Is Your Training Program Unrealistic? (Or Are You Just Unwilling?)
You can do anything you want, as long as you put your heart and mind into it . . . as long as your heart and mind wants to be in it!
It’s not uncommon to read interviews where a trainer suggests that people fail to accomplish optimal fitness because the training programs they’re being exposed to have unrealistic expectations and unrealistic time requirements.
Is the fitness program too demanding (or are you simply unwilling?)
They demand too much of a lifestyle change. . .
They require ‘radical’ change in diet. . .
They require too much time. . .
While this logic may resonate with you, I think it’s just another in a long list of excuses for not ‘living a healthy lifestyle’ or ‘taking the time to train’.
In fact, I don’t think the problem is a fitness program’s unrealistic expectations or time constraints at all.
The problem . . . lies within you.
Worded better (and less harshly!) the problem is lack of a deeply-rooted desire to train and face a ‘fitness challenge’ that requires you to make significant changes to your life.
Think about that for a second . . .
In your time on the planet, what did you do when the path to your ‘dream job’ presented itself to you?
What did you do when you met your first ‘dream guy/girl’?
What did you do when you wanted to satisfy the desires of somebody you love?
Or when you had the opportunity to buy your first dream (insert object here)?
You did what you had to do in order to achieve, right?
No obstacle, no time constraint — nothing was going to stop you from doing what you wanted to do.
Pursuing your health and fitness is no different if you’re really serious about it!!
Don’t you think that you’d pursue it relentlessly if you knew that you not only needed it, but that you wanted it too?
Of course you would!
– You’d be open to altering your nutrition, especially if it was evident that ‘everything you’ve tried in the past’ had failed to work.
– You’d be open to altering your lifestyle, knowing that that way you are currently living isn’t cutting it.
– You’d make the time to put this high on your priority list because, frankly, very little would be more important than finding a way to make your health, and the quality of your life, better!
So, instead of looking for ‘fault’ in the programs that are out there, look within yourself first.
The ‘right’ training program — the world — is right in front of you, ready to deliver exactly what you want . . . as long as you’re open to receive it!
The question is, are you willing . . . and do you really want it?
If so, leap over the perceived obstacles in your mind, throw out all of your excuses, make your schedule work, and take action.
If others can find a way to make fitness work, you can too!
What do you have to lose?
After all, the least you can expect from reward for making time and taking action, is the reward of MORE time for yourself due to the energy and empowerment cultivated by your training!
Fifth Power Fitness, “Turning Fitness Inside Out”
