Persistent and Consistent


We all get excited now and then, motivated to make changes in our lives.


Every once in a while, I get bitten by the exercise bug. Who doesn’t?

 


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I get into this or that routine, perhaps committing to doing pushups every day, or going for a jog. I do the exercise for a while, going through the expected aches and pains and challenges phases, and usually get a bit frustrated by the lack of results that I’m really hoping to see. I want to get to the point where pushups are effortless, or where I can run like the wind, and it just isn’t happening.

Next thing I know, life intervenes. I miss a session. I get busy. Days go by in a rush. Deadlines come up. There is barely time enough for sleep. Emergencies happen. Why do emergencies always seem to happen just when you have the least time for them? Other people need me. Why do they always come to me? I get distracted from my usual routine, and totally lose the plot regarding my new fitness commitment. I realize that I haven’t done a pushup in a week, or maybe it’s been a month.


I am faced with a choice. I can either start again, or I can quit.

I’m not much of a quitter. I owe much of my success to being persistent. When it comes to fitness, which is a lifetime pursuit, persistence is essential. Equally, I’ve come to really appreciate the power of being consistent with my fitness efforts. When we are consistent, we accrue results at an astonishing pace. I find the “two steps forward and one backward” approach extremely frustrating. Failure plays with my head, really shakes my confidence. I’d rather be making consistent progress, and when I’m not making progress, I persist.


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If your fitness goals are important to you, treat them as if they are important. Schedule them, rather than seeing if you can find time for them. Be workmanlike in your approach to fitness, getting the job done, time and again. Be persistent and consistent, and reap the harvest of health and fitness that accumulates from your efforts.


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Dr. Douglas Graham, a lifetime athlete and raw fooder since 1978, is an advisor to world-class and motivated athletes and trainers from around the globe. He has worked professionally with top performers from almost every sport and every field of entertainment, including such notables as tennis legend Martina Navratilova, NBA pro basketball players Ronnie Grandison and Michael Porter Jr., track Olympic sprinter Doug Dickinson, pro women's soccer player Callie Withers, championship bodybuilder Kenneth G. Williams, Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthor Mark Victor Hansen, and actress Demi Moore. As owner of a fasting retreat in the Florida Keys for ten years, Dr. Graham personally supervised thousands of fasts. He was in private practice as a chiropractor for twenty years, before retiring to focus on his writing and speaking. Dr. Graham is the author of many books on health and raw food including The 80/10/10 Diet, The High Energy Diet Recipe Guide, Nutrition and Athletic Performance, Grain Damage, Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries, and his latest, Perpetual Health 365. He has shared his strategies for success with audiences at more than 4,000 presentations worldwide. Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern raw movement, Dr. Graham is the only lecturer to have attended and given keynote presentations at all of the major raw events in the world for each of the last eight years. Dr. Graham has served on the board of governors of the International Association of Professional Natural Hygienists and the board of directors of the American Natural Hygiene Society. He is on the board of advisors of Voice for a Viable Future, Living Light Films, Vegetarian Union of North America, and EarthSave International and serves as nutrition advisor for the magazine Exercise, For Men Only. Dr. Graham is the raw foods and fitness advisor for The801010Forum.com. He taught the Health Educator program at Hippocrates Institute, served as the "source authority" for Harmonious Living, and authors a column for the magazines Get Fresh! and Vibrance (previously known as Living Nutrition). Dr. Graham is the creator of "Simply Delicious" cuisine and director of Health and Fitness Week, which provides Olympic-class training and nutrition for people of all fitness levels in beautiful settings around the world. He will inspire, motivate, educate, and entertain you like no one else in the health movement can.