Fit for Life: Change Your Mind…Change Your Body

Fit for Life: Change Your Mind…Change Your Body

In order to be successful at anything in life, you need to follow the right path that will get you there. Along this path you will make some mistakes, encounter some distractions, and meet obstacles you must overcome. You may come to several forks in your path that requires you to make decisions, and give some thought as to which road to take. The road to health and fitness is no different than the road to financial success or anything else worth while doing. So before you set out on this journey, you must make sure your best tool for success is in the best shape – that’s your mind.  What are the messages you play over and over to yourself.  Changing the fail messages to win messages is essential.  So, before you get to work on your body, let’s get to work on your mind

Inspiration:

One must be inspired by something or someone to want to seek out this journey. Even when you are doing it for health reasons, someone you care enough about inspires you to stay healthy or if you have a person you want to emulate, that is an inspiration to get moving. Whatever reason you have to take care of yourself began first with a thought, an idea, and an inspiration. Keep that thought top of mind.

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Motivation:

The first one gives you the idea, but motivation is needed to carry out the task. This is “the one” that grabs you by the collar, pulls you off the sofa, and pushes you into the gym. “I’m the mud run that's a month away, or the buddy that tells you he can bench more than you; I'm the guy with the abs in the movie that your girl gasps at when his shirt comes off. I'm also the guy hanging around your waist making the scale cry. So basically, I'm responsible for whatever gets in your head and says c'mon man - lets do this”.

Determination: 

Defined as a firmness of purpose; a resoluteness; “he advanced with an unflinching determination". Determination is the process we use to establish new ideas and plans – we research, calculate, have resolve, willpower, and strength of character.  In order to succeed you need all these things that will give you the determination not to fail. 

Execution: 

Once you get inspired, motivated, and are determined to carry out your goals, the final and deciding round is execution. You can imagine being in shape all day long, be motivated to join the gym, actually have the determination to make time to get there, but all those noble deeds will be undone if you do not execute properly. You only get paid for results, regardless if you are at work or at the gym, the only thing that will propel you forward is results, and the only way to get results is through proper execution. 

So let's go over these steps to success one more time. First we get inspired and that plants the seed. Then we need to find a way or reason to start this task, weather it's a fitness routine or trying to improve your income, something must motivate you. Your follow through will depend on how much determination you have and how much drive and passion you are willing to invest. The end result will be based on your way of executing the situation.  Once you have all these things you have the beginning of your formula to success – and it all starts with a great mindset to WIN!  Find a great program that works for you – Providence Fit Body Boot Camp reinforces not only the type of exercise you do, and that you do it correctly, without injury, but we talk about all the mind games that can derail you – and through positive messages, and group comaraderie, we help that mindset stay programmed for success. 

Matt Espeut, GoLocal's Health & Lifestyle Contributor has been a personal trainer and health & fitnesss consultant for over 25 years. He is the owner of Fitness Profiles, a one on one, and small group personal training company, as well as Providence Fit Body Boot Camp, located at 1284 North Main St., on the Providence/Pawtucket line. You can reach Matt at (401) 453-3200; on Facebook at "Matt Espeut", and on Twitter at @MattEspeut. "We’re all in this life together – let’s make it a healthy one!"