For Mental Health, Set and Promote Goals

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Recently, Olya spoke with FitnessCoaches.io about incorporating mental health practices to aid with fitness and overall health. Focusing on these aspects not only help sculpt the physique but also fortify mental resilience, highlighting the profound impact of mental health practices in physical training programs. The article discusses several ways in which your fitness can be enhanced by focusing inward, including:

  • Integrate Mindfulness in Personal Training
  • Set and Review Incremental Goals
  • Incorporate Meditation During Cool-Downs
  • Enhance Workouts with Yoga Breathing
  • Apply Positive Psychology to Training
  • Design Workouts to Boost Endorphins
  • Use Visualization for Exercise Prep

Talking about goals throughout the entire process of change is really important. We discuss goals when clients first join the Athleticus Personal Training Studio. We also have a monthly review, complete with an InBody body composition reading, that we conduct and review monthly. It’s important to create and continuously reinforce a partnership of coaches and clients, to show how incremental progress adds up to big changes. Mentally, it’s much easier to focus on one small goal that is achieved relatively quickly and easily than it is to focus on one huge goal that will definitely take years. So, we create bite-size pieces and help our clients see how small changes and successes can build into really big ones.

To read the full article, check out FitnessCoaches.io!

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