The Very First Step To Fitness Success

We know that we need to lose weight and... we know
that joining a gym was a good choice. But, what's next.
Where are you going? What will it look like when you
get there? How will you know if you're there or not if
you're not sure where you are going?

The first thing you need to know about goal setting is
that you must be as specific as possible. "I want to
drop a few pounds" is not going to cut it. You will want
to sound more like "I will lose 20 pound, and weigh 125 lbs.
in the next 8 months".

Notice that the second goal was stated in a positive,
present tense affirmation. This is how you will write
and repeat your goals.

In preparing your goals you should purchase a fresh
spiral bound notebook; college ruled is me personal
favorite. Then create 10 positive, present tense goals
in the form of affirmations and write them down on the
first page.

The goals should reflect EVERY area in your life that
you would like to see a positive improvement in. Now,
many of you may be asking, "why not just write my
fitness goals?"

Your entire life and lifestyle determines your level of
fitness. A small example - you and your teenaged
daughter have been at odds about her new boyfriend.
With a family issue like this adding physiological load
to your emotional system, your body will respond by
releasing stress hormones such as cortisol. Cortisol
is a catabolic hormone, this type of hormone sacrifices
muscle tissue at the expense of storing body fat. This
is a survival mechanism that your amazing body had
developed as a result of a need to "fight or flee".

So, it should be obvious that one of your 10 goals
should be "I communicate openly and lovingly with
my daughter."

Write these 10 goals in your notebook every day.
You will be repeating the same goals on a daily basis.
This will activate your subconscious mind to go to
work for you. When you activate your subconscious
mind on a daily basis with positive present-tense goals
you will bring those things which you desire into your
life much faster than someone who is simply wishing
for things to get better.

An old acronym that you may be familiar with is, to
make sure your goals are S.M.A.R.T - Specific -
Measurable - Achievable - Realistic - Timely.

Well, there you have it... setting goals
is the first thing that you must do for fast fitness
results!

Elliott Hulse teaches "Regular Joe's" how to get lean, mean and fit for life. To receive your free Fitness Success Tips newsletter visit St. Petersburg Personal Trainer.


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The Fitness Success Attitude

Fully 95% of your emotions are determined by the
way you talk to yourself. Reaching your desired
level of physical fitness is only limited by the degree
to which you're mentally and emotionally fit. When
you feed your conscious mind with positive messages
such as "I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel terrific!"
you are activating your subconscious mind to go to
work at bringing about positive results in your physical
life.

Here are 3 mental tools that you can use to bring about
positive changes in your physical life and increase
your level of fitness:

1. Think about it - The law of attraction states that
"you are a living magnet, you will inevitably attract
into your life the people, ideas, circumstances and
resources that are in harmony with your dominant
thoughts." This simply means that what you think
about and believe with conviction will inevitably
manifest itself in your life. You get what you think
about!

2. Talk about it - The law of affirmation states that
"if you tell yourself in positive, personal, present
tense statements that you are or have the thing
you desire, that very thing will move closer to you."
Remember, you control what is planted in your garden.
You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds, but if
you don't deliberately plant flowers your garden will
fill up with weeds by default.

3. Act it - Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Do the thing
and you will have the power." What this means for
and I is that we can act our way towards better fitness.
If you simply resolve to pretend that you are an actress
trying out for the role of a happy, healthy character
everyday you will soon notice that you are becoming
more and more like the person you wish to be. Fake
it until you make it.

Your outer life is a mirror reflection of your inner life.
The better you feel mentally and emotionally the better
you will look and feel physically. Start thinking fit and
soon you will be just that!

Elliott Hulse teaches "Regular Joe's" how to get lean, mean and fit for life. To recieve your free Fitness Success Tips newlsetter visit St. Petersburg Personal Trainer


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Fitness Holiday - A New Way to Vacation

Everybody loves to take a vacation. For many people although, going on vacation typically means taking a break from regular fitness routines and healthy dietary regimens. In reality, one of the greatest difficulties most people have with getaways is getting back to their normal exercise and healthy eating routines once the vacation is over. As soon as they get home, most vacationers are faced with two significant difficulties:

1) Getting back to the standard coaching timetable.

2) Getting rid of the few extra pounds that were place on in the course of the holiday.

With an increasing number of individuals concerned about their well-being and staying fit year-round, there's a growing business that caters to people who wish to take a holiday but in the very same time, do not want to deal with any 'setbacks.' To put it differently, folks who want to combine their want to loosen up with their desire to be sexy. As being a relatively new business it goes by several names, but it is most generally known as fitness vacations or adventure holidays.

