Sometimes what you need to achieve is just to bigger a mountain to climb.
Yesterday I was working with a personal training client one on one. He has a multitude of problems, some are structural, some are internal lifestyle related diseases, and then he has the weight that he needs to lose. All of these problems make it seem like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, it has been turned off and you can’t seem to be able to see the way ahead.
This client turns to me and says… ‘I feel like giving it all up’
I asked him what he meant and he told me. There are too many problems too much to do and I don’t know where to start with it all. Plus the usual problems in life when you have a family to support, a job and a girlfriend. It all seems too much.
You see, if your body does not work well as its painful, but you need to lose weight, but your metabolism is messed up making it difficult to and then you have medication that also stops you from losing weight it’s almost a catch 22 situation.
Can’t exercise to lose weight as your body hurts, can’t lose weight because your metabolism has been knocked out of balance, need to exercise to get metabolism and blood sugar levels right, but can’t as it hurts!
You see how difficult this problem could get in someone’s head.
So what do you do?
In this case we are starting with the structural problems, with massage and some specific strengthening exercises; he can now walk round the field without his back seizing up.
This means that we can exercise and slowly as he gets stronger and more stable we can increase the intensity and therefore his metabolism.
At the same time we are starting to talk about diet and nutrition, so that we can get the internal environment right to increase metabolism and control blood sugar levels.
Once these two things are in place we can start to lose weight, as we’ll have a body that works inside and out.
But what has this got to do with your boot camp session?
Sometimes your weight loss or toning goal will seem like you have bitten off more that you can chew, it’s too much and it will take too long. Don’t let yourself succumb to these negative thoughts. Make sure that you know what you have to do every day, each week to get yourself the result that you want.
Make sure that you are doing all the small things every day and getting the basic right all the time.
What are the basics I hear you ask?
Step 1, get enough sleep
Step 2, only eat whole foods, nothing processed
Step 3, water water water
Step 4, have some you time! Relax, unwind and de-stress
If you are struggling then make yourself a flow diagram of what you need to do step by step. For instance if you want to lose weight, but have painfull areas box one in your flow diagram would be to address your painful areas, get them working, stable and strong. A brilliant way to start the process is to get a full body diagnositc done; http://absolute-training.org/body-diagnostic/
Your next box could be to address your lifestyle and diet. The personal nutrition course will address nutrition and lifestyle, helping you to build healthy habits. To focus on your lifestyle and food go here www.absolute-training.org/personal-nutrition/
Your next phase could be the introduction of……. da da daaaaar, exercise! There are two ways to go about this but both start the same way. Book yourself in for a free consultation and then you and I can work out whether you’ll get more out of a boot camp or more from personal / small group training.
To find out more about the fit body boot camp go to www.fitbodybootcamp.co.uk
To find out more about Personal training go here http://absolute-training.org/personal-training/
Committed to your success
Keith
