Save them from themselves

I’ve learned a little bit over the past couple of years about fitness.  I’ve learned it’s usually what you’re not looking for, that in your search for results (whatever they may be), something outside of your health pursuits will be something you need to change in order to progress to the next level.  Remember this, that as a health professional you can save your client from bad eating habits, lack of intensity, and bad programming during the session, and hey maybe even during the entire duration of your work with the client…but you cannot save that person from themselves.  Years and years they have built habits that have become part of their nature.  Every morning they light the morning smoke, drink coffee, read the paper, and have a donut or two.  They drop by the gas station to grab a snack before work.  They go out to lunch because they didn’t bring it.  A pack of m&m’s with a soda for the afternoon break with a few cigarettes in between, only to get home and realize the kids are crazy so they order pizza because they are too stressed to make something.  Years and years of this….think it creates a habit?  Probably.  

You can’t turn this around in 12 weeks.  Teach them how to save themselves from themselves.  Encourage them to start writing down everything they eat.  Make them journal or verbally dictate their daily activities, and I mean everything.  From how many times they ate, to how many drinks they had, to how many times they masturbated that week.  Have them be accountable for every move.  If they are really motivated to change their lives, they’ll make the sacrifice.  Healthy living is more than 4 workouts per week and teaching the glutes to activate.  It’s learning how to read to your daughter at night before she goes to bed instead of drinking whiskey.  It’s being closer to your spouse.  It’s loving yourself enough to not eat like shit every day only to hate what you see.  This takes time and it’s not easy.  How can you save someone from themselves today?  How can you improve your own life today?  Two good questions to ask everyday.

Questions?  Blakekozlikfitness@gmail.com