PLANNING YOUR TRANSFORMATION

you want to lose 5-20 kilos, you’re fed up of feeling AWFUL, you’re ready to train and you’re desperate for the results, but where do you start to make all this happen?

First of all you need a goal. A goal in the way of a vision of the outcome you want to achieve, a weight you want to lose, a body shape you want to achieve, a size you want to become, a dress you want to fit in, a speed you want to reach, a race you want to win, a holiday, event or function you want to look great for or a date you want to be transformed by. You need one or a combination of these. Without a destination we have no where to drive towards.

Next we need to know the starting destination. Where is point A in relation to point B? How much weight do we have to lose? How many weeks do we have until the date etc.

Now we need to divide the work we need to put in, by the duration or quantity we determined would be our end goal.

The most important thing for us to do during planning, is to not put the foot on the gas too hard off the start line. Put the importance on commitment and consistency. Incremental improvements and achievements will guarantee you get to your goal result by the deadline. Trying to get there quicker by running faster will cause you to burn out physically or mentally and you’ll miss out on achieving incredible results that could otherwise be healthy and sustainable.

Depending on your goals we next need to chunk down further into the separate components you will need to implement. Here we’re talking about training, resistance, cardio, mobility, nutrition, hydration, supplementation, rest, recovery, sleep, mindset, tracking and accountability.

For each of these we need a plan. Some will be more complex than others. But each needs to be structured and mapped out taking into account 1) your goals/deadline and 2) your starting point.

The two biggest aspect to plan out are your training and your nutrition. To do this you need to know; how long do you have and how conditioned is your body currently? Now we can further break down the time we have available into the resistance sections, the cardio sections and the mobility/recovery sections. We want to start off with a stimulus that will challenge us but not break us. Then each week we want to build on the challenge and the stimulus at the rate we’re developing and conditioning. Remembering to add in reprieve and recovery weeks so our body can develop and progress.

Whichever nutrition plan approach we take, we want to keep it nutritious and fuelling in order to sustain the training you’ve just planned out. We don’t want to be crash dieting whilst training extremely hard and expect gains in both fat loss, muscle development, strength, fitness and health. Once you’ve fuelled your body correctly you will reduce body fat and increase muscle without having to deplete calories in a way that you will have to pay for later.

Remember all the other components need to be monitored and tracked too. Hydration, supplementation, rest, recovery, sleep, mindset, tracking and accountability.

Set some exciting goals and start planing! If you need help with your planning or want a professionally customised all-inclusive body transformation program to lose 10-15 kilos in your first 12 weeks, then reach out for a chat and I’ll make that happen for you, guaranteed!