I've just returned from the NZ Fitness Expo. My head is full of new ideas and inspiration and motivation is currently high. My younger class members have already reaped the benefits with new moves, and as a result a new found level of pain!... For my older exercisers I don't want them to wake up the next day in quite the same state, so they get to simply enjoy a more enthusiastic instructor complete with new bright yellow shoes as a result of great shopping in Auckland! We exercise for our own reasons. It could be because we want to lose body fat for either aesthetic or health reasons; we may want to increase strength and mobility for the ease of daily activities; maybe we are training for something specific, or perhaps its just because exercise makes us feel good. Whatever the reason no one can deny that exercise is not a valid option to increase health levels no matter what. Some people don't need convincing of this and yet others find a million and one reasons why they shouldn't exercise. Attitude is something that no one has control over but ourselves. At some point we need to decide that we want to increase or at least maintain our physical health, and hopefully that decision comes sooner rather than later before it's a case of having too. However even set backs, minor and major can be used to our advantage sometimes, as it is often only after we lose something that we find the appreciation, determination and motivation needed to change our attitude to our own health. Changing our attitude and going through the stages often looks something like this:
Denial: “I have no problem and there is no need to change, in fact it's others that have to change and then my problems will go away”
Pre Contemplative: “I think I need to change something to achieve what I want”
Contemplative: “I definitely want something to change and I'm going to do something about it”
Action: “Im finally doing it!”
Maintenance: “I keep yo yoeing between old and new behaviour..I need a plan”
In my experience in the fitness industry I see the majority of people make it to the Action stage, but only a few actually can sustain the changes. I believe that this is as simple as knowing a little bit about neuro science and how the brain will fall back into old habits unless we train ourselves to think another way. Brain patterning doesn't happen by itself, it needs our input. We need to be an active player in this game called life rather than sitting back and waiting for change to happen on it's own. It doesn't! but we can make it happen anytime we want too.
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Denial: “I have no problem and there is no need to change, in fact it's others that have to change and then my problems will go away”
Pre Contemplative: “I think I need to change something to achieve what I want”
Contemplative: “I definitely want something to change and I'm going to do something about it”
Action: “Im finally doing it!”
Maintenance: “I keep yo yoeing between old and new behaviour..I need a plan”
In my experience in the fitness industry I see the majority of people make it to the Action stage, but only a few actually can sustain the changes. I believe that this is as simple as knowing a little bit about neuro science and how the brain will fall back into old habits unless we train ourselves to think another way. Brain patterning doesn't happen by itself, it needs our input. We need to be an active player in this game called life rather than sitting back and waiting for change to happen on it's own. It doesn't! but we can make it happen anytime we want too.
Www.carlascoachingforhealth.com
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