Success
leaves clues: Part 2
Following on
from part 1 what we know is this; becoming lean isn’t about what foods you need
to avoid, what training split you need to follow or even how much organic
natural hippy strength coconut oil you need to consume.
It simply
comes down to this; what does it take to become the person I need to become in
order to be lean. The key traits that are the bread and butter of the lean
individual are discipline, focus and perseverance.
Scientific
knowledge of the body and its various processes is not necessary.
Going off
some of the #instafit crew on social media we know this to be true.
Great genetics
is not necessary either.
Look at any crazy transformation online and you can
appreciate that awful genetics can be circumvented to an appreciable degree
with enough work ethic and determination.
Sure, a head
full to the brim of knowledge could absolutely help you in your quest for beach
ready. If both your parents were Olympic athletes it would also help no
question, but if you have don’t have either of those are you forever doomed to
be average? Keeping in mind the average person here in Ireland is now classed
as overweight or obese.
What it
takes for someone who has fallen off the wagon with their exercise and eating
to get back on track is simply habit reformation. In order for any new
behaviour to work long term it has to be easy to do and to be honest in my
experience I have found it has to be incredibly easy to do.
We can go
back to the teeth brushing analogy and look at how simply and easy it really
is. I have said it before the three biggest factors affecting your ability to
live a healthy lifestyle is time, money and priorities. The time it takes to
brush, 1-2 minutes. The cost of a brush and toothpaste, €2-3. Is teeth health a
major priority in most people’s lives, probably not, but for most that fact
that it was high on their parent's list of priorities, its importance was therefore
drilled into them from an early age.
So how can
we apply this to health and fitness? Start small even minuscule. A 5 minute
walk in the evening or 5 press ups in the morning would be a great start. Do
that for a few weeks and I guarantee you, you will want to do more in a matter
of days. Starting by committing to going to the gym 5 times per week or running
5 miles every day is a recipe for failure. In a number of weeks you fail to
keep this up and you will associate a level of negativity with health and
fitness and your ability to control your physical being. What you need to be
able to say initially after completing any form of training or exercise is
this,
“That was tough but I was able for
it, I can't wait to do it again”
If you can
say this in the beginning stages of getting back on track there is no telling
how far you can take it. Make it too easy in the beginning in order for you to
stay the course long term.
What type of
training you do isn't that important, your ability to adhere and remain consistent with whatever you decide to do will determine your results you get
at the end of the day.
“A set back is a set up for a comeback”
Les Brown.
Stay tuned
for the final part to success leaves clues coming next week.
#EMF #resultsbasedtraining #itspossible
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