Set Realistic Goals with Visualization


by Nordine Zouareg - Date: 2007-01-08 - Word Count: 268 Share This!

I remember the moment I realized I was no longer a profession athlete. It was in 1992, a year after I had retired from the International Federation of Body-Building (IFBB). I was languishing on the treadmill in my neighborhood gym after a long day of training people, session after session (5 am to 8 pm), when a huge and ripped guy walked in and began warming up with 220 lbs, before starting his leg training session and disgustingly bulging his gigantic body. I smiled weakly in his direction and thought; I used to look like that not too long ago. And of course when he passed me, I ran faster like there was no tomorrow. Obviously, my 30-minute training sessions weren't having the same chiseling effects as the training sessions I endured when I was in a competitive level. That's when I realized I'd have to change my stay-in-shape strategy. Here are a few of my pro-to-real-world fitness secrets.

Many professional athletes practice visualization, which means picturing themselves going through the motions to achieve a certain goal - complete with sounds, colors, tastes and smells - and have seen it pay off big time. During my 7-year professional career, I spent 10 minutes a day visualizing and looking at my body the way I wanted it to feel and look, the results that I mentally conceived in the visualization were experienced in my training sessions, making them tremendously intensive and effective. Now, whenever I work out, I close my eyes and visualize my arm and leg muscles flexing, my heart pumping strong and my body looking super lean.

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Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach and the author of the upcoming book Mind Over Body due to be released in June 2007 by Springboard Press. He is also the founder of Mindful Fitness Revolution, an online fitness-coaching program. Sign up for Nordine's free newsletter at http://www.mindfulfitnessrevolution.com

Have questions about getting fit? Contact Nordine at Nordine@mindfulfitnessrevolution.com

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