It all starts with a goal . . .

After working in the fitness industry for almost ten years I have seen a fair few people walk through those gym doors excited and motivated to improve their fitness, lose some weight or gain some serious muscle. Unfortunately, I am lucky if I see these people ever again and the only time their name is seen is when their direct debit is paid.

So in this blog I am here to give you everything you need to succeed, talking about what you should be doing and what I am doing to achieve my goals in the gym. When you decide you are going to do something about your health the first thing to do is set an achievable goal; you need to be specific with your goals or how will you ever know you have achieved them? 

By setting a target that you want to get to, it will also help to focus your mind in not only what you are doing in your exercise routine but also in other areas of health. Here is a  principle that can help you set out some goals to achieve, it's called the S.M.A.R.T principle.

S = Specific (Provide information on short, medium and long term goals)

M = Measurable (How will you measure whether you have reached your goals)

A = Attainable (Be Realistic)

R = Rewards (Also reward yourself for achieving your goals)

T = Time (Set specific dates for your goals)

Take these into account when you come up with your fitness goal and use them as motivation!

My personal goals

To give you an example I am going to tell you all about my fitness goals. First of all I enlisted the help of Stephanie Sweeney (Bio-Signature Practitioner) at the start of my latest fitness challenge to improve my health and fitness. Stephanie has a fantastic understanding of fitness and specializes in spot reducing body fat using the bio signature method. For more information on Bio-signature and what it can do for you check out http://www.mybiosignature.com.au/biosignature-program.html 

So first of all Stephanie took my body fat measurements from 12 different sites over my body and worked out that my body fat is 15.3%. So let's use the S.M.A.R.T principle to set out my goals:

Specific - I have set myself the challenge of dropping my body fat percentage down to 11% all together but I am going to break that down and start by aiming to get to below 14% in four weeks which is when I will have my measurements done once again.

Measurable - I am going to meet with Stephanie again and we will do the same 12 body sites to work out my body fat once more and hopefully to see I have improved.

Achievable - I am giving myself a new aim every 4 weeks with the first aim to get below 14% body fat.

Reward's - If I achieve my goal I am going to reward myself with a bit of a shopping spree.

Time - I have 3 months from the start of June to achieve my goal.

So there you have it, grab a pen and some paper and come up with your fitness goals to really get you motivated for exercise and to improve your health. 

Next time we will look at programme design so you know your heading in the right direction.

What can we Achieve . . .

Daniel Farr

For anyone interested in personal training you can contact:

Email: advancedbodysculpture@gmail.com                                                         

Phone: 07791 859 559

Website: www.advancedbodysculpture.co.uk

and for more information on Bio-signature you can contact:

Email: trainwithstephanie@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: 07912 145 447