Life Coaching Articles: Lifetime Fitness Focus

Today’s life coaching article will focus in on lifetime fitness. Why is this important? Jim Rohn, one of the best motivational speakers said, “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” This is a simple truth. Lifetime fitness is considered to be one of the paramount areas of our lives needing optimization and maintenance, to create the level of personal effectiveness we want. Why? Think about this next sentence: “I know precisely what I want, I know why I want it and I know how to get it, but I am really, really tired! I’ll do it later.” We all know what happens later right? We usually wind up putting that really important goal on the shelf. The time to take action is now, not later. Later usually becomes never. By not taking action right away, the power to take action begins to fade away, and quickly. Having lifetime fitness will supply the energy needed to take action and can drive our personal effectiveness in all we do. Creating lifetime fitness will help give us the physical energy needed to take action more consistently. The more consistent we become with our actions the more consistently we move towards our goals. This ultimately increases our self-esteem, self-confidence and personal growth. Are you lacking the physical energy to follow through when you want to? Focusing in on creating lifetime fitness will help. Again, to keep taking consistent action towards our goals, we need an abundance of physical energy. As a review, when we are in a physical state of fatigue, we are usually un-resourceful and our focus is not on what we need to get done. How can we change this? Here are some fundamental principles of optimal physical health that can help you create lifetime fitness if made a habit:

1) Effective eating habits consistent with physical nutrition. Don’t indulge in obviously unhealthy foods.
2) Aerobic exercise. This stimulates your lymphatic system which cleans toxins from your blood cells which drain your energy.
3) Eat fruits, vegetables and sprouts daily. These foods are rich in water and vitamins that stimulate physical energy.
4) Avoid steak and potatoes or spaghetti and meatball type dishes. The combination of these foods is difficult to digest and will drain your energy. You can substitute either part for a vegetable portion.
5) Drinking a correct amount of water each day. I personally drink distilled water and only when I am thirsty, not as a supplement.
6) Dramatically reduce or eliminate the consumption of caffeine products.
7) Get enough rest/sleep.

These are seven key areas I focused on to help enhance my physical health that you can and should begin to research. You can then create an effective plan and start taking action each day. I’m not going to go into what you should do in these areas. It’s up to you. Each person is different. Find out what works best for you. You can consult with your physician, a nutritionist if you want, or even do your own investigating. What I can tell you, is that if you master these seven points of improvement in your health habits, you can create lifetime fitness and tap into the energy you need to achieve your goals.

Many of us start to work on our goals, but fail to pay attention to the fact that we will need physical energy to move towards the achievement of our goals. Especially if they require many steps to attain. As a certified life coach, my life coaching services include setting health and fitness goals, identifying the obstacles that have been holding you back and creating the action steps to help you move forward. To receive a free life coaching session, click here.