Does Your Weight Loss Plan Have a Solid Foundation?

Why do you think so many people fail when they try to get in shape or lose weight?

Innovative Results has developed their 5 Aspects of Fitness plan that allows clients to increase their chances of success.  It addresses all five aspects that affect someone’s ability to get in shape and stay in shape.  These are time tested practices that the world’s top athletes and competitors use to get in incredible shape!

Innovative Results 5 Aspects of Fitness

1.  Mental Fitness – This is commonly skipped, but is the #1 factor that will determine your level of success.  Knowing specifically what you are striving toward, why you are doing it and when it will be completed are incredibly important.  It allows you to determine where you are, where you want to go and how you are going to get there, so that when challenges arise, you are not sidetracked by the obstacles….and its not a matter of if you will be challenged, but when.  So make sure your goals are clear!  .  Check out this article to help get your goals dialed in.

2.  Nutritional Success – These days it seems like there is a new diet plan coming out every week.  Eat this, don’t eat that… How do you know how whats healthy and whats not?  Unfortunately, marketing has confused us all.  Innovative Results truly believes that healthy eating does not need to be complicated.  It is really very simple.  Here is our cardinal rule:  If God made it, eat it.  If it occurs in nature and hasn’t been altered by man, then it is good, healthy and safe.  It is really very simple.  Whole, natural foods provide everything we need and processed, manufactured foods do more damage than good.  Here are a few helpful sheets that can help you learn more and apply healthy eating habits into your life.  Drink plenty of Water,  Five Worst Foods, Healthy Shopping List, and track eating habits with our Food Log.

3. Exercise progress – The foundation of exercise is movement.  Everybody squats, lunges, pushes, pulls, bends, twists and walks.  That’s it, simple.  All the rest of the variables (what exercises/drills, how much, how often, how intense) depend on your ability level and specific goals.  One key point is to continuously challenge your body, keep it guessing and force it to change and adapt.   People’s biggest mistake is doing the same exercises every week, every year and then wondering why their bodies havent changed.  Our bodies adapt quickly, so it is important to challenge yourself with new routines every 3-6 weeks.  Work hard, mix it up and reap the rewards! More exercise articles here.

4. Increased Recovery – Most people live in front of a computer, driving a car or sitting in front of the TV.  So, when you start to move, you are going to have some soreness and minor aches.  If you are a more seasoned athlete, then you will need to learn recovery techniques to speed recovery and improve performance.  Some simple recovery techniques include proper warm up (preventative), corrective exercise, ice, massage, self myo-fascial release, contrast showers, time off, and proper nutrition.  Utilizing these techniques helps people progress faster than they ever thought possible.   Download our Recovery Techniques here.

5. Guidance and Accountability – There are very few people who can set a goal, execute and stay on track by themselves.  When you start a program it is important to get good advise and to have a support group that is dedicated to your success.  Most of us can be lazy, lose focus, and come up with a variety of excuses to stop, postpone or procrastinate.  A good trainer, coach or workout partner is there to hold you accountable to the goals that you have set.

So there you have it.  5 Proven techniques that are vital for any fitness plan.

We hope this helps you develop your foundation and makes this year your best ever!

The Secret to Weight Loss and Living a Happier Healthier Life

Having the right mindset will make or break you.

We’ve all heard it, but do we apply it?

“Your attitude determines your altitude”

It’s so true, but not always easy to apply when life gets in the way, right?  Losing weight, getting a promotion, having healthy friendships, raising your kids, making money and dealing with life’s little challenges can create stress, fear, and other negative reactions that slow us down and prevent us from living the happy, healthy lives we desire.

Here are a few of my favorite articles from the past year that may help you get focused, stay positive and kick butt this year!

Words You Should Delete From Your Vocabulary

9 Tips to Relieve Stress: Stress is Making You Fat

5 Of The Best Thirty Second Relaxation Practices

How To Stop Letting Little Things In Life Piss You Off

7 Concrete Ways To Combat Negativity

30 Ways to Make Your Life More Simple

21 Habits of Happy People

5 Traits of Champions

How to write goals and accomplish them

Pretty amazing stuff, right?

So here is some homework:

1.  Write 50 things that you are grateful for. Get a piece of paper and write em out. Some things you can include may be family, career, personal growth, health, fitness, accomplishments, relationships, spiritual, etc.

2.  Write 50 affirmations. They must follow the SMART rule.  Specific, Measured, “as if now”, Realistic and Timed.  For example, “It is now March 29th and I, Corey have successfully lost 30 lbs of fat and have a huge amount of energy everyday”

3.  Make a vision board. Cut out pictures that represent your affirmations.  I am a very visual person, so this one has been a huge value to me.  Next, put this board where you can see it everyday.  You may also wanna create a rotating screen saver on your computer with these pictures.

**Once these tasks are completed, you should begin each day by reading your grateful list and affirmations out loud, while looking at your vision board.  By doing this, you will keep yourself focused, positive and consistent during the next few months.

Try it for 30 days and let me know about your results!

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Words You Should Delete From Your Vocabulary

As we start the New Year, I am hearing a lot of people start to talk about resolutions and making 2010 better than last year.  At the same time, I am hearing a lot of people poke fun of resolutions.

Why do they poke fun?

Because most people never accomplish their goals for the New Year, right?

How many times have you tried to lose weight and it didn’t happen?

Why is that?

I believe that most people fail because they don’t take the time to think it through, make a plan, think about it everyday and most importantly, speaking positively about their goal everyday.

