If you’re like most people, you have a “make-‘em-and-break-‘em” attitude toward your New Year’s resolutions.  You have noble intentions, you believe you will make more time for yourself this year, and lose that weight, exercise more, and give up those bad habits.  No more laying around and being lazy for you, 2012 is the year when you will accomplish it all!

Sadly, a good percentage of people give up their resolutions before truly giving them a chance, pushing their resolutions aside and falling back into old habits without putting in the effort and seeing results.

The key to success is specific and attainable goals! If the goals aren’t realistic, then you can never truly believe in them or obtain them.  The only good resolution I can think of is… giving up excuses!  Excuses are the start of bad habits and take you down the wrong path.

Make 2012 the best year of your life by giving up excuses and putting in the time and effort to succeed, you’ll be happy you did, I promise.   We all have more time than we think.  Get organized and stay focused. 

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]]> http://kettlebellkurt.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/drop-10-lbs-by-christmas/feed/ 2 kettlebellkurt 0.7485029940119761 http://kettlebellkurt.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/stay-motivated/ http://kettlebellkurt.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/stay-motivated/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:08:24 +0000 Kurt Hartmann http://kettlebellkurt.wordpress.com/?p=908 Continue reading →]]> Before we discuss motivation, let’s get explain the definition.

Motivation:  the desire to do things.

It’s the difference between waking up before dawn to put in work and laying around the house all day. It’s the crucial element in setting and attaining goals—and research shows you can influence your own levels of motivation and self-control. So figure out what you want, rid yourself of the non-sense, and start being who you want to be.

We’ve all experienced a lack of motivation at one time or another, but it’s important to realize that we are in control!  Motivation is a feeling, not an object that we either have or don’t.  Feeling motivated is a matter of choice(s).  We either choose to sit around or choose to be productive.

Some of us need a fire lit under our a**, while others light their own fire.  Keep in mind results don’t come from doing nothing.  Attaining what you want to achieve requires effort and time (work). Keep Moving Forward.

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This blew my mind when I first came across this information, what a colossal waste of time! And that doesn’t even include how much time is being spent in front of a computer. We sit around stuffing our faces watching mindless show after mindless show and continue to get brainwashed by advertising.

Bottom line is TV is rotting our brains and our bodies!

It’s making us:

• Fat
• Lazy
• Sad
• Stupid

The solution = Limit your screen time.

I’m not saying completely get rid of your TV, but at the very least cut back.  There are so many other things you could be doing with your time.  Especially in America, where obesity has become an epidemic.  Productivity has been on a steady decline since the advancements in television, this needs to change!

Limiting the amount time spent in front of the “idiot box” will improve and lengthen your life.  Studies have shown:

- People who see an ad advertising snacks, eat more snacks immediately after seeing the ad.  Advertising is created and designed to hit you at a subconscious level, you won’t even think about what you’re doing.  You’re being brainwashed.

- Unhappy people watch more television.  TV pushes aside activities that promote happiness; things like being with friends & family, and Exercising.

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• Decrease in Performance –

This is a bad sign of overload!  Athletes from all sports can relate to this and need to learn to avoid it.

• Insomnia -

Your body will become restless and prevent you from getting your much needed rest and recovery.

• Longer Recovery Time -

A sign that you’re not giving your body enough time to rebuild and repair the damage that you’ve done to it.

• Mood Swings –

You release the same hormones when you’re emotionally stressed and physically overloaded. Stay away from the emotional roller coaster!

• Increase in Fatigue –

Mental and physical fatigue can be a sign of over training, it’s important to know your limits.  Shy away from training to failure, in most cases it does more damage than good.

• Elevated Resting Heart Rate (RHR) -

An increase in your normal resting heart rate, could indicate that you’re placing excessive stress on your body.

• Lack of Interest in Exercise -

A decrease in motivation or overall enjoyment of the activity can be a major sign of burnout. This more often occurs in weight lifters, sprinters or soccer players who are driven by speed and power.

• Weakened Immune System –

Never a good thing.  This makes you much more apt to become sick or injured.  One of the best things about proper training is building a stronger healthier body (which includes your immune system).

• Fat Gain -
  

If you’ve lost weight but noticed an increase in body fat, something is definitely not right!  You should never go backwards in your training!

• Loss of Appetite -

This typically occurs in the mid – late stages of over training, and is very closely connected with fatigue.  When you slow down bodily processes like metabolism, the body attempts to force a reduction in its workload by forcing you to reduce what you’re doing.

Just a little something I had on my mind today.  Hope this helps. 

Train Smart & Listen To Your Body!

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This post is for the runners out there who claim they don’t need to workout because they run…

A healthy back is as important to your running as fit legs.  If your back muscles aren’t strong, they’ll fatigue faster, take energy away from other muscles, and change your stride, which will lead to joint misplacement and eventually injury. 

Take a look at how each of your posterior muscles impacts your performance!

Shoulders/Upper Back

• Strong shoulders keep your upper body relaxed, work with the arms to help propel you forward, and aid in breathing efficiently.

Proper spinal alignment (good posture) optimizes the function of the nerves, lungs and diaphragm.  Making your body much more efficient.

Lower Back

• These muscles keep the body erect! They also give you the ability to rotate slightly with each stride, giving your hips and thighs more energy to push you forward. A weak lower back puts tremendous strain on the hamstrings, and IT bands, which I’m sure every runner has had some experience with.   Thus, throwing off your stride and causing injuries to the ankles, knees, and hips.
  

Hips

• The hips help drive us forward and stabilize while preventing excess side-to-side motion during landing that could strain the back and cause injuries.

Strong hips and posterior muscles will improve all athletic movements!

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