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The 5 Top Reasons Why You're Not Reaching Your Goals

"I want to lose 12kgs in 2 months."

This is something we hear all the time! Setting these types of goals can sometimes mean setting yourself up for disappointment. To use a classic quote, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was a healthy lifestyle. That's why you started training in the first place, to have a healthier lifestyle, right? Why set an unrealistic goal of losing 12kgs in 2 months to look good for a wedding or certain event, just to pile the weight back on (if not more) when eating returns back to normal?

1> Your Goals are way too unrealistic.

2> Setting your goals for someone else, not you.

Set your goals for YOU. "I want to look like her," I want muscles like him." Step back and have a think about who you're doing this for and what you want out of it. You may want arms like Arnie but is it realistic? Is it really what you want or why you started training in the first place?

3> Focusing on too much in too little of time.

Less is more. "I want to lose 12kgs of fat, put on 8kgs of muscle, increase my flexibility and be able to run a marathon all by end of the year."