Your
Journey Phase III – HAVE A PLAN!!
BY BRETT WALTERT
We are now on to the
third step on our way to success with being able to achieve our goals. We have
step 1; our goals, Step 2; getting your mind right, and now on to “The Plan”. I
am not going to beat a dead horse on this one but if there is one thing that
the military taught me throughout the years that I served, that I can transfer
over and try to help instill back into my community, it’s have a plan and stick
to it. This part of the journey can be the one part that many people can find a
plethora of different excuses for what they are doing or what they are not
doing. It very easily boils down to ego, lack of knowledge, laziness, and
mindset, these four entities set us back in progress and destroy what may start
out to be great plans. I will break these items down individually, not to sit on
my soap box and smash on what is happening in fitness facilities all over the
US, but just to shed some light on common occurrences happening day to day as
to why people may be on the struggle bus as far as trying to achieve their
goals (Health and fitness related).
EGO -- Get rid of it! Lifting heavy, just to lift heavy is
not impressing anyone. If you can handle the weight and make full range of
motion with proper technique and form then HULK on, but if you have a spotter
pulling as hard as they can while your attempting some variation of a back
bridge under maximal strain, just to get up to check the mirror to see if that
poor attempt of a lift made your muscles bigger, you are wrong! ---- Good form, Good technique,
appropriate amount of weight = success.
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE – This most likely is not your fault,
quality information about what you should actually be doing is somewhat hard to
find. Health related concerns should be directed to professionals like doctors
and personal trainers. Overall fitness and performance goals should be directed
to someone that is qualified to answer these questions, this means if you are
thirty years old don’t assume the big guy that is 20 years old over on the
bench press knows how to get those arms pumped up again, a lot has changed in
your body over the years and its possible to get there but you need your own program
and diet. Basically my best advice here is find a person that has accomplished
the thing that you are trying to get done and ask for help, they can either
answer your questions or direct you to someone who can. Try not to turn to
magazines and supplement websites because although some have quality
information, most of them are more concerned with marketing and the “beautiful”
people plastered all over that are half naked with the air brushed highlights
are getting paid to “look good” not working a 9-5 at Nestle. ----- Quality information from credible
sources!!!
LAZINESS – We’ve all had our days, and I’m only going to
give you one little line here; TODAY,
NOT TOMORROW. You want results, you earn them.
MINDSET – YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND READ MY 2nd
BLOG POST.
On to “THE PLAN” It takes 21 days to create a new routine,
this means that you must wake up and go run 21 days in a row before you start
to have the “I am ready to run when I wake up” feeling. When planning for down
the road you must make a realistic plan for yourself as to what you are going
to be doing with your time throughout the week. This plan does not
have to be down to the minute by any means but it must be specific enough so
you can see what your day will be and what your week will look like. This is
very important the more specific your goals are because you should be able to
track your progress. It will also prove to be useful in the instance where you’ve
been grinding it out for 5 weeks and have seen no results, this is where you
would bring in what you’ve been doing to... for instance . . . . ME (personal trainer) or
any personal trainer and we will be able to see what you’ve done (or haven’t done)
and can assist you with the changes that need to be made. To put this simply
without traipsing through all the ways to make a plan and lay out a schedule I will
end it with this;
1.)
Get your information from CREDIBLE sources.
2.)
Set up a WEEKLY FITNESS PLAN for yourself with
DAILY routines.
3.)
Stick to it religiously……STICK TO IT…..STICK TO
IT …….STICK TO IT….
4.)
Don’t be lazy!!!! (YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE!!!)
5.)
Hold yourself accountable.
6.)
GET AFTER IT !!!
7.) Dont be afraid to ask for HELP!!
