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"What Is The Value Of Your Results?"

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Welcome To "Power Performance!" There is one notable difference between this newsletter and other on-line fitness newsletters. The Power Performance newsletter educates on what it takes to develop the winning attitude and positive mindset needed for fitness success. Power Performance focuses on Progress by discussing the proven methods for succesful fitness psychology and the principals which positively motivate people! For exercise science Knowledge , Demonstrations, Routines, Weights Workout Planning, or Aerobic Workout Planning we recommend the BioFitness Operator's Manual
Voice of Reason! "WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY MOTIVATED?"

"The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed." Charles Louis Motesquieu

You need motivation to keep following any Exercise Routine. Although the initial motivation for taking action can come from different sources, inevitably, most of us require some positive reinforcement in the form of physical results to stay motivated. Physical results produce confidence, and confidence makes for success.

Unfortunately, we are bombarded every day by the visual images of extrodinary youth. We are shown the "bodies" that we want as if something is wrong with the body we have if made healthy and strong. We are told that an unbelievable body can be built quick and easy. All it takes is some breakthrough nutrition and/or gadget along with spending just a few minutes a day, three times per week being active.

However, according to A Consumer's Guide to Chelation Therapy by Harold & Arline Brecher, "Many studies show that nearly fifty percent of 'new' exercisers drop out before they're six months into an exercise program. More than half of them don't sweat it out more than three weeks. Fully twenty-five percent who enroll in a program, fail to show up for the first session."

The two statements; the advertisers quick and easy and the studies showing early drop out, conflict with one another. They are complete opposites. Why are people who are supposedly getting fit quick and easy quitting exercise so soon? Have they become fit? Statistics show 30% of Americans measure Obese! Is there something wrong here? Maybe the missing part is motivation! After all, it is possible for impulsive enthusiasm, to be mistaken for motivation, at first. Perhaps what is needed to sustain exercise, is the kind of experiential awareness that comes from the people who have already become fit. The reality of gettting into shape has taught these people that progress takes time.

So, is there someway to promote motivation while waiting to see results? Yes, there is! By measuring the progress of health capacity! Once we understanding that fitness builds internally first, before becoming externally visible, it becomes clear that measuring performance is a more reliable way to confirm results than tape measuring and body fat testing. So, to stay motivated from results, all we need to do is learn where to look for the results!

Body Building, Powerlifting, and Weightlifting are the three styles of progressive resistance strength training. Toning, shaping, and building are all part of the Strength-Endurance Continuum. With a scientific prepared progressive resistance workout plan we will have specific days on which we regularly test our performance. Each time we exceed our previous test result we are setting a New Personal Record (NPR.)

Every New Personal Record (NPR) is total assurance that we are moving towards our goals. New Personal Records (NPR) are concrete evidence. They reinforcement the fact that positive fitness changes are happening inside. Setting a New Personal Record brings a powerful psychological sense of wellbeing. We feel good about our achievement. We gain confidence about our ability to go further. Making New Personal Records gives the starter (who has untapped potentials) the opportunity to enjoy the same excitment and thrill as the champion. By frequently measuring our performance we see fitness success happening immediately. In fact, for the starter and champion alike, the NPR may be the ultimate method to track progress. After all, it is what we can do, and not what we think we can do, that counts!
This Months Question! Does the setting of New Personal Records give an individual a positive mental atitude and produce the motivation needed for fitness success?

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