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SFL Client of the Month Dael Cohen
"I finally decided that I had to do something about my weight and overall health & conditioning. I had tried most of the big box gyms in the past.
My sister had joined a small gym near her and that is what I was looking for. Strength for Life popped up on my Google search. I think I made an appointment that day, went and talked to Jim and the next day had an evaluation with Ed.
I was very nervous about that, but all his
jokes put me at ease. As an overweight, out of shape, 69.5 year old woman, I hoped I would not be totally out of place. As it turns out, everyone is so accepting and supportive, it is easy to come here.
Natalie has been an amazing coach. Always positive, encouraging and fun. I started with 3 coaching days a week to stay on
track. Now I do two coaching days and a class. I have lost weight and gained muscle. I plan to do more of both.
So all of you oldies but goodies, come out to join me and all the folks at SFL to get healthy."
Congratulations to Dael for her commitment to fitness and health. We are proud to have her as a client and celebrate her as our Client of the Month!
SFL Goal Achievement Series
"The Rocky Road to Dublin"
Then off to reap the corn and leave where I was born
Cut a stout, black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins
A brand-new pair of brogues to
rattle over the bogs
And frighten all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin The Rocky Road to Dublin
The young man in the song, “The Rocky Road to Dublin,” prepares to leave his family, friends and home in the small town of Tuam in Galway to make his way to Dublin and eventually Liverpool, knowing there will be
obstacles like ghosts and goblins, swampy bogs and wild dogs that he will have to face. In Mullingar, he is laughed at for his strange ways. In Dublin, he gets robbed. On the boat to Liverpool, he has to sleep with pigs on a ship and once he arrives in England, gets in a brawl with some locals. Through all these trials, he nevers waivers from his goal.
Heidi Grant Halvorsen would call the hero in the song a realistic optimist. In her book, “9 Things Successful People Do Differently,” she talks about the need to be a realistic optimist when shooting for your goals.
The realistic optimist knows the path to achieving any worthwhile goal requires time, effort and persistence in the face of difficulty. A realistic optimist, like the young man in the song, believes they will succeed, but knows that success does not come easily. Because they know
that there will be obstacles, realistic optimists tend to plan more, put in more effort and persist longer when they encounter a challenge or obstacle.
How can you be a realistic
optimist?
When an obstacle appears on the road to your goal or you start to doubt yourself, remember times when you have been successful in the past. Remind yourself of the obstacles you have
faced and how you overcame them. Think about potential obstacles that you may face and how you will deal with each obstacle. Use if/then planning. If this happens, then I will do this. Have a backup plan and be flexible with the process. If you get knocked down, get back up and keep taking action toward your goal.
In the end, the road may not be less rocky for a realistic optimist, but you will be better prepared and more likely to keep pushing toward your goals despite any obstacles that may arise along the way.
The SFL Goal Achievement Series is designed to help you set big goals, stay focused and motivated and overcome obstacles along the way.
Monthly Fitness Challenge
August Fitness Challenge - Squat Our August Challenge is the Squat - Squat
- Level 1 - Goblet Squat for 20 reps with 20
pounds to parallel
- Level 2 - Back Squat to parallel with ½ bodyweight for 20
reps
- Level 3 - Back Squat to parallel with bodyweight for 15
reps
Remember to maintain good form. Challenges must be reviewed by an SFL trainer. |
Monthly Nutrition Challenge Emotional Eating
The Challenge
Choose one of
the Emotional Eating tips from the article below for the Month of August:
Let us know how you are doing. Most nights, it’s the same pattern. I come home from Strength for Life, check the mail, make something for dinner and sit down for the evening. I might do a little work and watch some television and then it happens. Just like clockwork, without even thinking of it, I am back in the kitchen grabbing a snack. Before I know it, I am sitting in front of the TV munching
mindlessly.
I know that I am not really hungry and the snack, (or two, or three), is not needed but I continue to eat anyway. Late night eating for me is just a habit that does not support my fitness or nutrition and needs to go.
Many of us eat when we are bored, stressed, sad, lonely, have relationship conflicts, or as a way to deal with unpleasant emotions or just out of habit. That is bad enough, but what is even worse is that the food we eat does not make us feel better. As a matter of fact, we often feel guilty for
overeating. We feel bad, we eat. We feel guilty, we eat again. We may have filled our stomachs, but we have not filled the emotional need that caused us to reach for food in the first place.
Emotional hunger is different from physical hunger. Emotional hunger is often impulsive. There is an urgency to eat something, often less
healthy, comfort foods. Emotional hunger is not satisfying and is often done thoughtlessly as though we were on automatic pilot. We often feel regret or guilt after a bout of emotional eating.
Stress, boredom, loneliness, trying to bury our emotions, conflicts with relationships, fatigue, being unhappy with the way we look,
health or financial issues, social situations, going out with friends can trigger emotional eating. Emotional eating can soon become an unwanted habit.
There is good news.
To read the rest of this article click here
Strength for Life Programs
Personal Training
Small Group Fitness Classes
Moxie
Strong Moxie Strong is Strength for Life's newest program. Moxie Strong embraces strong, independent, fierce determined women. Moxie Strong is a program for a women's whole person. Moxie Strong is for women who are not intimidated by lifting weights and fro women who strive to be their best in all areas of their life.
Contact Natalie Bean at NNbean@comcast.net
Online Training SFL is now offering online training to clients who travel frequently or want to train while on vacation. If you are interested in more details or would like to participate in the online training program, see one of our SFL trainers. Active SFL clients will receive a
discounted price for online training.
Contact Jim@Strengthforlife.us |
Strength for Life
1440 Wallingford Road
Springfield, Pa 19064 www.Strengthforlife.us 484-441-6126 Call for a Free Consultation
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