Hey gang,
I know that's a question on alot of people's minds. To start exercising is like one of the toughest hurdles to go over but then once you get going you actually get in the zone and then it becomes really fun afterwords and internally rewarding. I heard about this great tip and thought I'd share it with the family here. It's called the 5-minute technique...
This technique can be called the five-minute technique. I not only teach it to people wanting to lose weight but also to people in different areas of life that are trying to accomplish something that their body does not really want to do. Here’s what you do.
Instead of thinking about exercising for 30 minutes or even 10 minutes tell yourself that you are only going to exercise for 5 minutes. For example, let me get on this treadmill for 5 minutes, or let me go for a quick 5-minute jog around the block. By reducing the perceived capacity of your exercise this will convince your mind to believe it is really easy, after all…its only five minutes. By the time that 5 minutes is up your body will actually get in the zone. When this happens your mind will begin to say let’s go to the next block or let me run this treadmill for just another 5 minutes. By the time you get off that treadmill or finish that jog you would have been surprised with how long you did it. Maybe you would have convinced your body to go an extra 5 minutes, maybe even an extra 10 minutes. You will find that as you keep putting this technique to work the duration of your workout will be longer each time.
The 5-minute technique is not only limited to weight loss and exercises but you can extend it to other things as well. This technique is phenomenon, I used it myself and it works great.
I know that's a question on alot of people's minds. To start exercising is like one of the toughest hurdles to go over but then once you get going you actually get in the zone and then it becomes really fun afterwords and internally rewarding. I heard about this great tip and thought I'd share it with the family here. It's called the 5-minute technique...
This technique can be called the five-minute technique. I not only teach it to people wanting to lose weight but also to people in different areas of life that are trying to accomplish something that their body does not really want to do. Here’s what you do.
Instead of thinking about exercising for 30 minutes or even 10 minutes tell yourself that you are only going to exercise for 5 minutes. For example, let me get on this treadmill for 5 minutes, or let me go for a quick 5-minute jog around the block. By reducing the perceived capacity of your exercise this will convince your mind to believe it is really easy, after all…its only five minutes. By the time that 5 minutes is up your body will actually get in the zone. When this happens your mind will begin to say let’s go to the next block or let me run this treadmill for just another 5 minutes. By the time you get off that treadmill or finish that jog you would have been surprised with how long you did it. Maybe you would have convinced your body to go an extra 5 minutes, maybe even an extra 10 minutes. You will find that as you keep putting this technique to work the duration of your workout will be longer each time.
The 5-minute technique is not only limited to weight loss and exercises but you can extend it to other things as well. This technique is phenomenon, I used it myself and it works great.
