Exercise For Weight Loss And Hypnosis For Motivation

If you've made the decision to get some weight off - congratulations! For many, committing to their own health is the most difficult part. But despite self-motivation, many people realize they do not know what exercises to perform for rapid weight loss. There are three main sorts of exercise: aerobic exercise, such as biking or running; flexibility exercises, such as yoga and other forms of stretching; and strength training, like bodybuilding. Aerobic and strength training will help you burn the most calories.

Because losing weight is dependent on either consuming less calories or burning more, it is best to focus on these primarily to ensure your self motivation continues as you lose weight. Generally, 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week is suggested. Build the interval and frequency as you improve.

But many people whose self-motivation has helped them to begin an exercise for weight loss program neglect the importance of strength training. Aerobic exercise burns more calories in the beginning, but lifting weights increases muscle mass, and muscle burns more calories than fat. A pound of muscle uses 35 calories a day to function at rest; a pound of fat uses only two calories for the same function. The fitness consensus used to suggest that to "build" muscle, you should perform fewer reps (3-5) with heavier weights, and to simply "tone," higher reps (12-15) with lighter weights was best. But there is no such thing as "toning." Definition that results from what's incorrectly called toning results 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 do not build muscle while lifting weights but you do in the days afterward when it is "resting."

The general guideline for strength training is beginning with three sets of 8-12 reps at a weight that leaves you nearly incapable of executing the entire set. Then, rest for 30-60 seconds before beginning your next set. Do not be disappointed if you're not able to complete all of the reps on every set. In fact, use that to determine when to add weight. If you're doing each set without any muscle strain, you will want to add weight.

Self motivation got you to begin your routine, but most have a difficult time maintaining the pace. It helps understanding that the source of our motivations is a belief. Think about it: If you didn't believe the gnawing sensation in your stomach meant you were hungry, you wouldn't feel motivated to eat. Understanding what ideas motivate you is essential to losing weight, because when you feel powerfully motivated, you will exercise without fail.

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 likely will not be enough to keep you going. Hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can help.

Your first task is identifying the most important things in your life. We call these things your highly valued criteria. Highly valued criteria are typically intangibles: money wouldn't be highly valued criteria, but the freedom, security or fun that money can offer would be. Next, determine what you need to believe to feel highly motivated to exercise. It's necessary to bear in mind that logic has nothing to do with belief. Things don’t have to be logical to believe them. You may realize you already have a belief that contradicts this new idea. That is okay.

While understanding what motivates us is valuable, hypnosis exercise motivation therapy can put these ideas to work by ensuring self motivation persists. Hypnosis for motivation does this by changing the computer codes in your brain, so you believe motivational ideas. Belief systems are based in our unconscious, which is like a computer. Computers do not have the capacity to reason. The input controls the output.

The techniques used in hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can make you believe nearly anything, as long as you're willing to believe. You start by creating a picture in your mind's eye 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 movie 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 modify the Submodalities of this mental image to correspond 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.

Hypnotherapy for motivation that uses NLP can give you something of an internal personal motivator. Using an exercise hypnosis motivation program ensures that the enthusiasm you began with persists until reaching your objective, and then helps you maintain that objective.

Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in all aspects of weight loss through hypnosis, including NLP for exercise motivation CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION hypnotherapy website and have the benefit of Free hypnosis newsletters, articles, and videos.