Mike Fohner, cross country running coach, tells this story about one of his students:Last year, one of my young cross-country runners was fully content walking up the hills and avoiding physical exertion to the maximum extent possible. I tried all sorts of tactics and motivation techniques…to wits end. Even my “walkers club” (post practice sprints for those that walk during practice) had no effect. At one meet, this runner unexpectedly knocked 3 minutes off her best time to w

VISUALIZATION LEADS TO ACTUALIZATIONVisualization, done right, can be extremely powerful in achieving any goal. As you think about your goals for the New Year, take into consideration the following…Using your intellectual factor of imagination see yourself already in possession of your goal. Picture yourself with the healthy and fit body you desire, and literally feel what it is like to have it. You cannot achieve anything in your “outer world” until you first see it in your

Have you ever told yourself that you are going to lose weight and get fit in time for spring, only to be frustrated when warm weather rolls around?It’s easy to hide behind heavy winter clothes, but when the mercury starts climbing, the clothes get lighter and we can’t hide any more. “Why didn’t I start working out weeks ago?” we ask ourselves. “If only I had started sooner!”REGRET-PROOF YOUR SPRING: SET A DEADLINEThe best way to protect yourself from a

DEFINITION AND SYMPTOMS OF PHOBIASA phobia is defined as an irrational fear or dread. When a person has a phobic attack, they get panicky feelings; their respiration and heart rate increase; they may feel choked up like their heart is in their throat; their palms may get sweaty; they may hear a ringing in their ears; and they may find that they are unable to participate in an activity. These feelings motivate the individual to try to avoid the situations and environments that trigger them.SOME

Zig Ziglar once said, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” And each of us knows from our own experience that he is right. The general flow of human life tends to be toward ease and comfort. One day flows into the next, and many of us never quite get around to turning our good intentions into reality.Those ‘good intentions,’ while no doubt admirable, tend to remain unrealized mainly because they are too vague. Vague ideas are impossible to focus on and aim