If you are planning to lose weight, it is not always easy.  We are all human and need to stay focused and passionate about our goals.  This takes a consistent effort of keeping our minds on track and not letting negative, weak thinking to settle into our lives.

Speech is a reflection of your thinking and it is one of the most powerful aspects of winning.

Weak words can cut your legs out from under you, create negativity and destroy any chance of accomplishing your goals.  As you start a new weight loss program, give yourself a boost and eliminate the weak vocabulary.

Check out the full article here:

Words you should delete from your vocabulary

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5 Ways to Snap Yourself Back into a Good Mood

Is your workload overwhelming?

Finances stressing you out?

Are the kids driving you crazy?

Well, welcome to the club!  It is called life and you aren’t the only person with responsibilities and challenges that are unexpected and stressful at times.

How do some people live with less stress and lead more productive lives?

They are proactive and implement strategies that allow them to get more done and to be happy along the way.  Here is a great article that explains 5 simple ways to get back in a good mood if life has thrown you a curve ball.

Thinking positive, proactive thoughts is the foundation of being productive and happy.  Here is an exercise that we have used to stay focussed and happy during stressful, busy periods in our lives.

Its called PIVADRUM. It is a powerful way to change your thinking fast and help create new, healthy thinking habits.  You will be less stressed, more focussed and will dramatically increase your productivity.

Got other ideas about staying positive and focused?

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Gym Memberships Are a Scam and Workout Videos Are for Suckers

About 90% of people that I’ve seen over the years never change.

They show up a few days a week, some more, but their bodies don’t change at all.

Why do they keep coming in?

Are they wasting their time?

I’m sure most of them figure that they are earning points for showing up to the gym..points with the doctor, their wife/husband, status among friends or whatever..some probably just show up out of habit or guilt.  Most of these reasons deal with other people…the ‘feeling like I have to go’ motivation, which is very weak in most cases.  but most people’s motivation really stems at their own self esteem and ego about looking better.

Tell a woman that she has to put on a bikini in front of 600 people and she will make the change. There is major motivation there.  But if someone just feels like they need to lose some weight and buys a gym membership, there is no connection or deep seeded motivation to create the discipline and consistent effort that is needed.

In order you to get the fast, jaw dropping results,  that we all desire, you are going to have to work…work hard…work consistently and probably gonna have to make some serious lifestyle changes to make it happen.  So here are 5 things you will have to think about.

1. Write down the Desired Result! If you are gonna bust your ass for three months in the gym, what do you wanna do it for?  What is your desired outcome?  How do you want your body to look? What will change?

*the key when writing your goals the to use the SMART method. It needs to be specific, measurable, ‘as if now’, realistic and time based.  For example: Today is December 31st, 2009 and I, Corey Beasley, can squat 400lbs.  Now think about it, write them all down and we can move onto step 2.

2. Nutrition is the most misunderstood, most important factor you will deal with. People are seriously emotional when it comes to eating and most think of dieting as some torturous, agonizing penalty that forces them to eat salads everyday of their life.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  When you really learn what is healthy and how to properly integrate new foods into your lifestyle, you will be surprised how good food really is.

* The most simple way think of healthy eating is this: If GOD made it, eat it.  or If it occurs in nature, eat it. The more we (man) touches it, RUN!  Man has taken naturally occurring, amazing foods and has ruined it.  Processing, pasteurizing, refining, adding to, preserving, genetically modifying, adding chemicals to and basically screwing it all up! The best cooks in the entire world only work with top quality ingredients and you should too.

3. Movement is the basis for exercise and most people spend their life at a desk, in a car and in front of the television.  Gee, I wonder why everyone’s back hurts…hmmm. Most people just need to blow their ass off the couch and go for a walk.  Others may belong to a gym, but either never go, are inconsistent or they have no intensity when they are there.  I think this comes from a lack of motivation and knowledge.  If you are uncertain about starting to workout or how to change up your current plan, ask for help!  There is information all over the place!

*If you do look to hire a professional trainer, please take the time to investigate a good personal trainer or strength coach.  Every local bodybuilder, gym rat or newbie fitness trainer does not understand the body, much less your body.  If you look for advise, make sure the person is qualified and has experience dealing with people like yourself.

4. Recovering from your newly found lifestyle.  If you go from sitting behind a desk to working out 3-5 days per week, you are going to encounter some minor aches and pains.  Working hard in the gym may create some soreness, muscle tightness and other aches and pains.  There are a variety of recovery tactics that have worked wonders for myself, like massages, ice, heat, contrast showers and many more.

* remember to start slow and listen to your body.  Please take the time to learn movements correctly and consult a physician if any pains last more than a few days or swelling occurs.

5. Guidance during your new program is essential. Having someone that can teach you, motivate and push you during your program will be a huge factor in your success.  It is proven that working out with a partner increases your chances for success significantly!  It always makes you work harder, spot, correct and make sure that you are doing things safely and properly.

* Find someone who will hold you accountable so that you don’t get off track.  You have proven up to this point that you don’t have the self discipline to do it on your own, so find somebody good and have them keep you focused this time.

So, why is it that you go to the gym?  Do you have it written down?

I truly hope that it motivates you more than the obstacles or temptations you may have. Cuz, believe me, when you work hard and make huge progress, people WILL notice.  They will be motivated and will look to you as an example.  You will earn an kind of instant respect from people that know you.  It will help you stand out from the crowd and you may start to carry yourself more confidently.  Who knows, maybe you’ll even get a new job or even a raise!

Now go out there, kick butt and make something great happen this week.