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If you have made the difficult decision to reduce - congratulations! For many, making a pledge to their own fitness is a difficult part. But in spite of self-motivation, many people realize they don't know what exercises to do for weight loss. There are three main kinds of exercise: aerobic exercise, such as jogging; flexibility exercises, such as yoga and other forms of stretching; and strength training, such as bodybuilding. Aerobic and strength training will help you use the most calories. Because losing weight is dependent on either burning more calories or taking in less, it is best to concentrate on these initially to ensure your self motivation remains as you drop pounds. Usually, thirty minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week is suggested. Increase the duration and frequency as you progress. But many people whose self-motivation has encouraged them to begin an exercise for weight loss program overlook the importance of strength training. Aerobic exercise burns more calories in the beginning, but weight lifting increases muscle mass, and muscle burns more calories than fat. A pound of muscle uses 35 calories per day to function at rest; a pound of fat uses only two calories for the same function. The fitness consensus used to believe that to "build" muscle, you should use fewer reps (3-5) at higher weights, and to simply "tone," higher reps (12-15) at lower weights was key. But there's no such thing as "toning." Definition that results from what is incorrectly called toning occurs because you have lost the layer of fat covering muscle, making it more visible. The size of the muscle underneath depends on how vigorously you train. You must "tear down" the muscle so it can rebuild itself afterward. In fact, you don't create muscle during workouts but you do in the days afterward when it's "resting." The common guideline for strength training is beginning with three sets of 8-12 reps at a weight that leaves you almost incapable of executing the entire set. Then, rest for 30-60 seconds before starting your next set. Don't be disappointed if you are unable to complete all of the reps on every set. In fact, use that to gauge when to add weight. If you are completing each set without any muscle strain, you will want to add weight. Self-motivation got you to start, but many people have difficulty maintaining the pace. It helps to know that the source of our motivations is a belief. Consider it: If you did not believe the gnawing sensation in your stomach meant you were hungry, you would not feel motivated to eat. Understanding what ideas motivate you is essential to weight loss, because when you feel powerfully motivated, you will exercise consistently. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a form of hypnosis. And there are NLP techniques that can trigger exercise motivation because, over time, desire to exercise for weight loss alone probably won't be enough to keep you working out. Hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can help. Your initial task is naming the most important things in your life. We call these things your highly valued criteria. Highly valued criteria are customarily intangibles: money would not be highly valued criteria, but the freedom, fun, or security that money can offer would be. Next, determine what you need to believe to feel highly motivated to exercise. It's important to remember that logic has nothing to do with belief. Things do not have to be logical to believe them. You may find you already have a belief that goes against this new idea. That’s okay. While understanding what motivates us is important, hypnosis for exercise motivation can put these ideas to work by ensuring self motivation endures. Hypnosis for motivation does this by changing the computer codes in your brain, so you believe thoughts that motivate you. Belief systems are based in our unconscious, which is like a computer. Computers don't have the facility to reason. The input controls the output. The techniques used in hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can make you believe almost anything, as long as you are willing to believe. You start by creating a picture in your mind that illustrates something you already believe, such as, "I love my children." Then you learn to calibrate the elements or 'Submodalities' of that mental belief picture. Next, you make a mental image that illustrates your motivational idea. Let's say your motivational idea is, "If I exercise, then I will look great and my marriage will get better." Then you learn how to alter the Submodalities of this mental image to match with the Submodalities in your calibrated belief picture. Conversely, if a belief is holding you back, the same technique can change that belief to doubt. Self hypnosis for motivation that incorporates NLP can give you something of an internal personal trainer. Using a hypnosis for exercise motivation program ensures that the enthusiasm you started with remains until reaching your objective, and then helps you maintain that objective.
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Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in all aspects of hypnotism for weight loss, includingself motivation CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis website to have the benefit of Free hypnosis videos, articles, and newsletters. www.neuro-vision.us/Products/ExerciseMotivationHypnosisCD.htm
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