The Fitness Model Diet — Are You Making These 7 Fitness Mistakes?

September 7th, 2010 | Posted in Fitness tips | No Comments » | Share this article

My new Fitness Model Diet book is out and ready to change lives! I was reading through the final drafts before it went off to the printers and started thinking — there are a ton of tips in here that help you avoid making big mistakes!

So I put together a list of what I think the biggest mistakes are, and pulled solutions from my book!

Thinking Negatively About Your Fitness

This one can be a killer. If you start out visualizing your path towards a healthy body as something that you have to fix, something broken that you have to repair, or something terrible that you need to rectify, you’re going to have a heck of a harder time hitting your fitness milestones.

The solution? Spin it in a positive way. You’d be amazed how this tiny, simple thing can change your state of mind.

Not Remembering Your Past Victories

We only ever have the current day we’re living through. We never get to live in the future, or do much about the past but remember it. But the fact that fitness is a day to day journey, one in which the smallest decisions are really all there is, means we sell ourselves short if we don’t go back to our past victories once in a while, in order to beat the upcoming challenges we all face.

The solution? Write down, photograph, make videos, and tell people about your fitness accomplishments. It’ll make it all the easier to reflect later on!

Exercising Obsessively

I love it when people transform their lives, when they get so dedicated to a goal that they practically become fitness gurus themselves. But at the same time, you need to have balance!

The solution? If you’re an obsessive person who goes too hard only to burn out, set clear limits for yourself. Fitness and living well isn’t a little hobby you pick up for a few months — it’s something that will change your entire life if you keep it up, so you want to do everything in your power to increase its staying power.

Letting Failure Throw You Off

I say you should build success out of tons of tiny little failures. Don’t give up if things don’t work right at first — learn from your mistakes and keep going.

The solution? Keep your concern focused on not giving up, rather than fixing everything you might be doing wrong. We all make lots of mistakes, especially when starting out!

Only Doing Cardio

This is a biggie! I can’t emphasize enough that if you want to be a FITNESS MODEL, emulate a FITNESS MODEL, look like one, act like one, or just base a tiny part of your life on the way we get our kick-ass bodies, you just can’t keep doing cardio! I’m convinced that no matter how many times I say this, I’ll have to keep saying it for years — the myth is just that wide spread!

The solution? Weights! Strength training! Body weight exercises! Whatever you do, don’t just run in place! Move beyond and you’ll see — not instantly, but faster than you were — how much better it is over here.

Not Planning

Sometimes it’s so hard to get going with fitness that when we finally do, we just jump into whatever option provides the least amount of “friction”. This is good if you’ve never done anything before, but it’s also dangerous if you want to stick it out for the long haul. You need a plan!

The solution? Well, I’d be crazy if I didn’t mention my brand new Fitness Model Diet Book here, right?