Do you want success? Don’t set goals, do this instead!
Goal setting, what exactly is it?
1. You say you want to achieve (goal) something
2. You set a date or time to get it
3. You write an action plan
4. You follow that action plan and…
5. FAILURES to achieve the stated goal
Why?
The plan was flawed from the start.
Sort of like wanting to “fall in love with someone” because you want to be in love. You join dating services and social sites and meet people but never “fall in love.” Why? Because you want to fall in love for being in love or because you think that falling in love will make you happy. You see “other people” apparently in love and want to be like them.
Well, it doesn’t work that way.
There is no “vision”, no feeling, no true mental desire for true happiness. There was only one goal that you think will bring you happiness.
You see, when I first started bodybuilding, I followed (to the letter) every diet and weightlifting program of the champions and for four years in a row I failed, went nowhere and actually lost weight and size. muscular. I looked at the physique of “other people” and thought that if I looked like them I would be happy.
Then one day I had a vision. It was a mental “vision” of how I wanted to see myself and how I wanted to “feel” about myself. It was NOT a “goal” but a vision with feeling. I stopped following the diet and training lifestyle that I had been implementing for the previous four years.
I dropped everything and then I did this.
I just visualized the way I wanted to look and feel.
In my mind’s eye I created the “perfect me”.
From there, as if by magic, I created the right diets and training programs that worked for “me”.
Mistake #1 for diet and training
It happens every year.
Get in shape, a New Year’s resolution. Lose fat, gain muscle and feel great.
So the person does this;
1. Set a goal to lose weight and gain muscle
2. Find or create a weightlifting training program
3. Find or create a muscle building diet to lose weight
4. Start the program on a Monday, say January 3rd.
5. By January 9th they don’t feel energetic but have lost a couple of pounds
6. By January 16 they begin to feel exhausted and losing strength
7. By January 23 they say they felt better when they were not on a diet
8. By January 30, they may begin to wear down physically and become sick or unwell.
9. By February 7th they start to come off the diet and miss some training days because they lack energy and feel sluggish.
10. At the end of February, 92% of people who started a diet and exercise program dropped out.
11. At the end of April, 96% of people who started a diet and exercise program quit, and many actually gained weight!
Why? What was the cause?
1. The weightlifting program they followed was not progressive for their body type.
2. The diet plan they followed was not balanced in nutrients for their personal metabolic needs.
This happens every year. Overtrained and undernourished equals failure, it can’t end any other way.
You do not believe me? Just secretly watch people you know who are on a diet and training program and see what happens. The time frame may change a bit, but the end result will be the same, guaranteed.
think about it friend