Combat Endurance Training

It’s all about building the foundation and being satisfied with little victories
It’s a simple formula but a formula that has helped pave the road to many successes.

I’ve been getting some great questions lately from e mail readers and I’m going to spend some time in e mails going over the answers to some of these.

Here goes…

Question-” I’ve lived a sedentary life style over the past 10 years. It’s given me a poor fitness level and lots of extra weight. I’m afraid to get started and unsure where to begin. Can you give me a few simple ideas to move forward to get myself back into shape?”

This is a great question. I wonder how many people are in the same boat and because of fear and not knowing what to do or who to turn to they continue to live their lives without giving themselves a chance to be healthier.

There are a few simple things that can help get you up and running.

Becoming healthy is often times a matter of getting 3 things in check. They are your diet, your exercise, and your mindset.

Let’s take diet first. If you continue to add more and more lbs over the years then it’s important that you change your diet.

The easiest steps to take are to write down what you are eating and have some way to measure your calorie intake everyday. Losing weight is about burning more calories than you take in.

Another important part of your successful weight loss plan is to drink lots of water each day. In addition to drinking water make it a point to cut back on sugar drinks and alcohol.

When starting any exercise program it’s a good idea to start slowly and give yourself a chance to experience some success. That success may come in the form of weight loss, more strength, more energy, fitting into your clothes better.

Look for these small changes and be happy for your effort.

A great option for starting a workout program is to begin walking on a daily basis. Walking for as little as 10 minutes is a good start. Just get moving and once you start to feel better add some time and some speed to your walking regimen

Why is mindset so important. There’s a few reasons that you’ll want to understand.

Before starting anything it’s important to believe that you can do it and also spend some time seeing the goal already accomplished.

Let your mind help you achieve your goal by feeding it something positive to work on. It’s amazing to watch as your mind takes your positive outlook and pictures and creates the reality that you desire.

Try these simple ideas to give you success with your healthy living goals.

Fred Nicklaus

Sometimes things just seem to fall in place. I had one of those weekends.

On Saturday our demonstration team did a great show at the halftime of a local college basketball game. My college friend Kris Risch did a concert for our families and did a very nice job. Later that weekend I learned more about the social networks on the computer What a great Superbowl.

Here I am still trying to figure out this computer stuff. I’m quite sure that I will never figure it out completely.

On Monday one of my friends who is very computer literate came over to the house and was explaining things to me. He’s talking at 60 mph and I’m understanding at 5 mph. Slow down brother.

I now know how to log in and read my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I’ve also sent out my first posts. It’s called a tweet on Twitter.

You’ve been following my computer escapades for a while now and I really am getting it. I am, however, a fish out of water still, but seem to be growing little land legs.

I guess that I’m not unlike everyone else out there in that we all have strengths and weaknesses. It’s good to know both and it’s good to work on both in order to make your strengths even stronger and your weaknesses not as much a liability.

When I sit down and think about some of the fears that I’ve had learning how to use the computer and I compare that to people’s fears about starting an exercise program, I realize that the fears are very similar.

It’s interesting to me that after I spend a little time working on the computer that it doesn’t seem as frustrating or dangerous. It’s just taking that first step and keeping on that’s the biggest thing.

It seems that even though I may be only taking baby steps to learning what I can do with these machines, those baby steps eventually will turn into a well rounded understanding.

Over time I’ve seen many people start with baby steps and change their lives when they decided to commit to a fitness program. The journey is worthwhile as long as you cut yourself some slack along the way and decide that it’s ok to laugh at some of your challenges.

Baby steps and staying fit when there is only little time available to exercise in your day is why the 9 Minute Combat Endurance Training workout was created. Not sure of where to start with your fitness program Go to www.CombatEnduranceTraining.com or www.The9MinuteWorkout.com for your answers.

Fred Nicklaus
The Core Strength Doctor

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