Happy Sunday!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Goals. We all have them. I do. You do. We all want to reach them or crush them. I really do and you should really want to as well. But..sometimes...are our goals realistic? Are we putting TOO much pressure on ourselves? Are we not giving ourself enough time to reach said goals? Should we break up these goals into smaller segments? Could that be more manageable for some of us?

I want everyone to have goals. You should. Especially with fitness. You always should be working towards something. You should always strive to keep getting better. Whether it's big or small. Whether it's:

• Getting your first chin up 
• Gaining more mobility throughout your hips
• Tracking your calories each day
• Tracking your steps each day
• Eating a little more protein each day

Those are all goals and those are really important to some people. Others have goals to lose 100lbs, to run a marathon, to commit to their first bodybuilding or powerlifting competition or even to just walk 10,000 steps each day. Whatever your goal is, you SHOULD have one...I think.

But, what if that goal is too daunting. A lot of folks who come to me want to lose weight of some sort. Most of them just want to body recomp (lose fat + gain muscle) but "losing weight" is the #1 priority. Cool. Gotcha. So, Suzy wants to lose 60lbs. Suzy has been trying to do this for the last 5 years. Suzy can't seem to get there. INSTEAD...a better idea for Suzy is to say 'lets start with losing 5-10lbs and keeping that off for 3+ months.' Thats more manageable. That's less daunting than trying to losing 60lbs in 3 months. Once we keep that initial 5-10lbs off the first 3 months, we can then focus on the next 5-10lbs and the next 3 months. See. Less daunting. More realistic. Definitely more achievable. Over the course of time, Suzy is more likely to get to her goals.

Breaking up goals like that above is definitely a better strategy. I've been in fitness for 10+ years. People with daunting goals usually don't reach them or make it very far with fitness. Dumb down those goals. Break them up. It's better for ya. 

Like myself. My ultimate goal is to deadlift 600lbs. It would be pretty cool to lift 3x my body weight off the ground. Now, I know I'm not going to get there next month or even the next 6 months. This has been a long term goal of mine for a while. I know I probably won't hit it this year. Maybe next year? Maybe the year after? Heck, I don't know. What I do know is that I keep making little goals, to eventually get there. Last year I hit 515lbs. This year I'm hoping to get close to 540lbs. See...no where near 600lbs. But, I'm setting myself up for little goals. Little goals that I KNOW will eventually turn into the big goal of 600lbs.

So...have some goals. But make them realistic. Set smaller goals to get to the big goals. Can't walk 10,000 steps each day, go for 5,000. Then, next month, try 6,000. You'll be able to build on that and eventually hit 10,000. 

You got this💯👊🏻. 

Much Love,

Nick Bolio, CSCS

Owner

B3 Strength & Conditioning

Bodybybolio.com