Keri McKibbin Personal Training
No gimmicks, no fads, just RESULTS!!
Achieving your goals doesn’t happen just because you just dream about it, talk about it, or even write it down.
It comes from the day to day decisions and keeping to what you said you were going to do, long enough to get to your end point where you actually achieve what you wanted to do.
An old saying is that you need to be willing to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.
That moment when you become ultimately successful is amazing when you change your body and mind for the better. That journey though is full of bumps on the road that often tries to throw you off course.
Here’s what I notice just before our most successful members get the huge results they want, something really unique happens.
If you rewind slightly before they get over the finishing line, just before they were about to achieve their greatest successes, they too also go through the self-doubt, the thoughts whether they could carry on or not, whether they were really making the staggering changes that everyone was telling them they were.
Most people we train are very humble people, and sometimes they only believe their success when their clothes are suddenly falling down on them!
They only believe it when people they haven’t seen for a while ask them what the heck they have been doing! The change is often so dramatic that it makes friends comment so much on a regular basis.
It’s a fact that most people when they try to achieve anything in life often quit when their victory and success is only a yard or so away, the final bit of self-belief and seeing it through are so important to complete the journey.
Success comes when you stick it out a bit longer, even when times are tough and you think you can’t get through it.
Change is often uncomfortable but change is the essence of life, and is the main reason why people ask to join our gym. They want change in their lives, and it’s our job to deliver that change, even if it’s very tough at times, I know the individual concerned at the end though will be extremely happy with the results and very proud of their achievements.
Practicing doesn’t make you perfect, but practicing a lot WILL make you attain a peak performance more often than not.
If you look at your habits every day, then you will realise why you are being successful or not by now surely.
What do you practice most in your day and week?
When was life working out best for you, and which habits did you used to practice on a daily basis back then?
What were you doing? Who were you hanging around with back then?
What were you eating? How often were you getting your training sessions in on a a weekly basis?
Who did you learn most from on a daily basis to create new productive habits? Did you have a coach back then and were you in any kind of programme to get the best out of yourself?
So from this you should be able to realise which habits work best for you, what inspired you to get into shape in the first place and isn’t it time you replicated all of those habits again and got into fantastic shape, both mentally and physically?
You know it’s going to take a lot of hard work to be at your best physically and mentally again, but dig out that roadmap again of how you were at your peak once in your life, and you will soon be getting the very best out of yourself once again.
Your daily and weekly habits will determine how successful you are full stop.
Most people hit their initial training with enthusiasm.
After all, they are usually keen to make a change to their body and will be consistent with their initial workouts.
This “honeymoon” period does pass though, and it’s important you have a range of workout options to keep things fresh and productive.
I have started a lot of individuals who wanted to train 7 days a week if they could. This is never sustainable though.
The importance of having at least one day off to recuperate and rest can never be overstated though.
There will be some weeks when you feel like having an extra day off if you feel particularly tired that week, never be afraid to take that extra day off.
There are plenty of occasions when spending less time in the gym and focusing more on quality will benefit you more.
If you do less sometimes, but really focus on hitting the big important movements really hard, you won’t get burnt out or feel exhausted, and sometimes you get a much better workout and you will feel the movement that much better.
Make sure you don’t sacrifice quality for quantity.
Always record your progress in your training.
Are you getter better steadily each week or slipping back in certain exercises?
Are you feeling fitter each week or constantly feeling tired?
You will always get fitter if you take enough time to recover from your sessions, eat enough good food and get enough sleep in general, that is always the magic combination.
If you are not getting stronger regularly, do less workouts but this time really start concentrating on the movements you are doing, and really start doing them with perfect form so you really start feeling it again.
Sometimes less is more.
Rest intervals are highly important for your workouts, and can make the difference between having very effective sessions, or just going through the same old thing which will sooner or later put a halt on your progress.
Many of you must have been to a place where they have 5 minutes in between sets, have a chat in between sets and generally there is “no rush” on the training session.
Look at those who do it, then decide whether you want to emulate them.
This feels a really comfortable place to be for all the wrong reasons.
Staying in your comfort zone is fun but not very challenging. The longer you stay in your comfort zone, the longer you are not going to get the results you want.
Simply reducing your rest in between sets can be the smartest thing you do this week.
You may get a bit out of puff, you may even have to lower the weights you use, but you will be all the better for it, and become a lot fitter too, reduce your body fat and feel a lot, lot better in 4 weeks or so.
We challenge all our members on their rest periods, and there’s never much sitting around not doing anything. We want everyone to keep on improving, so stay ahead of the game and reduce your rest periods!
