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Some people have questioned my blog from earlier this week about the 30 day principle to start and continue a workout routine. My premise being that the traditional method of working out for five days and then taking a rest day doesn’t work for the beginner simply because it does not allow them to create a habit. My belief is that it takes at least 21 days (I like to use 30 days for assurance) to create or break any habit, and that the thirty days must be consecutive, meaning if you are trying to quit smoking you must not take one puff for thirty days, and if you are trying to begin a workout routine, you must do it everyday for 30 days. My belief is that anytime you take even one day off while trying to create or break a habit, you will need to begin again.

Some have directly asked me if I have any experience myself with this theory, and the answer is yes. Approximately two years ago I quit drinking Coca-Cola (which I was extremely addicted to but loved so much). I was completely addicted to the stuff, drinking nearly two liters per day. I can’t even imagine how much sugar, caffeine and artificial dye was being pumped through my body. I had tried to quit on several occasions, going through withdrawal headaches and the shakes every time. That is however, until I discovered the 30 day theory.

It was July 7, 2005 when I finally was able to quit for good, that was the day that I decided to go the full 30 days without a sip of coke. While it was tough, it worked. To this day I only have coke every so often when I am out for drinks with friends or at someones house where the options are limited.

The theory without doubt works, and I would recommend it to anyone. I truly believe that if you can choose to do anything for thirty days, you can do it for a lifetime.

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What if I told you that if you did exactly what I told you to for 30 days, without falter, I could get you to form or quit any habit, good or bad? In fact, what if I didn’t even have to be there to tell you what to do to quit smoking, or to learn to work out on a regular basis? What if I could just tell you how to do it, and you could make or break any habit you desired for the rest of your life in just 30 days? And what if it was such a simple concept even a child could do it? It would be a pretty profound piece of knowledge wouldn’t it?

Well, the fact is that I can tell you how to make or break any habit you want to in 30 days and it is really quite simple. Gurus such as Jack Canfield and Robin Sharma have known and taught this technique successfully for years, although Sharma uses 21 days instead. What is it? It is simply to perform the habit you are trying to create or break for 30 days without fail, in order to make it a habit for life. This means that if you can go without smoking, or go to the gym everyday for 30 days, you will have the ability to do so until you create another habit which counters it.

This isn’t just some made up theory either. In an early NASA experiment, scientists place convex goggles on would be astronauts which made everything appear upside down. The experiment was designed to help figure out what effects the disorientations of space would have on the human mind. What they found was that after 30 days the astronaut’s minds had completely flipped the image back so that everything appeared normal even though they were still wearing the goggles. In further experiments the goggles were removed for one day on day 15, what was found in this instance was that the 30 day period would have to start all over again even though the goggles were only removed for on day. So the inference is that the mind can make any new function normal in just 30 days.

So what does this have to do with Personal Training’s fundamental flaw? It is the fact that personal trainers world wide all preach the same thing to beginners, six days on, one day off. In almost every case, personal trainers preach that there should be a rest day. And to an extent I agree, however this one rest day is in almost all cases the core reason why a person fails to continue a workout program. As soon as you take one day off, it becomes easier to take a second day off, and a third and so on. When someone who has never worked out for an extended period of time before begins a workout program, they need to make sure that the going to the gym is consistent for the first 30 days to build the habit. Even though common theory tells us we need a rest day, in order to ensure we continue our workout program beyond the initial week or so, we need to make sure a workout habit is formed. The only way to do this is to workout for thirty days straight, and then worry about a rest day every six days starting in the second month.

Of course, never work yourself past exhaustion and make sure you consult a physician before you start any exercise program. To prove my theory works, I will be testing it myself starting tomorrow and will blog about the results.

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Had the absolute pleasure of seeing Anthony Robbins live for the second time in 12 months yesterday, along with Richard Branson, W. Mitchell (if you ever get the chance to hear him speak do not pass it by), and Jack Canfield, all of which were amazing speakers, only brought down by one other who did a shameful promotion of a stock screening software.

The defining moment of the day came when Robbins said the following, “Change your blueprint, change your life.” I of course heard this as, “Change your blueprint, change your life golf game.” Its a simple yet profound concept. If you can figure out what motivates you to do the things you are most proud of and apply that to the things you need to improve on, you can effectively change the blueprint of why you do things, making yourself more successful. For example, if you can figure out that what motivates you to play a round of golf rather than practicing is the fact that you like to see if you can break your previous score, then you can figure out that if you apply a scoring system to your practice, you will be encouraged to do it more often.

From the same seminar, if you use Jack Canfields approach, and make a habit of practicing everyday for 30 days straight to from a habit, it will become a part of your blueprint that will be hard to break. Simply by changing your motivations and then putting them in to place for a sustainable period of time, you will be able to move beyond your current level of success to one closer to where you want to be.

Next time I will talk about the fundamental flaw of personal training and why people have so much trouble continuing a workout program based on the current methodology used by most trainers.

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Last week I had the pleasure of playing in the first annual Here’s to Billy Charity golf tournament in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. What was truly an honor was the fact that I was asked by Bill to play in his place, given that he is a cancer patient and didn’t have the strength to play on his own. I am proud to say that our team represented Bill well, winning the tournament and making Bill Patton the inaugural winner of his own charity golf tournament. Congrats Billy!

For those who don’t know Bill, he is the mortgage industries greatest personality. It is hard to travel anywhere where someone doesn’t at least know of him. His friendly greetings which always begin with a hug rather than a handshake are legendary, his wit is second to done, and he is simply the most friendly person in an industry that is known for its fun loving members. He is without a doubt the life of the party.

Thank you Bill for providing me the honor of playing in your place! Here’s to Billy!

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