method to tracking progress. After all, it is what we can do and not what we think we can do, that counts!
You need motivation to keep following an exercise routine. Although the initial motivation for taking action can come from different sources, inevitably, most of use require some positive reinforcement in the form of physical results to stay motivated. Physical results produce confidence and confidence makes for success.
Unfortunately, we are bomb rushed everyday with the visual images of extraordinary youth. We are shown the "bodies" that we want as if something is wrong with the body we have if made healthy and strong. We are told that an unbelievable body can be built quick and easy. All it takes is some breakthrough nutrition and/or gadget along with spending just a few minutes a day, three times a week being active. However, according to A Consumer's Guide to Chelation Therapy by Harold & Arline Brecher, "Many studies have shown that fifty percent 'new' exercisers drop out before they're six months into an exercise program. More than half of them didn’t make it more than three weeks. Fully twenty-five percent who enroll in a program, fail to show up for the first session."
The two statements; the advertisers quick and easy and the studies showing early drop out, conflict with one and another. They are complete opposites. Why are people getting who are supposedly getting fit quick and easy quitting so soon. Have they become fit? Statistic show 30% of Americans measure Obese! Is there something wrong here? Maybe the missing part is motivation! After all, it is possible for impulsive enthusiasm, to be taken for motivation, at first. Perhaps what is need to sustain exercise, is the kind of experiential awareness that comes from people who have already become fit. Reality soon teaches anyone who has gotten into shape that progress takes time.
So, is there some way to promote motivation while waiting to see results? Yes, there is! By measuring the progress of health capacity! Once we understand that fitness builds internally first, before becoming externally visible, it becomes clear that measuring performance is a more reliable way to confirm results rather than tape measuring and body fat testing. So, to stay motivated from results, all we need to do is learn where to look for the results! We believe that your physical health can be measured by your muscle strength (ability to move weight/mass) and your cardiovascular conditioning (ability to move blood/oxygen).
Bodybuilding, Powerlifting and Weightlifting are the 3 styles of progressive strength training. Toning, shaping and building are all part of the Strength-Endurance Continuum. With a scientific prepared progressive resistance workout plan we will have specific days on which we routinely test our performance. Each time we exceed our previous test results we are setting a New Personal Record (NPR).
Every New Personal Record (NPR) is total assurance that we are moving towards our goals. (NPR) are concrete evidence. They reinforce the fact that positive fitness changes are happening inside. Setting a NPR brings a powerful psychological sense of wellbeing. We feel good about our achievement. We gain confidence about our ability to go further. Making a NPR gives the starter (who has untapped potential) the opportunity to enjoy the same excitement and thrill as the champion. By frequently measuring our performance we see fitness success happening immediately. In fact, for the starter and the champion alike, the NPR may be the ultimate method to tracking progress. After all, it is what we can do and not what we think we can do, that counts!