Discovering the Keys to Exercise Motivation Hypnosis

Developing an exercise routine to assist you to remain in shape and thin is crucial for most people. According to research studies, only two core types of exercise are usually efficient; therefore, it is crucial to take care in selecting the kind of exercise you perform.

Since so many people have trouble dealing with exercise motivation, performing the most efficient varieties of exercise is critical, due to the fact that the less time it takes you to exercise - and the less time you throw away on low efficiency exercise - the more likely you will be to be persistent with exercising and therefore to reach your personal weight and strength goals.

The first type of exercise that has been consistently demonstrated to assist people to lose some weight and get in shape is progressive resistance. In sum, progressive resistance is one type of strength training. It works by slowly increasing the pounds lifted, the number of sets, and number of repetitions performed. As a result, muscle fibers are never put under strain or damaged - instead, they are slowly and steadily allowed to strengthen without any setbacks.

The second type of exercise that has been thoroughly studied is cardiovascular training. This name is given to any type of exercise that increases the heart rate to 60 - 85 percent of its maximum. Some examples of cardio training could include jogging, jump rope, aerobic exercise, or treadmill, as well as other types, but the choice is up to you.

Even though progressive resistance and cardio training alone have been discovered to be extremely efficient kinds of exercise, scientists now know that combining them is the best bet for being successful. By combining both progressive resistance and cardio training, you will improve the strength of your muscles and build general endurance. In a recent scientific study, exercisers who used both cardio and progressive resistance over a two-month period lost 45 percent more pounds than people who did cardio or progressive resistance alone.

As crucial as the type of exercise you do is, the manner in which you exercise is also important. It likely will come as no surprise that being consistent is the name of the game. Exercising inconsistently may strain your muscles and will likely not help you to increase strength and endurance. Nor will it improve your whole-body health. According to most experts, the ideal regimen is to exercise for 40 minutes to an hour three to five times every week.

Unfortunately, for a significant percent of the population, getting enough exercise is not just as easy as going to the health club several times every week or listening to what scientists write. For this subset of people, exercise motivation is the primary problem - this group of people simply doesn't want to go to the gym. In fact, they might be fearful of all exercise, which can lead to problematic anxiety.

It is unknown what percent of the American population suffers from problems with exercise motivation, but experts say that up to 20 to 40 percent of people claim that they "hate" or "dread" exercise. Even more people might have more mild problems with exercise motivation, finding that although it is relatively easy to commit to an exercise regimen for a short period of time, motivation eventually degrades, leaving them back where they were initially - unhealthy and heavy.

If you happen to be a person who struggles to deal with exercise motivation, you will be glad to know that there are some simple strategies to handle the struggle. According to the findings of a recent scientific study, subjects who wanted to start an exercise program were provided with a brief learning program that helped them select the right varieties of exercise, were provided with a therapist who specialized in exercise motivation, and were given a brief course in hypnosis. After six months, they were asked to evaluate their progress. Surprisingly, it turned out that over 85 percent of the participants had persisted with an exercise program throughout the entire six months. Better yet, they generally lost an average of fifteen more pounds than the control group.

If you are interested in this study, it might be a good idea to investigate the possibility of locating a motivational therapist, habit control therapist, or counselor who specializes in hypnotherapy. These types of therapists are given special training in assisting people to overcome anxieties, build exercise motivation, and reinforce good habit development. Another choice for exercise motivation is something called self-hypnosis - which is a simple and inexpensive practice that can help individuals develop control over their own inborn abilities to be motivated.

Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are completely safe methods to increase motivation that have been proven to offer success in the case of the motivation to exercise. Hypnotherapy functions by the use of hypnotic relaxation to enhance the powers of our minds to influence the modification of behavior and the formation of habits. Hypnotherapy is an excellent choice for people who are adverse to exercise due to the fact that it is able to help the development of the motivation to get in shape and lose weight easily and effectively.

Alan B. Densky, CH specializes in all forms of weight loss through hypnosis, including motivation theory CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION hypnosis website to benefit from Free hypnosis newsletters, articles, and videos.