Eagan Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Instructor Shows You How To Accelerate Your Fat Burning Potential Through Goal Setting
What’s the very best way to set goals? Be S.M.A.R.T. about it.
1. SPECIFIC. Set goals with clarity. Your mind does not respond
well to vague generalities. Get clear. Be precise. Be specific.
2. MEASURABLE. Set goals that can be quantified in measurable
units such as pounds, kilos, body fat percentage, lean body mass,
inches and clothing sizes; even health and performance goals.
3. ACCOUNTABLE. Set goals you can be held accountable to. Be
accountable to yourself by using a scale, body fat caliper, tape
measure, weekly progress chart, a daily nutrition diary and a
training journal. Then double your accountability and submit
your results and journals to a partner who will hold you to
your commitments
4. REALISTIC. Set goals that are attainable and maintainable.
If you lose two pounds of fat per week, you’re doing awesome.
30 pounds in 30 days sounds great in the advertisements, but
it’s not typical (not even likely), and rapid wt.loss usually
consists of muscle and water, not fat, and will return quickly.
5. TIME BOUND. Set goals with deadlines. Time limits are highly
motivating. With no time limit, there’s no urgency for completion.
Set goals for daily workouts and nutrition, weekly weight and body
composition and 12-week changes in weight, body fat or measurements.
Set long term goals for one year, five years and even beyond.
Now we add some motivational ooompf by making your goals
even SMART-ER!
6. EMOTIONAL. Goals give you a direction, but strong emotions
are part of the propulsion system that drives you in that
direction. Build up a burning desire by focusing on the
emotional reasons why you want to achieve your goal.
Connect your goals to your values. What’s most important to
you about reaching your goal? If your goal is 9% body fat,
what will that do for you? How will it make you FEEL?
7. REVIEWED OFTEN (repetition!). Resolutions fail because
they’re casually set once at the beginning of the year and
easily forgotten. Stay laser-focused by writing and reading
your goals every day. Use the goal card technique. Write your
single most important body or fitness goal on a small card,
then carry it with you everywhere you go, reading it several
times a day.
S.M.A.R.T. GOALS is a simple, memorable formula for goal
setting and goal getting. It may not be new, but then again,
there are no new fundamentals. Methods and tactics may change,
but scientific principles of success never change.
It takes two things to be successful with a health and fitness program. A systematic approach(a plan) and discipline to your plan. At the Body Project we have the top personal trainers and nutritionists in Eagan. If you need some extra help with your health and fitness needs give us a call today 952-210-2091
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