- Health & Fitness
- A Personal Trainer Changed my Life!
- Abdominal Exercise Myths
- Avoid Gaining Weight this Christmas
- Basal Metabolic Rate - Burn Fat while you Sleep
- The Benefits of Bootcamp Training
- The Benefits of Swiss Ball Training
- Get your New Years Resolutions Right
- Corporate Fitness Boosts your Bottom Line!
- Corporate Health Tips
- Functional Performance Training
- Goal Setting for Fitness Results
- Guidelines for Body Fat Percentages
- How to Choose your Personal Trainer
- How we can Learn from our Olympians
- Introducing the BOSU Balance Trainer
- Motivated for Success
- Not All Swiss Balls are Created Equal
- Personal Training Studio vs Gym
- Recovery and Regeneration
- Sizing your Swiss Ball
- Spring Clean your Training Routine
- Training in your Target Heart Rate Zone
- Walk Off your Waistline
- Weight Loss - Why Weights Work
- Why a REPs PT is your Best Bet
- Why I Fell for my Foam Roller
- Athletic Performance
- Nutrition
- Training with Specific Conditions
- References
Get your New Years Resolutions Right
How to Succeed with your New Years Resolutions
With the New Year comes the opportunity for you to turn things around, to shake off past mistakes and bad habits. With the promise that this year will be different, the New Year renews hope for your aspirations, but what happens when your motivation begins to fade and your dreams seem less important than they were just a month or so ago.
Making the commitment to a goal is the easy part, the thing that sets the successful apart, is their discipline and dedication. As our lives get busier, it’s easy to let other things take precedence or to lose motivation. It’s when you see this pattern evolving that you need to re-set. You have to put yourself first and while that’s not always easy, if you are determined to succeed then you will always find time to do the things you need to do.
If you are having trouble staying on top of your resolutions then here are a 4 simple strategies to help get back on track:
1. Partner Up – find someone who can join you in your journey. Having someone to train with will mean you are less likely to put your training on the back burner for the day.
2. Join a club or group fitness programme – where ever you are there are always clubs or local activity groups to get involved with. It might be a yoga class, walking group or bootcamp, whatever the initiative, if it interests you - give it a go!
3. Revisit your goals - when you lose direction or motivation then take a moment to review your goals. Remember to look at your achievements to date and to consider these in relation to the bigger picture. It's easy to get overwhelmed if you are constantly focused on the end goal, so break it down and take it one step at a time.
4. Reward yourself - it's important to celebrate your successes, but just as important to do it in a positive way. Get yourself a massage, a new dress or even a new toy. Make sure that you value your rewards, that they are predetermined and that they don't undermine your efforts to date.
Small Things Done Consistently Lead to Big Changes
We all have the same number of minutes, hours and days in the week. We all lead busy lives, but it’s the people who organise and prioritise that will succeed in achieving their ambitions.
If your goal is to lose weight and get into great shape, then guarantee your success by working with the team at Pulse Personal Training. We would love to help you transform your body in 2010! Contact us to get started today.
By Hamish Abbie BPhEd, BComm, CHEK L1, XLR8 Coach, REPs - 22/02/2008