Keri McKibbin Personal Training

Thinking of not exercising today because you will go for a gentle walk later or tomorrow? That is not the same and it doesn’t count. Walking is wonderful but you need to do things in ADDITION to create real change for your body and mind.

We always talk about “exercise with purpose”, which means getting out of breath, getting your lungs working and demanding a little more out of yourself.

It can be 10 walks up a 30 yard steep hill. It can be a cycle ride taking in great scenery. It can be a weights session. You can use your bodyweight to create great things and get a real sweat on as you should know by now.

First thing on the weekend is the ideal time to get out there, get your heart rate up, your lungs blowing and oxygen into your body on a big scale. The walk later is great but surely you can manage that too? Use that great body you were given, stop giving up in yourself and rediscover what it was actually for!! It’s definitely NOT for sitting on the sofa all day thats for sure!

Take responsibility for your exercise, the time you spend thinking up new excuses NOT to do it, you could have done a workout in that time!!

Be a leader in your family, show everyone else the way and they WILL follow your example, whether now or sometime in the future. Be the person who creates positive change for yourself, encourages others to do the same and sets new higher standards each and every week. A

Actions speak a lot louder than words!!!

Taking responsibility for your actions, your efforts, your results, everything will make your health and fitness far more productive, drive your ambition higher and let you reach your desired outcome far quicker. You need to take ownership of what you do, don’t leave it to chance and absolutely recognise that all of this is totally within your power.

We will try and give you absolutely everything. We throw everything at you each and every day, desperate to get a great result out of you 100% of the time, and an amazing amount of you DO get that result every time.

Here’s a mindset change that will guarantee you great success in your physical and mind transformation and how to keep on improving.

Show up a minimum of 3 times a week. Treat your gym session as a doctor/dentist/solicitor appointment-you HAVE to go to get a positive results. Using excuses not to come are sometimes easier than not hitting the gym, but if you don’t show up then your outcome will NOT be a good one and you wont achieve the massive results you know we get daily.

Take responsibility for your diary right now, nobody else is really in charge of it. 30-45 minutes is achievable for anyone.

2. There is no excuse for you not eating healthy 80% of the time at least. Blaming others is very easy, but YOU are likely in charge of that shopping list and what you buy. You either buy food that is going to enhance your life and explode your energy levels to the upside, or you buy rubbish, devoid of energy foods that offer you no goodness at all, make you irritable and only push you into wild mood swings that destroy your desire to improve and actually train regularly.

Take responsibility for your food that comes into your house, and your health will dramatically improve over time.

3. Hang out with more positive people. The 5 people you hang out with most (at work, school, college, social) usually dictate your views on life, how many challenges you take on and what aspirations in life you really have. Are you going to let people talk your ambitions down and tell you a higher quality of life is not possible, or are you finally going to get away from these negative people and choose your influences more positively?

Once you take action on these three things, momentum starts to swing your way and you will move forward strongly and in a very positive way. Once you have momentum, then anything is possible. It all starts with taking action right now.