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Two Ways That Winners Build Momentum For Success In Fitness And Life by
Jeremy Markum
 "The Fitness Sage"

The BEGINNING of motion: Getting Started and Building Momentum...

First let me define what I mean by "Motion." Motion is EVERYTHING you DO on your journey to achieving the physical objective you have set for yourself. In business terms, Motion might be called: "implementing the plan." I just like to shorten this to "motion" because it emphasizes that you're ACTIVE.  Nothing gets done until you get moving. Look at Nature: if something is completely still, it's dead. All that grows and is alive, moves.

It's my belief (and experience) that many people don't achieve their
health and fitness related goals (especially New Year's resolutions) because they can't get moving and stay moving. They're so entrenched in their current way of doing things, and caught up in the unhealthy habits, that it simply takes too much energy to stop their current behaviors, and to develop new ones.

Why is this? Well, I think there are two BIG reasons people have a hard time getting started and building the necessary momentum to change their bodies and achieve a greater level of health (and many more small reasons, but I'll focus only on the large issues here).

~~~~~~~~~~~~ REASON #1
Past failures create an "emotional weight" simply too heavy to move in the mind of the person trying to make a change.


You've heard the saying "success breeds success." And it's true. But it's also true that when you experience repeated failures, you can sometimes attract further frustrations and failure.

It's simple psychology. When you successfully achieve an important goal, you feel good, and release endorphins (the body's natural pleasure drug), which is a powerful "positive REINFORCEMENT." But when you fail at something, the body releases the stress hormone cortisol, a powerful "positive PUNISHMENT" (''positive'' because you're getting something--even though you don't want it).

Here's how to turn the negative of past failures around:

Step 1 --> VALUE the learning experience. You now know what NOT to do next time you set out to achieve your goal, making it MUCH more likely you'll do what works in the future. You might think this sounds hokey, but consider this: There's a lot of debate still going on about very low carb diets vs. a more balanced approach. Let's say you choose a low carb option like Atkins, and after initial success, hit a brick wall, lose a lot of muscle, and then get sick... Well, you've just proven to yourself that something A LOT of people will tell you works, doesn't work for you, and you will definitely do better next time.

Plus, every "wrong way" you eliminate leads you statistically closer to the
right way. Remember Thomas Edison? He failed at creating a light bulb over a thousand  times. But since he was COMMITTED to achieving his goal, he didn't fret. He knew every unsuccessful attempt just led him closer to his ultimate objective.

Step 2 --> APPRECIATE the value of doing something the right way. After repeated failures, you'll really be thankful for success once you taste it. Think about it: if you never experience any adversity, how would you know the value of your achievements?

It's been shown that (most) people will take massive action much more
readily to avoid pain, than they will to seek pleasure. So you can harness
the power of failure, and use the frustration to fuel you to take better,
more intense action to achieve your goals. (By the way, if you only get
motivated when it hurts, you'll probably be doomed to mediocrity. All
super-successful people I know spend so much seeking good things in their life, pain doesn't fit in their schedule. I talk more about this in my new guide, too.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~ REASON #2
The second reason people have a hard time getting started on a new goal, and building momentum, is because they don't have enough knowledge about how to achieve it, or worse, they try to reinvent the wheel.


Well this is seemingly easy to fix. There's a wealth of information about
building a better body. Any bookstore, tons of websites, newsstands--you name it--fitness info is not hard to find.

But what IS hard to find, is QUALITY, PROVEN information. So let me
recommend a resource I trust: All Star Trainer's Secrets to Maximum Muscle Gain and Maximum Fat Loss
 http://bestofthebestallstars.com/a.cgi?i=achievefit

(depending on whether your goal is to build muscle, or to burn fat- And
these two goals work best when you alternate them sequentially: build
muscle--lose fat--build muscle, etc.).

I trust this source, partly because I helped write it. I also recommend it
to you, because I've learned a lot from the other authors of this guide
over my years in the fitness industry.

Bottom line, you have far MORE knowledge to burn fat and build muscle after you've read this guide, than you could even use in probably two full years.

And I've got to be honest, at $37 dollars, you're practically stealing
this guide. You're getting the knowledge of eleven of the world's most
sought after personal trainers. I can't speak for the others, but the
program I provide alone would cost you a minimum of $250 bucks to obtain. And with the iron-clad money back satisfaction guarantee that's included, you don't have anything to lose.

So there you have it, methods to use past failures for motivation, and a
valuable source of fat burning, muscle building knowledge. Take advantage of these two tips, and this time, you''ll have no problem getting started and building momentum toward the achievement of your health and fitness goals--and you might just achieve them in 30 days!

Be Profoundly Fit,

--Jeremy Markum
"The Fitness Sage"

http://www.jeremymarkum.com/ http://www.jeremymarkuminnercircle.com/