7 Simple Steps To Health and Fitness

Achieve Your Health And Fitness Goals By Getting SMART

If you want to succeed you need to get SMART about your goals. Be specific about the goals you
want to achieve. With a pair of trusty skin fold calipers, you can also measure pretty accurately adding 10 pounds of muscle or losing 20 pounds of fat.
Each day, place a check mark next to each measurable and specific goal you achieved that will help you conquer your top goal. A goal of a 50 pound increase on your bench press max in 12 weeks would be a challenging goal, but also one that is possible.
However, setting a goal of bench pressing 300 pounds in 4 weeks when you currently bench press 75 pounds will do nothing but set you up for failure and frustration.
You must give yourself a deadline to achieve your goal. More importantly, if your goal is attainable and realistic, but also long term, break it up into smaller goals.
If you wish to lose 75 pounds, start with losing just 10 pounds in 2 months. Reaching that goal will motivate you further and before you know it, enough time has passed that you've lost the 75 pounds.
Making goals timely hold you accountable and creates a positive sense of urgency.

7 Simple Steps To Health and Fitness Success

Think on paper: Only about 3 percent of adults have clear, written goals. These people accomplish five and ten times as much as people without written goals.
Step 1: Decide Exactly What You Want. If your goal is to add 20 pounds of muscle, there isn't much point in using up a lot of you training time by jogging 5 miles a day.
Step 2: Write It Down. Written goals are a powerful thing.
Step 3: Set A Deadline On Your Goal.
Step 4: Make a list of everything you can think of that you will need to do to help you achieve your goal.
Step 5: Organize the list into a plan. Step
6: Take action on your plan immediately. Start building positive reinforcement and momentum RIGHT NOW.
Step 7: Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal.

Take Action Now and Achieve Your Goals

I swear, it seems as if there are more opinions regarding fat
loss than there are people. It's amazing. If you're like most people, fear, doubt and confusion are preventing you from moving forward and tackling your fat loss goals. Hit the gym. Eat that nutritious meal.
If you aren't doing the fundamentals correctly, these things just don't matter. Forget about which supplement is better for what, whether you should be riding the bike or hitting the treadmill, if turkey has less fat than chicken.
The fundamentals of fat loss include:
Perform high intensity weight training,
Eat 5-6 small, frequent meals and never skip meals,
Eat natural foods; avoid processed & refined foods
Eat more fibrous carbs, fruits & vegetables,
Consume at least 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass
Perform high intensity cardio