IF you haven’t read “Weight Loss” Mind Set Part 1 read it now.
Great! SO you have some really good positive statements – these state the OUTCOME – what RESULT you want. The question now is how do you get there? The mind set here is a DAILY ACTION PLAN that gradually will make life long behavioural changes – changes that will keep the excess off and keep you fit and healthy.
A DAILY ACTION PLAN can be a list of positive statements
So you’ve decided to ‘lose weight’ – it’s as much a mind game as a physical one!
Our brains work in funny ways and ‘negative’ statements cause some confusion.
“Lose weight” – is one of those! “I want to lose weight” is the most common reason people join a fitness centre, or go to see a personal trainer, yet the very statement is a stumbling block. When you lose something- guess what! You want to FIND it again. Now that is possibly ONE reason for the weight gain immediately after you get to your ‘goal weight’ So- we want to re-phrase for clarity.
Many of us, when asked about “Weight Training” or “Strength Training” immediately put up the “woah -not for me” signal. I wonder why? My guess is that we have these preconceived images of body builders and (if you are female) ugly muscles that seem to bulge out in all the ‘unfemine’ places.
Good News
Well, here is some good news! If you start strength training you won’t end up with all those bulging muscles that ( to me anyway) look so ugly.
Great! So you have made the decision to do some weight training. Now the dilemma -which is best? Those big machine weight stack things at the gym, or the ‘free weights’ – dumb bells and the like?
Well, it really depends on what your goal is. If you just want to ‘look good’ then machine weights will do that for you. If you want functional strength and stability in your day to day living – then free weights is the way to go. How come?
By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
