Commitment

Commitment: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

Spring – and pollen – is in the air. Hopefully Spring will move forward into Summer, and the pollen will leave.

I know that I’m very lucky in my business to have, most of my clients, committed to their fitness routines. They truly want to change their lifestyles for the better and continue to come in for sessions week after week and month after month, rejoining on a regular basis to stay clients for years. They realize that maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle takes work, and cannot be accomplished in a few months. It takes commitment.

Looking back, most of these clients were those that came into my Studio for information, sat through a consultation or went through a complimentary session, and then joined. They weren’t the ones that had to think about it or ask their spouse, mother, brother, sister, dog or cat for confirmation; they realized they needed help with their health and they committed themselves to a course of action.

Unfortunately, there are all too few people like this. Most people are afraid to commit to anything. So they go through their lives wondering what could have been, without ever trying to make a change for the better.

I have a new client who, after just a couple of weeks, was told by her doctor that her health has changed in a positive way. He asked her what changes she had made in her lifestyle and she told him she had joined Fitness Together. Measureable, positive changes in only a few weeks, because she committed to making those changes.

My wife recently spoke to a client that has been with us for a year. The client told her that she was definitely going to rejoin again because she knows how much better she feels since committing to a regular exercise routine; something that we always love to hear.

Then we have clients that join for one session package and leave. They believe that they can “do it on their own”; or just lose passion for exercising. I’ve found that most people who believe that they can do it on their own are mistaken. The reason that they came to us in the first place was because they “couldn’t” do it on their own.

Suddenly, after a couple of months, they believe that by getting on a treadmill for a couple of hours a week or running through their community they are doing enough to maintain their fitness. Most of the time this is far from true.

Where are the strength training exercises? Where are the core exercises? Where is the change-up in cardio? Where is the tracking of your workouts: knowing when to increase intensity? Lastly, let’s not forget the nutritional part of the equation.

So, now you’re back to where you were before; doing the same thing over and over without getting significant results. The commitment to change is gone.

Do you have a fear of commitment?