The importance of goal setting

What is the number one reason for failing to lose body fat?

I’ll give you a hit: It’s not a lack of knowledge regarding dieting and exercising.

If you answered “failing to set clearly defined goals”, then you got the answer right!

You see, the great challenge for people isn’t to find the knowledge but to take action on it. Goals fill this gap.

It’s not enough to wish to change. You must define state and set a deadline for the wish in order to transform your dream into a goal. A goal with a purpose is the fuel that propels you forward.

"The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.”
- Earl Nightingale.


Earl Nightingale is right that you become what you think about so instead of telling yourself every day that you can’t do it why don’t you imagine how you would like to look, set a deadline, make it a goal, write it down and read it everyday.

Also, when you have a goal you will be more focused and determined. See the guys and gals wandering around the gym like they don’t know what to do next. These people have not set goals for themselves and it’s very likely that they been gym members for a long time but still they haven’t improved a bit.

How to set goals?

1. Set some long time goals. Ex: By next year I want to lose 30 pounds of FAT.

2.Set some short term goals. Ex: I want to lose 5 pounds of FAT this month!

3.Set measurable goals. Ex: I want to increase my bench press by 20 pounds!

4.Set Realistic deadlines. You can’t lose 30 pounds of fat in 30 days! (no matter what some claim)

5.Make sure you don’t have conflicting goals. Example: You can’t gain 15 pounds of muscle while losing 15 pounds of FAT. Put emphasis on your main goal = either lose Fat or build Muscle.

6.Write them down. Until it’s not on paper it is only a wish not a goal.

7.Read them to yourself every day. Program your subconscious for success.