You’ve started on your 2012 fitness goals! Now what?!?

So now we’re heading into the middle of January, and you’ve started (or are about to start) on you fitness goals for 2012. Congrats on making it happen!

Here is an example of someone who made it happen! Rick is one of the All-Stars in our bootcamp program and he dominated the 6-Week Body Transformation Contest. (The next contest is February 13th!!)

Continue reading this post to understand the mindset involved in achieving these type of accelerated results!

Now more than ever it is crucial to get your subconscious mind aligned with your goals, because if you don’t, they’ll fizzle out like a New Years resolution gone bad.

Did you know your subconscious mind accounts for 96-98% of your habits and behaviors and your conscious mind is only 2-4%?

That’s why it’s crucial to apply things like visualization, affirmations, and most importantly joining a supportive and positive training environment that will get you and keep you moving forward towards your goals.

At Fit For Life Solutions we use fundamental concepts on fitness in the form of fitness mindset tools that will help you get, and stay, on track! Here are the core fitness mindset tools.

Fitness Mindset Tools

#1) Desire – Cultivate your desire by getting in touch with your “WHY”. Why are you getting in shape? Why are you joining a training program?

If your answer is to get healthy or to lose weight, try to dig a little deeper than that. I’ve never once seen someone make major changes and lose 10, 20, 30 or more pounds with the simple goal of “I want to lose weight”.

There has to be something behind it to drive it forward such as “I want to lose weight because if I don’t, I might not be able to live long enough to see my kids graduate high school” or “I want to lose weight because I want to feel like my old self again when I used to have more confidence and my relationship with my husband/wife was better”.

Do you see the difference? To cultivate your Desire, come up with a strong reason why, write it down, and keep it in your wallet or purse. Take it out and read it to yourself daily for 30 days and see for yourself how powerful your desire becomes.

#2) Commitment – Ahhhh! Commitment! This was always the hardest part for me…and it might be for you, too. This is what I found during my own training process. When I’m uncommitted I tend to go back and forth. I’m inconsistent. When I feel like it, I do. When I don’t feel like it, I don’t. There’s no commitment there, so there’s nothing to keep me accountable.

However, when I make a commitment, I continue pushing forward no matter what. My mind is clearer. There is far less resistance. After all, I’ve made a commitment and it’s created “single mind focus” so that I can let obstacles that fall in my way become something to work on, not something to use as an excuse to give up.

If you think about it, has there ever been anything of great value in your life that you’ve achieved that hasn’t taken your commitment by you on some level? I’d like to hear it if you have.

#3) Perseverance - This is the piece of the puzzle that truly separates us, isn’t it. This is why some of us succeed, and some of us fail. This is why some of us continue to move forward, and some of us quit. Unless you’re a smoker, I strongly advise that you take the words “I quit” completely out of your vocabulary right now.

Perseverance is what separates the Green Belt from the Black Belt, and the Associates degree from the PhD. Perseverance is what separates “Joe Schmoe” from becoming Rick Om. It’s also what separates the 3 lb weight loss from the 30 lb weight loss.

To persevere is a discipline, but when you have access to the right coaching, the right training environment, and the right mental toolset, anyone can do it!

In training you have many opportunities to quit. How long will YOU last? Only time will tell.

For training advice, or to get past an obstacle in your training, please feel free to contact me directly at Forrest@fitforlifesolutions.com.

For life coaching and to learn more on the mindset to becoming successful in whatever it is you do, please visit www.SelfMastery.com.

…And here’s a video of Rick sharing his thoughts on the 6-Week Body Transformation Contest.: