Jan 12
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New Rules For Goal Setting
This is a mindset blog post by Grant Lofthouse
I thought this would be a great article to start off the new year considering new goals and new year resolutions start to get thrown around.
How you look at goal setting is up to you. I used to think of it as some corny shit that only goody goody toe shoes did. But until you actually achieve a pretty massive goal that you thought was unreachable you start to believe in it.
For me that turning point was last year when I moved into my new training facility. I didn’t think it would have ever happened or I would have the balls to do it. But I did.
The feeling from reaching a big badass goal is indescribable and if you have done the same, you know what I’m talking about.
Anyways I have now changed the way I set goals and achieve them, and I’m going to show you how this applies to your fitness and fat loss goals.
When I set a goal; for example “I want to cut some body fat without cardio so that I see my abs within 2 months” I write it down and then set it to the side because right now I can’t control that, I can’t wake up tomorrow and have abs popping out. That just won’t happen.
But I can control the things that will lead to abs of steel.
And that is through my diet, strength training and sprint program.
So I map out what I need to do within the next 2 months.
- Strength train three times a week.
- Sprint twice a week.
- And eat 3 healthy meals a day.
So I calculate how many sessions and meals I will need to complete in 2 months and that will be my goal and focus.
For example…
In order for me to cut body fat without cardio so that I see my abs within 2 months I need to…
- Strength train 24 times.
- Sprint 16 times.
- And eat 168 healthy meals.
As I go throughout the day I will tick off every session or meal.
And I know that if I do all these things and reach my numbers I know that I will give myself every chance to reaching my goals. Because as we know, most of the time we don’t reach our goals because either we lose motivating, sight or focus.
And that’s because we only focus on the big pile of treasure waiting for us at the end of the rainbow.
However if you follow the tips I gave you above, you will give yourself the best chance to reaching that treasure.
Call it corny, say it won’t work, that’s up to you.
But 2012 for me is going to be one badass and exciting year. And I hope it is for you too.
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