Goal setting:Taking on to much?

June 10, 2010

I woke up today with a little stiffness in the legs and aching back.

Recently I signed up for a running race that I am not quite ready for and I have been training beyond     my fitness level in order to prepare for the race that is in 7 days.

I have a habit of doing this as a huge goal…..one that seems out of reach is my method of getting my        butt moving.

In 2004 I signed up for 17 races…..triathlons, marathons, adventure races.  The year was awesome in terms of accomplishments but sub par in terms of performance.

So why am I writing this for you to read?  What lesson is there for you?

Well, I feel that everyone should determine what will motivate them.  Find a carrot to dangle in front of your nose.

In 2004 I also worked with Anthony Robbins and he taught me quite a bit about setting goals and really discovering your true motivation.

He says something like “you need to be fed up with being fed up”.  Which translates to really getting close to your feelings when you are fat, or lazy or whatever it may be and really owning the negative outcome of your actions which create the problem.  Get as close to those awful feelings as possible and let them fester a little so you become sold on discontinuing the negative behavior.

This is great except I hate it when I or someone I am working with seems so miserable during that time of getting to know your feelings.  Hard to stay positive during this time.

So back to the setting goals.

Determine what it is that drives you….whether it’s removing a painful behavior or creating new habits.

Remember that the foundation of your life and quality of which is based soley on your daily, weekly, and monthly habits.

You must define who and what you want to be and then create a to do list of what it will take to get there.

This list needs to be broken down into habits that are in tune with this.

Put them in your blackberry on a daily, weekly, monthly calendar.

This will create success quickly.  Momentum builds and usually if you have defined goals that reflect different areas of your life like family, health, & work you will be well balanced.

The only rule for all of this is to be realistic.  As I said in the beginning, I may have set unrealistic goals for this current race but I have been setting goals for quite some time and I know that I really need to reach to be motivated.

The trick in all of this is to take your success and failures in stride.  Your result is all in how you measure.

If I were planning to win all of my races in 2004 I would have been a huge failure.

Since I realistically just wanted to finish the races I succeeded.

The same goes for this upcoming race.  If I planned on running 7:30 miles I would fail but I hope to finish…that is all.

Set goals……make them realistic but stretch yourself……be flexible in your expectations as you move along through goal setting.

As for fitness, set goals in nutrition, strength training, and cardio.  make it simple at first with just a goal of getting in 3 sessions of each per week and eating 5 small meals each day.

Then adjust your goals and make them a bit more of a stretch like 40 minutes of cardio 3 times each week and 3 strength training boot camp classes along with a 50% carb, 25% pro, and 25% fat breakdown in diet.

The success you feel from accomplishing these goals and adjusting them as you move forward will really snowball and you will see results quickly.

Good luck on goals setting.  Hopefully this little article motivates you and defines what and how for setting goals.

Please Select Your Primary Fitness Goal... I Would Like To Lose Weight Improve My General Health & Wellness Change My Current Dietary Habits Build Muscle and Increase Strength Increase My Energy Levels Sculpt A Leaner & Healthier Physique

 

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