Focus: Where's Yours?

So your one hour of planned gym time became subject to a last minute emergency, leaving you with a mere 15-20 minutes. What will you do? Call it off completely, or take advantage of the time, even if it is for just 15-20 minutes?

MY ADVICE

Go for it! However, you must be FOCUSED before you walk in the door, to obtain the results that will benefit you most. For instance, which would be better, a casual but steady pace on the treadmill, say walking, or all out high intensity interval training (HIIT) on the stair master? Think about what you'd like out of your workout before going into your workout. Yes, begin with the end in mind.

HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

Simple. FOCUS. Assess what your needs are, prioritize them. Do you have a lot of pent up energy and/or emotions that would benefit from HIIT? Or would you rather go at a steady pace and simply unwind mentally, physically, and perhaps even emotionally? Going into a workout mentally fatigued and trying to push yourself further will generally leave you feeling greater stress and restlessness than when you entered the gym. Be sure to assess and evaluate yourself as a 'whole', meaning mentally, physically, and emotionally. Many times, we head for the gym with nothing more than a 'physical' mindset, never considering what would best suit our needs for the long-run, meaning for that particular day, rather than just our allotted gym time. 

STAND BY YOUR DECISION

Don't second guess yourself. If you're feeling particularly sore, run-down, or mentally fatigued, pay heed to these signals and respond accordingly. Use the time you have wisely and remain fixed on your objective. Stay focused!!! You'll accomplish much more by staying on task, than multi-tasking mentally while you're physically working out. Ditto for anything you desire to achieve in life. Where you put your focus, energy follows, it's Universal Law. How many times have you played a game when you were a child taking a long road trip, and your parents told you to see how many red cars, and trucks you saw? Suddenly you realize there are a lot of red vehicles. It seems there must be more red vehicles than any other color, but just out of curiosity you decide to start counting white vehicles, only to realize there are just as many to be found. Where you put your focus, energy follows, ideas come, the miraculous comes forth, and what started off as an impossible feat, has now become an item you cross off your bucket list becuase you have indeed accomplished it.  Stay focused!!!

EXPECT RESULTS

As you learn the art of fine tuning your focus to one objective at a time, for a given length of time, you will be amazed at the sudden increases you begin making. You can only expect success as you focus on your goals. This does not mean you can only have one goal at a time, it simply means, plan your time accordingly for each goal you have. Set that time aside. Know what you will be doing with the alloted time BEFORE beginning, and stay entirely focused on its results until your time is up.

Best to you!