![]() To quote Greg Plitt, an aspirational figure of mine: ‘do you really think four weeks of work is going to reverse twenty, thirty, or forty years of bad habits? No, it wont.’ You have to be persistent, dedicated, and in it for the long haul if you really want any change within yourself to happen. Many will go to the gym for three to four weeks into the New Year, not see much progress, and quit. ‘hitting the gym 3x per week, and adding at least two fruits and vegetables to my diet each day.’ This way, it is less likely you will be overrun by your idealistic goals and more likely for you to achieve smaller victories that will eventually turn into larger ones.īe patient, don’t give up – especially with fitness goals. Give yourself a break and first set an achievable goal i.e. Since they’re not used to going to the gym 5x per week or eating clean foods 24/7, they give up because its not normal, and too hard. It is common for someone who has no athletic or training background (who also happens to fuel their bodies with junk food), to begin the new year with overly-optimistic goals. Take it slowĪ concept that helps ameliorate the seemingly global issue of failed health and fitness goals in the New Year is to just take it slow. Pull up your bootstraps, tell your goals, your fears, and your resolutions to the world, and follow through. ![]() However, you can avoid being one of these transient gym-attendees if you put your words into actions – realize that nothing worth having comes easy. The gym is uncharacteristically packed with ‘new-years-resolutioners’ who, within a matter of weeks, will slowly dissipate and give up. The first few weeks of January are the absolute worst. The pessimism is running high I know, but gym-rats know the phenomena. Sure you can say you want to ‘get in shape’ and hit the gym ‘5x per week’ in the new year, but unless you actually believe and commit to this idea, and accept the tough journey ahead, you will fail. There has to be a change, fundamentally, that occurs within yourself before you can even think to begin about New Years Resolutions actually carrying out. Understandably, the New Year is a convenient time marker for new goals and aspirations, but there is something more essential at hand, and that needs to be addressed first. We are still the same person on January 1st as we are on December 31st, but for some reason we feel that tacking on another year to the 20XX convention is supposed to change us for some reason. Resolutions often fall apart because in the literal sense, the calendar moving from one day to the next means close to nothing. ![]() Why is this? The change of date from 12/31 to 1/1 really doesn’t mean anything Yes, we all have probably made them at some point in our lives, whether it be to improve our grades, get a strong start at our new job, or lose weight. Today’s post will be about New Years Resolutions. Also, I tried out the terrain park for the first time, and although I ate a LOT of snow, it was by far the best part of the day. There was much more snow than we expected the resort did a great job in providing a good amount of snow and grooming a fair amount of the runs. Writing from Auburn, CA this morning – had an awesome day on the slopes yesterday with some buddies up in Northstar Lake Tahoe. ![]()
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