health and fitness goals

I have been a Personal Trainer based in Melbourne for over 20 years now and I would say without a doubt the number one obstacle preventing people from achieving their goals is TOO MUCH STRESS! I don’t know anyone who does not want to get results with their health and fitness goals, yet that is exactly what it seems like when I see my clients sabotaging their own goals by eating junk food, drinking too much alcohol, working too many hours, not drinking enough water, and so on. I could keep going and going but I think you get the point. For many years I had spent endless hours studying and paying big bucks to learn the latest exercise methods and techniques to provide the best Personal Training experience ever! However I was very frustrated with the lack of results my clients would achieve as no matter how hard the PT sessions were the little habits they did outside of the training negated any positive outcome. I soon came to the conclusion that I had to help them change their mindset and make small positive changes to the destructive habits they were stuck with. It is easy to label someone lazy or blame poor results on a lack of motivation, desire, willpower and willingness to stick to a plan when nobody has ever shown them how to find these attributes in the first place. In this article I will share with you some of the important lessons and tricks I learned over the years to help you avoid the trap so many fall into.

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