The start of every new day signals an opportunity for us to wake up fresh and meet our objectives head-on. At the start of a new year, though, we?re presented with a new challenge for long-term goals. Fitness often finds its way onto many of our lists year after year. Somehow, we always find some physical area that we?re unsatisfied with like our abs or pecs, and with all of the busy tasks of daily life piling on our To-Do List, fitness once again finds its way to our next New Year?s resolution list once again. Perhaps a reason we?re getting it wrong is that we?re just approaching it from the physical standpoint. Shouldn?t our mindset serve as the origin of every choice and action that we ultimately make? Maybe we were missing one essential component in getting fitness right. I?ve asked for the help of community experts in providing us a mind, body, and soul approach in making sure we get it right this year!
Mind: ?In gay culture, we are often bombarded with images of muscled, sculpted bodies?in advertising, movies, and bars,? says William Brown, MS, NCC, APC with Equality Counseling Center. ?These images have set impossible standards for most of us, which can start to undercut our own self-esteem. For someone starting a fitness routine for the first time, as well the regular gym rat?the temptation to compare ourselves to those images or other guys at the gym can be overwhelming. In fact the fear of that comparison often keeps people from even getting into a gym. It is important to try to measure progress individually over time. The goal should be toward overall health and well-being?mind, body, and spirit.?
Brown continues, ?Some of the danger in approaching fitness programs lies in motivation. Personal fitness is part of an overall healthy lifestyle. While goals and planning can be an important part of the process, it is helpful to think about these changes as developing new habits and permanent lifestyle improvements. Sometimes we start to believe, ?If I just had the perfect body, everything else would fall in line. I?d find the perfect boyfriend, have the perfect relationship, the perfect life.? Perfectionism is an impossible goal in every aspect of life, and if that is the motivation, we have set ourselves up for failure from the beginning.
?Motivations that seek to garner external validation can lead to damage to self-esteem or even obsessive behavior that inhibits true personal growth. In my work I often recommend that my clients add exercise and nutritional changes as part of recovery and maintaining mental health. Exercise impacts serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins which all play a part in mental wellness. Many antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications work on these same brain chemicals?.
Body: ?Flexibility is an essential must when beginning fitness,? says Royal Holmes, a personal trainer at LA Fitness. ?The problem people usually run into when starting fitness is incorrect form, which leads to ineffective training. When they aren?t seeing the desired results, they get discouraged. If you can?t touch your toes without bending your knees, you?re going to run into difficulties in obtaining the proper form with other fitness regiments.
?If you want to get into a basic fitness without having to invest in equipment or a gym membership at first, you can start off with simple exercises utilizing natural body weights: basic simple calisthenics like push-ups, squats, lunges, and lots of jumping jacks. Stretching and a lot of calisthenics will help boost the effectiveness of any exercise routine you are attempting.
?Google everything. Most people quit because they?re not seeing results and you have to educate them. The Internet is very informative these days. There are diagrams, demonstrative videos, and resources for plenty of opportune research into the fitness style best suited for you. Anytime you start something, don?t be afraid to ask questions.
?The purpose of a trainer is to make you effective with your training, to educate you. I have a client right now, and she just signed up for a year?s membership because she felt a surge of difference in working with a trainer that worked with her in developing her targeted areas. You don?t want to overwork your muscles. She felt that fulfilled sense of soreness; she felt more energetic. Fitness is for the benefit of health: it?s a commitment in turning healthy habits into a healthy lifestyle.?
Soul: It?s you. Are you that surprised? With every obstacle you?ve already faced in your life, you?ve overcome them victoriously. Inherently, you?ve decided that each situation will not result as the determining factor of your downfall. You?re above that. Only your own belief in your own capabilities is what limits what you can do and what you can?t. Fitness is just another step for you to conquer. You are the expert of your own life.
To work on your mind, body and soul David Atlanta recommends:
The Bar Fitness
908 Bowen St NW Atlanta, GA 30318
Urban Body Fitness
500 Amsterdam Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30306
Gravity Fitness
2201 Faulkner Road NE Atlanta, GA 30324
Source: http://davidatlanta.com/2013/01/building-you-fit-physically-mentally/
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