Research shows that people who exercise without changing their diet lose little to no weight, yet the combination of exercise and dietary changes make a winning formula! Yet weight loss is 70% down to dietary changes and only 30% exercise, so if you’ve started to hit the gym wanting to lose a few pounds make sure you address your eating too.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that they can lose weight just by doing a bit more exercise. I find this to be a really useful strategy to harness motivation and propel clients towards their exercise goals. The more real you can make it, the more likely they are to succeed. Once they’ve identified this juicy goal, ask them to write it down, plan it, daydream about it, tell others and visualize it in all its technicolour glory. Find something juicy that’s going to get your client excited to move towards. Powerful goals may involve a big upcoming social event – a new dress for a charity ball, or perhaps a sporting challenge – a triathlon, open water swim, 10k run or even a marathon. It’s ok for patients to be motivated away from something initially, but they also need to have a powerful and positive goal that they are heading towards (think stick vs carrot) so that when they move further away from the thing they don’t want, their motivation doesn’t wane. However, the closer you get to reaching your goals, the lower your motivation drops – simply because you have moved too far away from the very thing that propelled you into action. I don’t want to look fat in my bikini) and this can be a powerful source in the early days of making changes. Many people are initially motivated away from something they don’t want (i.e.
It’s one thing to advise clients to eat better and exercise more, but another issue entirely when it comes to motivating them to take action.
More and more I find myself adopting the role of a coach in clinic these days. Whatever our reasons for exercising more, we all want to feel like we are achieving something and sometimes it just takes a few minor tweaks to really rev up the results.Ĭommon obstacles that get in the way of achieving exercise goals There are many more of us however who perhaps aren’t aiming for Rio - our goals may be different (weight loss, a faster 5k, finishing a marathon, improved body composition) but just as important. Sports nutrition is a complex and fascinating field, and when it comes to elite athletes, nutrition is finely tuned to deliver a winning performance.
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