The Best Ways to Achieve Your Goals

By Matt Nelson on 20 March 2015

As the craze of the fitness era bekins and we find ourselves being fed meaningless ‘challenges’ and ‘quick fixes’ resulting in the ‘perfect body in 30 days’, it pains me to explain to you that there is no quick fix.

Our goals, aims, ambitions and objectives are all different to one another as we are all starting off from different stages, whether it be as a novice new to exercise or an athlete puzzled about nutrition; the point is we are all going to adapt to our training at various speeds and therefore reach our goals at different points in our lives. Whether it be coming back from injury, postnatal weight loss or competing in your first bikini competition, the truth is we are all only going to achieve our desired outcome through hard work, determination and a clear, controlled mindset!

Gym Squat Challenge - Fitness FanTake the 30-day squat challenge for example: this challenge predicts that from day 1 you can already do 50 squats – can we? Speaking as an experienced squatter I know 50 bodyweighted squats is easy for myself but I am a trained indivdual and for people who are just starting out this is a ridiculously high amount considering there is also no ‘step by step’ or ‘how to’ squat with perfect form given with this challenge. You could be causing yourself serious damage from being unaware of the correct technique and throwing yourself in the deep end attempting these type of challenges – espically when unsupervised. Regardless of your experience, attempting a 30-day challenge just purely based on one area of the body and specifically one large muscle group; with hardly any recovery time or essential rest periods, could cause some severe damage from overtraining resulting in injury as well as putting you off of all exercise for good.