The worldwide pandemic of the COVID-19 outbreak has had detrimental consequences on the health of our population. As a result of the attempts to avoid infection by quarantine, health risks have spiked from the changes it has made to our lives by encouraging a sedentary lifestyle. Has your body weight increased during quarantine? Has working from home held you at a seated position for hours a day? Do you feel constant discomfort in your back and hips? Do you withdraw from exercise from feeling lethargic by the sedentary lifestyle you have adapted? If so, I have a 3 step strategy to help you spring back to obtaining your model physique. 

 

Step #1: Change Your Mindset

 

The majority of people are apprehensive about changing their mindset. Your mind is the primary influencer in obtaining your goals. You may have allowed cynical thoughts to cross your mind when studying your reflection. Renounce your pessimistic thoughts immediately and envision yourself at your supreme state. Envision how satisfying it will feel to obtain the model physique you've always imagined. As the great Dr. Norman Vincent Peale inscribed in his book, The Power Of Positive Thinking, "Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate." 

 

Step #2: Eliminate Excuses

 

If you are the sort that fears action and utilizes excuses, alibis, or reasons alternatively to justify the state of being overweight, cease immediately. Eliminate the words can't and don't from your vocabulary. Refuse the urge to allow excuses to destroy your life—demand more from yourself rather than avoiding your duty to exercise. Direct your attention to set small attainable goals to lose weight, such as cutting half a pound of body fat each week. Note the benefits you'll enjoy once you attain your weight loss goals, such as fitting into old apparel that collects dust in your closet or decreasing your risk of severe health conditions such as stroke or heart attack. As Dr. David J Swartz formulated in his book, Magic Of Thinking Big, "Action cures fear."

 

Step #3: Employ Support

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Exercising alone can be demotivating, especially when you lack the knowledge to perform exercises with proper technique. You are more likely to fail without being challenged by an accountability partner. Who would rush to begin a workout without someone appointed to standby? Who would push themselves beyond their limitations without encouragement from someone else that is present? Exercising alone is a formula for catastrophe. Seek a workout partner who is in more vigorous shape than you, or consider me, your local fitness expert, to guarantee your results. I am passionate about your achievements, especially in weight loss—don't misuse your time, energy, and effort on mistakes by guessing what to do. Gain the advantage of weight loss by starting my in-home personal training program with me at your location. I'll drive to you at your convenience by appointment, mentor you through my program, hold you accountable to conditioning your body, and encourage you when you need it most. Approach your dream physique with fierce intent. As the preeminent James Allen wrote in his book, As A Man Thinketh, "The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Your Trainer,

Juan Bazan