Attitude: The Forgotten PowerWritten by Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT
Do you have a clear vision in your head of where you want to be, or what you want to accomplish when you are at a peak level of fitness? I don't mean just some vague idea - I'm talking about an actual burning mental image of a six-pack set of abs, or a nice set of curves, or a clear picture of you crossing finish line in first place, or taking home that trophy. If you don't have that, you are already just spinning your wheels. How can you expect to get somewhere if you don't know where that "somewhere" is?Many people start out very motivated to get in shape, or to compete for that prize, but their motivation lacks focus - laser-targeted precision that will guide them down right path. The term "as crow flies" comes to mind. If you could leave your house and drive in an exact straight line to your destination, don't you think that you would get there a lot faster? What if you could just fly through stop lights and intersections, disregard all posted speed limits, and go exactly in a straight line to every destination? You sure would get there a lot faster! Exercise, physical fitness, and nutrition are no different. If you don't have a clearly mapped out and measurable road map to your success, then you will stray, and that will cost you time at very least - and at most, it will cost you precious amounts of self-confidence! Take some time to think about WHERE you want to be, HOW you are going to get there, and most importantly, WHY you want to be there. Take time to do that, and I think you'll see that your previous path may have been road blocked by a few too many trips to Starbucks for a Caramel Frappuccino. Not that anyone writing a fitness article such as this would know anything about that... Believing In Your Ability Okay, so you've got yourself a good mental picture. You have your road map in front of you, your path is straight and true, and you are ready to get started. What comes next? Belief. Do you believe it is possible to wave a magic wand and have all of your excess bodyfat gone, and all of your fitness goals realized in blink of an eye? Of course not. If you do, and you know secret, please contact us - I'm sure we could make some money on that secret! For everyone else, I'll ask a different question. Do you believe that you could sit on your couch, suck down some ice cream, and put on some more bodyfat? The answer is, unfortunately, yes. What is difference between those two questions? Very simple - one is possible, and one is not. What does that have to do with your fitness goals? Well, it may come as a surprise, but you have been dealing in IMPOSSIBLE for quite sometime now. You have been striving for a goal, yet not really believing that it was within your power to reach it.
| | Why Diets DON'T WorkWritten by Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT
One of biggest scams ever successfully pulled on American public is - somewhat appropriately - a 4-letter word. That word is, of course, Diet. By now you have seen advertisements for more diets than you can easily remember, and have also most likely seen an article or television show debunking some of those diets. Unfortunately, art of shooting holes through credibility of a diet plan is normally done by ANOTHER diet company, solely for purpose of getting you to use their product instead. Well, this article has nothing to sell, nor really anything to gain, save knowledge that hopefully reader - that's you - will put down Diet Madness Menu, and get a real world point of view on why diets don't work, and what you can do about it. Eating, Lost Art If you are considering a diet, or have in past, your primary motivation was most likely to lose weight. What if I was to tell you that in order to lose weight, you actually need to eat MORE than you have in past? You would probably shake your head at that crazy idea, and think that it was some new fad that could in no way assist you in your weight loss goals. Of course, fact that every diet you've ever heard of was at one point "some new fad" would probably never even cross your mind. Nonetheless, fact remains that most people do need to eat more than they presently are in order to lose weight, but trick comes in eating right kinds of foods, in right ratios of nutrients, and at right times of day. Sound tricky? Perhaps, but I assure you, it is really quite simple. However, purpose of this article is not to inform you of benefits of eating, but merely to let you know that eating is indeed a very effective way to lose excess bodyweight, and to explain how diets keep that from happening. Stating Obvious Although most people do not think of "latest diet" in these terms, hopefully following question will make you consider what is pretty obvious if you stop to think about it. If new "Last Diet You'll Ever Need" was really that good at making you melt away pounds while sitting on couch munching "Carbo Craze Chips" or was even remotely effective at burning off your spare tire while inhaling sweet scents of "Aerospace's Aromatic Air Baubles", then why isn't everyone already thin?? Seriously - think about it. Every time you hear about latest diet or most up to date exercise device that only takes 20 minutes per day, they always say that you will never need another system! The advertised system - no matter how logical or even outlandish as it may seem - is always touted at being better than ever, and last system you will ever need. Well, if that were true, don't you think that manufacturer of that system would not only become wealthier than anyone in history, but would also become famous as person who FINALLY solved obesity problem in our world? Don't you think that person could also afford to advertise their product during prime time on TV, instead of late at night? Don't you think that system would become known throughout world - throughout history itself - as a turning point in human development? So, I'll ask you same question again: If solution is already out there, why do we need to keep coming up with new solutions?? The answer is, of course, very simple - these systems don't work, and human populace is simply looking for a non-existent quick fix to getting rid of too many late night excursions to local burger joint, or to fact they should have taken stock in beer while they were in college. Then what does work? Human physiology.
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