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The other day, I was having a discussion with Coach about the best ways to help my clients set and achieve their goals. “Whenever I asked them about their goals, none of them ever said, “I WANT to be fatter,” “I WANT to be weaker,” or “I WANT to be sicker”, but why does so many CHOOSE to do so?” He said, “Faizal, you know the answer.”

I thought about it for a moment and He was absolutely right! Getting in in shape is ultimately based on the clients’ choice to make the decision to follow though with the coaching and advice I give them.

Why do people make bad choices?

1) Shortsighted: This is what I call “chasing weight loss”. You have a person that is very overweight, and all they want to is focus on their perceived idea of “fat-burning exercises”. This is logical at first, but also very flawed. If you join a boot camp or group fitness class with no focus on proper movement and strength development, in the long term, you will limited in the level of health & fitness you can do. And at worst, you will get injured.

You want to make choices that will help you look better, feel better and perform better. If you continually make decisions that negatively impacts any of these, your success will not be sustainable. This happens if your use artificial fitness methods such as spin class, treadmills, steroids, weight machines, weight loss drugs, etc. Authentic fitness such as athletic training, free weights, kettlebell training, and calisthenics are a lot more sustainable and will provide better long-term results in how you feel, look, and perform.

2) Priorities: Their fitness is not high on their priority list. There is a very big difference between “wants” and “priorities”. You can “want” everything, but you can only “prioritize” a few. As an engineer, I used to work with decision support systems, where you put enter your relative preferences, and it makes recommendations so that you get the most out of limited resources. Time and money are our most valuable resources. It is amazing how many people waste both of them.

3) Illogical: They make choices that are based on feelings and are that not based on logic or facts. With the consistent bombardment of “fitness” information by marketing agencies and the mass media, it is so easy to make emotional decisions and is very hard to make sense out of all the conflicting information anymore

4) They quit: At the end of the day, this trumps all others. There are a lot of know-it-all quitters out there. If you are looking to get in shape, never listen to armchair quarterbacks. There is a difference between reading about training (rumors) and actual training. Fitness is not a event or a possession. It is a HABIT, and if you stop you lose everything much faster than it took to get it.

The key to everlasting fitness is finding short, well-rounded, and fun training options.

For me, my clients and many of my strong comrades, Russian Kettlebells are a great choice if you want to get in shape. Kettlebell training is by far the most versatile, effective, invigorating, and life-style friendly form of fitness. Don’t continue to be frustrated & bored with your training, choose to join me at my next Kettlebell Workshop, grab a kettlebell and let’s start swinging!

About the Author: RKC Certified Instructor Faizal offers group classes, private, and online training services. He is an ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer and a DragonDoor Russian Kettlebell Certified (RKC) kettlebell instructor.RKC Instructor Faizal’s instruction is principle-based. “If we do something, we do it for a reason. Gimmicks and toys are not needed to get results, but hard work, attention to detail, and intelligent training design are.”