Posts Tagged ‘goals’

It’s Getting HOT in Here

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Holy Smokes, the temp at the gym has been insane. I know by posting this I will probably turn people away, but I always believe in being up front with people about boot camp. I always tell them, we are not a pretty little gym with mirrors, music and towel service. We don’t have air conditioning or heat. It’s been 100 degrees inside in the summer and in the 30s during the winter. I find that there is a crazy group of people who get excited by that.

What I love most about our gym is that we are “old school, bare bones, your body is your machine” kind of place. Yeah, we throw in Russian Kettlebells, tires, telephone poles, TRX, sleds and some other equipment, but it’s mostly about using your own body to move better, get stronger and yes, burn some fat.

I was so proud to hear that 2 of our male clients each lost 20 pounds last month. That is 20 pounds in 4 weeks, coming just 3 times a week for 45 minutes! One of our female clients lost 10 and she only comes 2 times a week. Others dropped 2 sizes in the past 4 weeks.

The one thing I love to hear (and see) more than weight loss, is the increase in confidence, the friendships being formed, the healthy habits people are creating, the workouts planned on off days and most of all, people moving better and having less pain.

I love my “job” and I am blessed to be surrounded by some awesome clients and co-workers.

L

What are your goals?

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

I’ve been trying to figure out how to help everyone be accountable to reaching their goals whether it be fat loss, performance improvement, exercise or personal.

I wanted to develop a web site specifically for our clients to track and share their goals; that is until I found out how much it would cost.

I know from years of doing personal training as well as personal experience that people who write down their goals and track them are around 80% more successful than those who don’t.

I also know that people who keep food journals are also more successful than those who don’t. I know that when I posted my food journals at the gym for all to see, I finally started losing weight. There is nothing quite like peer pressure to keep you on track.

So, I am going to experiment. I think that I might be able to help you guys stay on track and become successful in reaching your goals through our blog.

Here you can post your goals, your food journals, your exercise, ask questions and most of all support each other.

We will use the comments section like we would a forum. You can copy and paste your food journals right into the comment section. Post your goals both long term and short term and then keep coming back to post the daily steps you are taking to reach those goals.

If your goals are performance based or personal; share what you are doing on a daily basis to reach your goals. An example might be, running your first 5K. You might post any runs you did for the day, or personal records on time and distance.

Share your successes as well as your failures. I promise, you won’t be alone.

I think by doing this, we are all going to make changes in our lives and probably see results that we have failed to achieve in the past.

I am going to start. You will find my goals in the comment section below.

I challenge you all to join me and I promise that when you are accountable and have concrete goals that are put to paper (computer) you will achieve success.