THE WINNING MIND

When i decided to write this blog it was the intention to help people understand what it takes to succeed in our health & fitness aspirations - Not only this but enable people to have a positive mind in other apects of their lives!

Many years ago, a heavy weight champion boxer was defeated in a defending title fight, both the media and the public stated 'his day was done' and he should hang up his gloves! But what this fighter decided was he wasn't going to hang up his gloves and infact was going to reclaim his belt and world champion title. Not only did he think this - he stated 'He Will' get this title back in a rematch.

This fighter found what is known as his 'Inner Motivation' - something that will motivate him because he WANTED TO and not because he thought he needed to. He got out of bed every morning becuase the inner motivation for something he wanted drove him to it.

Not only this, he also worked on the techniques that worked for him and binned the ones that didn't and slowly built up consistent skills that was seeing results.

This particular fighter went back into the ring and indeed won back his title status! This same attitude can be applied to someone who wants to lose weight or someone who wants to be more defined - It needs to be dome because that person wants it to be done and not because they think they 'need to lose weight' etc!

It is amazing how many people i come into contact with on a daily basis who say to me during conversation, 'i need to go to the gym' or 'i need to go for a run' in the context that they dont really want to... This automatically makes physical activity a chore and not something to be enjoyed!

Enthusiam towards a goal for instance, losing a stone in weight, will begin to instill the winning mind - telling yourself you are going to lose that stone is self suggesting so YOU are in control of your own thought patterns and in this context; is a positive thought or statement, then anytime your mind wanders back into a negative thought process just channel in into the previous text - this will bring about your mind power! Which is what the boxer did throughout his training!

Although all of the above come from within, we can also take information for the winning mind from an expert in the field - ie. A personal trainer who will also give you external motivation for your winning mind. a Personal trainer will be dedicated to achieving your goal and will help toward your goal by setting realistic and achievable timelines and interim goals.

If we put the whole process together and continue down this path in all aspects of your life you will have a positive-mental attitude that will make you want to get out of bed in the morning and go for that run!

I will blog more in this psychological subject at a later date but in the mean time -

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult" -Seneca-