The Mentality of Super Fitness

If you are reading this article then you no doubt have at least one health and fitness goal. I'm going to ask you to take that one step further. I'm going to ask you to create a vision of your dream body in your mind. What do you look like? How do you feel? How has it boosted you confidence? Do you model for magazines, run marathons or climb mountains? And most importantly, what did you have to do to get there? Spend some time thinking about this. In order to achieve success you need to know what success means to you, a target that you can pursue wholeheartedly. That is one of the key traits of ultra-achievers: they have a vision of success and they are not afraid to pursue it.

In 1985, Jeff Keith ran across America, an amazing feat for anybody, but Jeff Keith has one leg. When asked how he managed to push on even when it was almost unbearable, Jeff said "I just took it one lamp post at a time". And what was his motivation? "For some amputees it's a challenge to walk one block," Jeff says. "My message is that if I can run across America on one leg, then anything can be accomplished."

In 2003, Sir Ranulph Fiennes suffered a heart attack and had to undergo a double heart bypass operation. Just four months later he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents, on behalf of the British Heart Foundation. In Ranulph's own words "Self pity is a very unattractive trait, I don't remember ever indulging in it, and I don't intend to start now". In March 2007, Fiennes undertook the challenge of climbing the North Face of the Eiger, despite losing his fingertips to frostbite on a previous excursion (He later admitted cutting the frostbitten tips of in his own shed with a fretsaw) and a lifelong fear of heights. In 2009 he became the oldest Briton and the first British pensioner to reach the summit of Mount Everest. How does he do it? One step at a time.

There are countless examples I could mention here of people that have achieved their own idea of success using the same method. So how are amazing human accomplishments achieved? The answer seems simple, but I'll let Will Smith, "The most powerful actor in Hollywood" (according to Newsweek), tell you in his own words:

"You don't set out to build a wall. You don't say 'I'm going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that's ever been built.' You don't start there. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid. You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall."

Whether you plan to run marathons, climb mountains, model in magazines or swim the English channel, the method is the same, BREAK IT DOWN. Make a plan,http://www.cheapnorthfacejacketssale.co.uk/north-face-windstopper-north-face-windstopper-women-c-18_19.html, break it down into small manageable action steps, and work on them EVERY day. Wake up in the morning and make a promise to yourself that you will "lay the brick" as perfectly as you can, and make sure you deliver on that promise.

To your success,

Jamie Wardale