Motivation

Have you ever been laying in bed before going to sleep and had a burst of motivation to do something tomorrow. You then wake in the morning to find all that drive and motivation that had been floating through your pre-sleep brain is now gone with your dreams from the night before.

Our brain is a wonderful thing, it recognises that you are far enough away from the actual action to accept accountability for when you wake up. You feel a surge of this positive attitude and drive, but when it comes time to take action your brain finds all the reasons in the world not to do it.

So how do we stop this constant cycle?

I could suggest not sleeping and getting up as soon as you have that motivation, but that would be plain irresponsible.

We all have goals, they can be small goals to achieve throughout the day or goals for the rest of your life. But each goal that we have we need to have a certain number of well thought out and planned steps to get ourselves closer to achieving it. If we don’t have these steps our goals are just dreams.

If you needed to buy some milk from the shops, one of the steps to achieving this goal would be going to the store to actually get the milk. It isn’t going to magically appear in your fridge.

So how do we apply this theory to fitness and health?

I have met so many people who say “I want to lose 10 Kilograms” or “I want to tone up my stomach”. And I usually ask them all the same question, “What steps have you taken to work towards your goal?”. Most people make comments like “I have started eating healthier” or “I have started working out”. Which is absolutely fine! And in  no way, shape or form am I taking anything away from these answers. But there is no specific steps or plan involved in their approach.

Every person I work with in relation to losing weight or “toning up” is told to write down their eating and exercise patterns for a week. And the slightest and most sustainable of changes in these systems yields the biggest rewards and benefits. You don’t have to go on a crash diet involving no sugar, carbs and anything that starts with the word F. It is a process that will not happen overnight, but it will happen.

If you or your friends or family are interested in working towards your goal with me please feel free to contact me at rob@crossfit25.com.au

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