Motivation Theory - Realize The Influence of Hypnosis

If you're like many people, you are interested in developing an exercise routine that will assist you to remain healthy and slim. However, you might be shocked to find out that not just any old type of exercise will do - in fact, studies regularly show that there are two basic kinds of exercise that are highly efficient and successful.

Because so many people struggle with the motivation to exercise, choosing the most efficient kinds of exercise is critical, because the less time it takes you to exercise - and the less time you throw away on exercise that is not efficient - the more likely it is that you will continue to exercise and therefore reach your personal weight and strength target.

The initial variety of exercise that has been consistently shown to assist people to lose the pounds and get trim is progressive resistance. In sum, progressive resistance is a particular variety of strength training. It functions by slowly ramping up the amount of weight that you lift, the number of sets, and number of repetitions performed. Therefore, muscle fibers are not strained or subjected to damage - instead, they slowly and steadily strengthen without any setbacks.

Our second variety of exercise that was thoroughly studied is cardio training. This name is given to any variety of exercise that results in a heart rate of 60 - 85 percent of its highest rate. Examples of cardio training might be jogging, jump rope, aerobic exercise, or treadmill, among other types of exercise, but you may choose any type you like.

Even though progressive resistance and cardio training alone have been discovered to be very efficient kinds of exercise, scientists now know that the combination is the best bet for success. If you combine both progressive resistance and cardio training, you will strengthen muscle groups and increase whole-body endurance. According to a scientific study, exercisers who did both cardio and progressive resistance over a two-month period lost 45 percent more than exercisers who did cardiovascular training or progressive resistance alone.

As critical as the variety of exercise you perform is, the manner in which you exercise is also vital. It probably will not surprise you that consistency is what you should seek. Exercising in an irregular manner may strain your muscles and will probably not help you to increase strength and endurance. In addition, it is unlikely to improve your whole-body health. According to many researchers, the best regime is to exercise for 40 minutes to an hour three to five times every week.

Unfortunately, it turns out that for a significantly sized percent of the American population, getting enough exercise is not as easy as showing up at the gym a few times every week or being attentive to what researchers claim. For this subset of people, the motivation to exercise is the main issue - this group of people simply doesn't have the drive to go to the gym. It is a sad fact that they may dread any and all exercise, which can get to the point of problematic anxiety.

It is unknown what percent of the population suffers from problems with the motivation to exercise, but researchers say that approximately twenty to forty percent of people say that they "hate" or "dread" exercise. An even larger group of people may have less severe exercise motivation problems, claiming that although it is easy enough to commit to an exercise regime for a week or two, motivation eventually fades, which leaves them back where they were initially - unhealthy and weighing too much.

If you are the kind of person who struggles to deal with the motivation to exercise, you will be glad to know that there are some easy methods to deal with the struggle. According to a recent scientific study, subjects who desired to begin an exercise program were provided with a short educational program that assisted them to decide on the best kinds of exercise, were provided with a therapist who specialized in exercise motivation, and were given a short series of sessions with a hypnotist. After 6 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 during the whole 6 months. Even better, they lost an average of fifteen more pounds than the control group.

If you are interested in the findings of this study, it may be good to investigate the possibility of locating a motivational therapist, habit control therapist, or counselor who deals with hypnotherapy. These kinds of therapists are provided with special training in helping people to overcome anxieties, develop the motivation to exercise, and reinforce the creation of good habits. Another choice for creating the motivation to exercise is self-hypnosis - which is a simple and inexpensive practice that helps people take control of their own unconscious abilities to be motivated.

Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are completely safe ways of increasing motivation that are proven to provide success in the case of the motivation to exercise. Hypnosis works by using hypnotic relaxation to evoke the abilities of the unconscious mind to influence the modification of behavior and the formation of habits. Hypnosis therapy 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 will to get trim and trim the pounds easily and effectively.

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