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| Learn the secret to fast results - 7/11/06 4:44 pm |
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I'm sure at least some of you remember the all out Nike ad campaign that seared this phrase into our collective consciousness. "Just Do It!" This is great advice if you want to build muscle, lose fat, and completely reshape your body.
There are a number of high quality motivational and goal setting techniques that can help you achieve great success, in your fitness endeavors as well as in the rest of your life. I focus on a lot of them in my books and articles.
Look, the truth is, if you want to go from a before to an after, you gotta bust your ass. Yo have to work out hard and eat properly on a consistent basis if you want to see great results.
It's not easy to keep going back to the gym when you know that 20 rep squat routine is waiting for you and even though you practically passed out and threw up last time, you have to do it agian with 5 more pounds on the bar. Or, knowing today is high intensity interval training and you have to go out and run sprints up the steepest hill you can find. Or, knowing it's a low carb day and you're craving those homemade chocolate chip cookies your well meaning mother dropped off last night.
That's why the mental game is so important when you are trying to get big and strong. Without it, you'll quit and park your ass on the couch with the beer and potato chips.
And make no mistake, there are many wonderful techniques to help you achieve your goals. But sometimes, no matter what techniques and tricks you use, it all comes down to that one phrase. Your mind really is that powerful.
Don't want to get out of bed in the morning for your scheduled workout? Your goals not doing the trick? Then just do it. Right then and there make the conscious decision to get out of bed and work out. It really is that simple. And yes, it's really that difficult too.
But the more often you are able to just decide to do what you need to do, the easier it gets to consciously control your minds extremely powerful decision making process.
Believe me, I have my days went I don't want to get up and out of bed. Sometimes, I need to do it in little pieces, like telling myself I'm just going to sit up then I'm just going to put on my workout clothes.
Sometimes, I just get so annoyed with myself, it's more like, "get your lazy ass out of bed and to the gym NOW, mister!" Although, the language isn't always quite that nice.
Either way, the next thing I know, I've had one of my best workouts on a day I almost didn't even get out of bed. In fact, that happened this morning. I didn't sleep well at all last night. I was keyed up and excited about the new week. So when the alarm blared at 5:15 AM I did NOT want to get out of bed.
After a few seconds of being tempted to go back to sleep, I told myself 'just do it!', popped out of bed, had some protein powder in orange juice and hit the weights. I ended up having a fantastic workout and now I feel great!
Granted, my legs didn't feel great during the workout. They were, in fact, screaming for mercy. But after it was over I felt a sense of accomplishment and was amped up to face the day. And I know if I didn't get up and have the weight workout, I would've felt sluggish and lethargice all day, not to mention guilty for missing another shot and building muscle and losing fat. Time is the one thing we don't get over. Once it's gone, it's gone. Don't have regrets about your opportunities to meet your fitness goals, whether it's to build massive muscles, burn fat, fit into that new bikni or enter a bodybuilding contest. Just do it!
So, the next time your techniques aren't quite up to the challenge of working out, or eating right, decide you are going to do what you need to do and then do it. With a little practice you'll become pleasantly surprised at how powerful this technique can be.
You control your mind, not the other way around.
Gregg Gillies
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