In your fitness endeavors, if you don't have IMPENDING deadlines that give you
that twinge in your stomach that says "take action now, or else!" then you find
it very easy to say to yourself, ' I have plenty of time so this one cheat meal
doesn't matter... it doesn't make much difference at this point if I skip this
one workout... I have time to make it up..."
And then, just like the term paper, you are scrambling at the last minute to
reach your weight goal. But in the case of your body, the consequences are more
severe and painful than just a bad grade or late penalty.
Inevitably, you succumb to crash dieting and overtraining or other unhealthy
fast-weight-loss madness, which eats up your own muscle like a hungry cannibal
and sends you spiraling into the dark pit of metabolic damage and the inevitable
plateau and weight gain that follow.
But the solution is so simple: Count your way down to success!
Don't stop with setting goals. Set deadlines on your goals. Then put your goal
countdown on paper, review your goals every single day, AND know, every single
day, how many days there are until your target goal date. You will stay more
consciously focused and even better, your unconscious mind will go to work for
you in keeping you motivated, on track, and on schedule. You'll come in for a
landing on your goal deadline date like a fighter pilot landing on an aircraft
carrier.
I just did my countdown calendar earlier this week... T minus 117 days til my
next bodybuilding competition, and thanks to this simple but powerful technique,
I'm already focused like a laser beam and have been making steady progress
without so much as a hiccup...
Don't under-estimate this simple technique... Give it an honest test... because
it's often the simplest motivational techniques that are the most powerful of
all!
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About the Author
Tom Venuto is an NSCA-certified personal trainer, certified
strength and conditioning specialist, lifetime natural bodybuilder,
and author of the #1 best-selling e-book "Burn the
Fat, Feed The Muscle" (BFFM). Tom has written over
170 articles and has been featured in IRONMAN Magazine,
Natural Bodybuilding, Muscular Development, Muscle-Zine,
Olympian’s News (in Italian), Exercise for Men and
Men’s Exercise. For information on Tom's "Burn
The Fa Feed the Musclet" e-book, click
here
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