Fitness Adventures USA is this kind of firm that has emerged catering towards the desires from the active vacationer. They supply a variety of possibilities for the adventure-minded traveller. Let's consider a search and see what they have to give. The business was founded by a guy named Scott Colby, who previously ran a fitness boot camp in Dallas for several many years. Scott says that he has always had an enthusiasm for outdoor sports and that his new business-Fitness Adventures USA-is a means for him to share that enthusiasm with other like-minded people.

Each Fitness Adventure is exclusive, but all are week-long active holidays that offer participants possibilities to enjoy activities for example fitness bootcamps, yoga, biking, whitewater rafting, hiking, wholesome cooking courses, horseback riding, motivational coaching, wine tasting, canoeing and much more. Particular actions for each trip are matched for the destination. And after a difficult day of fitness and adventure, all journeys include relaxation time along with an alternative to take pleasure in a pampering massage.

Scott's very first Fitness Journey outing took place in summer 2010 in Estes Park Colorado, within the heart with the Rocky Mountains. Other locations incorporate California Wine Nation along with a Vermont Drop Foliage trip in the autumn months. To ensure that each and every participant gets individual, one-on-one focus, Scott limits the variety of travelers on each trip to 10-12.

Fitness Journey isn't just about becoming active although, it is also a lesson in wholesome eating. The price of each and every journey holiday consists of 3 meals each day. The dishes are not only nutritious, but tasty also. Each meal delivers a number of choices which will fit the choices of even the most picky of eaters.

Comfortable lodging are incorporated within the price of every Fitness Journey encounter. For example, throughout the California Wine Country trip, guests remain at a Marin Holiday retreat home just twenty minutes away from your Napa Valley wine makers. Guests in the other journeys also stay in luxurious houses. Scott says that all the lodging he offers incorporate panoramic views, gourmand kitchens and soothing outdoor decks.

With Fitness Adventures USA, Scott Colby is not just trying to help individuals 'get fit.' What he actually wants is for each of his visitors to possess a true, life-changing experience. He is happy to report that with less than a year's operation below his belt, the feedback he is getting from FA participants signifies that he is reaching his objective.

Scott is particularly pleased with a gal named Lesa, who went on his Rocky Mountain Fitness Adventure last yr. In her personal words, Lesa says that her FA expertise was essentially the most "phenomenal, life transforming, beneficial experience" she has actually had. Her story is genuinely remarkable. Lesa says that from June, 2010 to January, 2011, she lost an extraordinary 61 lbs! She lost 12 of these pounds throughout the first 5 days of her FA expertise and has gone from a size twenty to a size eight.

Since then, Lesa says that she's grown to be a fitness buff, enjoying outdoor activities such as hiking like never before and regularly taking boot camp courses. But that's not all-since getting fit with FA, she says that her self-esteem has increased and she has already been promoted two times at her job! That, my friends will be the type of testimony that each and every personal trainer dreams to get.

So in the event you discover yourself in a rut or are just seeking to try some thing new and thrilling that can not merely pump up your heart rate but possibly alter your life, you may think about taking a Fitness Journey USA holiday.

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Mike Westerdal is the founder of Critical Bench, Inc. A free online weight training magazine.


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The Fitness Success Attitude

Fully 95% of your emotions are determined by the
way you talk to yourself. Reaching your desired
level of physical fitness is only limited by the degree
to which you're mentally and emotionally fit. When
you feed your conscious mind with positive messages
such as "I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel terrific!"
you are activating your subconscious mind to go to
work at bringing about positive results in your physical
life.

Here are 3 mental tools that you can use to bring about
positive changes in your physical life and increase
your level of fitness:

1. Think about it - The law of attraction states that
"you are a living magnet, you will inevitably attract
into your life the people, ideas, circumstances and
resources that are in harmony with your dominant
thoughts." This simply means that what you think
about and believe with conviction will inevitably
manifest itself in your life. You get what you think
about!

2. Talk about it - The law of affirmation states that
"if you tell yourself in positive, personal, present
tense statements that you are or have the thing
you desire, that very thing will move closer to you."
Remember, you control what is planted in your garden.
You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds, but if
you don't deliberately plant flowers your garden will
fill up with weeds by default.

3. Act it - Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Do the thing
and you will have the power." What this means for
and I is that we can act our way towards better fitness.
If you simply resolve to pretend that you are an actress
trying out for the role of a happy, healthy character
everyday you will soon notice that you are becoming
more and more like the person you wish to be. Fake
it until you make it.

Your outer life is a mirror reflection of your inner life.
The better you feel mentally and emotionally the better
you will look and feel physically. Start thinking fit and
soon you will be just that!

Elliott Hulse teaches "Regular Joe's" how to get lean, mean and fit for life. To recieve your free Fitness Success Tips newlsetter visit St. Petersburg Personal Trainer


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