Purpose and Potential

Our purpose in life and the ability to express our full human potential are inextricably intertwined with each other. To the degree that we are aware of our purpose in life, our calling card and legacy, is the degree to which we express the full magnificence of our potential. Read more

Goals

We are nearly one quarter through the year. The question that we need to ask ourselves at this turning point is ‘ have we achieved one quarter of our goals?’ Many of us set goals but either do not persevere with what we want to achieve or set unrealistic and unstructured goals. Today, we want to discuss how we might be driven to persevere and achieve our goals and how to set goals intelligently.

When we set goals, we need to look at a number of things. I am sure you are all familiar with the acronym of setting SMART goals. if you have not, it stands for:

Specific – Is it a specific goal?

Measurable – can it be measured?

Achievable – is it achievable?

Realistic – is it realistic?

Timely – is it in a timeframe?

What is lacking is not an intellectual understanding of what this means. It is a lack of action towards these goals. This interview with Will Smith describes very eloquently what is needed to make our goals reality.

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We need to make our goals so important to us that our day revolves around us achieving our goals. These goals do not have to be fitness related, but they can be in any of the seven key areas of life. The seven keys areas of life, as described by speaker and author Dr John Demartini are physical, mental, financial, spiritual, vocational, social and familial. If we can effectively set goals in all these areas of life we will be truly create great things in our life.

Here are some examples of goals in these seven areas of life

Physical – Achieve goal weight of 55kgs (current weight 70kgs).  Time frame – 3 months. Action steps to achieve goal – Resistance train 3 days a week. Cardio interval training 2x a week, 1 long walk. Eliminate poor quality carbohydrates, consume 6 grams of fish oil a day. Measure weight every week to ensure continual progress and adjustment of training and dietary protocol. Throw out all ice cream and alcohol in house to eliminate temptation. Cook extra for dinner and bring lunch to work.

Mental: Read 12 books about an interest of ours, e.g. hormonal balance. Action steps to achieve goal. Schedule one hour per day to read. Time spent on goals – 3 months. Ensure one book is read a week. If one book is read in less than a week, start reading the next book. An interesting side note on this is that according to Brian Tracy “One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you’ll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.”

Financial: Save $5000 by the end of the year. Action steps to achieve goals – set up an automatic debit into a savings account. Time frame – 40 weeks. Ensure $1215 dollars a week is transferred and the money cannot be withdrawn. Ensure you only eat out one day a week rather than several. This as you see will also help you with you physical goals.

Familial: Spend more time with the kids. 2-3 hours more a week. Action steps to achieve goal – integrate the kids into your fitness plan. Take them for your cardio training sessions. Take them on a bush walk then to the park on the weekend. Children have been found not to care so much about what they do with their parents, but how long they spend with them. This goals is harder to put a time frame on. One option is to schedule it in to your diary and treat it like an appointment that cannot be missed.

Vocational: Present seminar on the hormonal system to other health care professionals. Time frame – 6 months. Action steps to achieve goals. 1 hour of research a day (fits in with mental goal). Have another health care professional evaluate at the end of every month to ensure progress.

Spiritual: This goal is highly personal. My personal definition of spirituality is taking responsibility for your decisions and living your life as dictated by your highest ideals. Therefore one goal could be to define your own personal mission statement. To evaluate the success of this is to identify how closely your mission statement reflects where you are in your life and to read it each and every day.

Social: Network with other established professionals and enhance reputation. Action steps to achieve goal. 12 new contacts in 12 weeks. Send one email a day to different people. Ensure one email is to a new contact and six are to maintain relationships with current contacts. Join a think tank or other related group and schedule it in as an appointment.

As you can see, just like how every system in our body interacts to create a symphony of health, so does every goal interact to create the symphony of our life.  What we would like you to do over the next few days, before April starts is give yourself the time to identify what it is that you would love to achieve in your life. Your DC Health practitioner would love to help you in any area that they can so we can all live magnificent lives.

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Running for Weight Loss

Running for Weight Loss

I want to lose weight, When is the best time to go for a run? First thing in the morning?

Is it the evening? How long should I run for? How many days should I run?

These are some of the most regular questions that seem to be asked.

The answer to the question is that sprint training is one of the best ways to shed that unwanted body fat.

Why?

Rather than going for a ridiculous run for an hour, or jogging at a steady pace, sprint training will have a far more effective result. This is because sprinting creates a massive amount of lactic acid like other taxing exercises such as squats and dead lifts. The lactic acid secretion when released causes an increase in the release of growth hormone.

What is growth Hormone?

Growth hormone is a protein hormone made up of amino acids that are synthesized and secreted by cells in the anterior pituitary which is in the brain. It is secreted in short surges during the first hours of sleep and after exercise, and it only remains in the circulation for a few minutes. So how the whole thing works is that your fat cells have human growth hormone receptors and growth hormone stimulates them to break down triglycerides and suppresses their ability to take up and accumulate circulating lipids. This helps you to burn fat and keep it off! You also need to look after yourself by getting a good night’s sleep, ideally 8 hours. This is because the majority of our growth hormone is released at night. So sprinting during the day and having a good sleep is one of the fastest, most effective methods of fat loss.

This is also a great way to maximise fat loss because it doesn’t give you a negative effect on your strength. Low intensity cardio work such as running for long periods can also work for fat loss, will take twice as long, and at the same time can overstimulate your body and cause you to increase your cortisol, (the stress hormone). This hormone is catabolic, meaning it destroys muscle tissue, which slows down your metabolism!

Here’s an example you could follow.

Sprint 400m then rest for 2 minutes. Do this 4 times.

Then that’s your work out.

Then as the weeks for by decrease the rest period by 20 – 30 seconds. Then once you get down to a minutes rest, increase the sets.

Another option is to sprint 20 seconds flat out then rest 20 seconds. Repeat 6 times for a total of 4 minutes.

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