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Setting goals and achieving them Since Misty wrote about winning attitude a couple of issues back, I thought I would dive deeper into this interesting topic by writing about setting goals and how to work your way into achieving them. Most of you have met those “would, should, BUT” people. Or maybe you’re one of them yourself, one of those who always says you “would like to compete BUT, you should lose a little weight BUT”… I once was, too. There was always the BUT. That’s why I know how to get out of that vicious circle of intentions that never come true. If you want to reach your goals, you have to learn how to stay organized. It’s important on off-season and even more important, if not essential, on on-season. Learn how to be organized on your off-season and by the time your competition prep starts, it will be your normal routine. It will be easier for you to see what’s happening and when if you make clear plans for the whole year or the next six months ahead of time. And of course, it will be much easier to see if you’re going to the right direction. So start by writing down your long term goals. How will you know where you’re heading if you don’t know what you want? Make your goals worth working for, but be realistic. If you have just started lifting, most likely you won’t make it to the pro circuits in a year. It’s not only about muscle, it’s about growing as a person also. Eventually you will be ready for whatever it is you’re aiming for! Next, decide on your monthly goals. It could look something like this: OCTOBER 2006: Then you can go further and plan your weeks. I plan my weeks on Sunday and always write down my weekly plan. I use Excel for this, but you can use a journal, a Word file or anything that you find easiest for you. I work on the computer every day so I like my Excel files the best. That way I know every morning what my plan is for today and where I need to be and at what time. I write down my “to do” lists (which include things to remember for my work also) and my weekly eating and workout plans. This is a real sample of my diet journal: August 21th to August 27th, diet week 12. 4 weeks out.
Include your nutritional plan with this and it will make time management even easier for you. Make big amounts of healthy and clean meals on weekends. Put your meals in containers and freeze them. That way you only need to pick your meals from the freezer in the morning, put them in a cooler and pop them in a microwave later when it’s lunch or snack time. No excuses why you can’t eat clean even if your work is hectic! I want to encourage you to really make time for time management – NOT planning could cost you much more time than the time you use for making weekly plans! Make it a weekly routine. You have to keep in mind what is the most important thing to you. Learn to prioritize. Watching that late night movie can not be your priority number one if your goal is to grow muscle and burn fat. You should be sleeping! Make your plans so that all your actions will take you closer to your goals. You have to love what you do, otherwise it will make you bitter to yourself and you will end up hating the goals you never managed to achieve. Remember that whatever the goal is, you have to work hard. There is no single reason that is good enough for those “woulds, coulds and shoulds” anymore! |
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