Turning Your Exercise Program
Into A Masterpiece
How do you start each project? What is the final result that you desire? When you start Combat Endurance Training or another exercise program what is it that you're looking for? How did you prepare to make sure that you attain your goals?
Many times when I talk to people about their exercise goals, I find that they could use some help in creating the plan so that they can get the end result. Here are some important things to commit to even before the plan is created. Without a willingness to exercise these skills there is no possible way that a favorable end result can be attained.
Those skills are:
- Patience
- Ability to accept small victories
- Persistence
- Ability to overcome frustration
- Ability to not compare yourself to others
- Willingness to learn how to make mistakes
- Willingness to have a sense of humor
Hold on a second. We’re talking about an exercise program and getting into better shape. What does that have to do with using your imagination? EVERYTHING!
“Visualize this thing that you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build!”It doesn’t matter the goal. Physical, business, social, family, or otherwise, what matters for the successful completion of any goal is the mental preparation that goes into it.
-Robert Collier
Here’s a fitness example. Over the years I find that many people have chosen to not continue on with a fit lifestyle. This choice has lead to lack of movement and exercise and also some troubling eating habits. That decision has been made, but it doesn’t mean that another, better decision can not be made now in its place.
So let’s say that the goal of this individual is to lose weight, become physically fit and active, eat better, and feel great about the decision. Where do you start? You start in your mind. You recall times in your life when you may have had these things. You recall how it felt, how you looked, and you allow your mind to wrap itself around the feeling of good times from your past. If you had not had success with your fitness in the past it’s ok.
Start seeing the “you” that you want to become and allow yourself to feel the emotion connected with that accomplishment.
“See the things you want as already yours…Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.”
-Earl Nightingale
“I noticed an almost universal trait among Super Achievers, and it was what I call Sensory Goal Vision. These people knew what they wanted out of life, and they could sense it multidimensionally before they ever had it. They could not only see it, but also taste it, smell it, and imagine the sounds and emotions associated with it. They pre- lived it before they had it. And that sharp, sensory vision became a powerful driving force in their lives.”Our imagination is the most powerful tool that we have. It’s within our possibilities to live an incredible life if we only take the time to practice the skills necessary to make it happen. It’s important to remember that all the actions that we may take will only be their effective best if we help out by conditioning our mind and preparing it for the final goal that we are looking to accomplish.
-Steven DeVore
“Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and all depths; that there are no walls nor fences; nor prohibited places; nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought…”So what do you want for yourself? If it’s important enough for you to have a desire to achieve then go to a place in your mind and help it become your reality.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
To a pleasant journey,
Fred Nicklaus
Combat Endurance Training Coach
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