How To Remain Consistent After You Start?
The Elite Mindset - Lesson 2
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Your hustle has to match your dreams! You can't have extraordinary goals with an ordinary work ethic. You'll always come up short!"
— Irvin John
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Case Study
Let’s take a moment to consider how exercise habits derive. In 2002 New Mexico State University wanted to learn why individuals exercise on a consistent basis. 266 participants were examined, a larger number of them exercised a minimum of three times per week. Researchers found that many of these participants had begun weight training or running nearly on impulse, or simply as a result of finding spare time or were looking for an outlet to deal with unexpected stress in their lives.
Why did they continue? There was a specific reward they began to crave.
Within a specific group, 92 percent of individuals reported to habitually exercise simply because it made them “feel good”- they cultivated the anticipation of the reward they would receive from a completed workout.
Within a separate group, 67 percent of individuals reported that exercise gave them a sense of “accomplishment”- they developed a craving towards the state of elation from following their own progress, and that self-reward was sufficient in order for a one-time activity to become a habit.
Why did they continue? There was a specific reward they began to crave.
Within a specific group, 92 percent of individuals reported to habitually exercise simply because it made them “feel good”- they cultivated the anticipation of the reward they would receive from a completed workout.
Within a separate group, 67 percent of individuals reported that exercise gave them a sense of “accomplishment”- they developed a craving towards the state of elation from following their own progress, and that self-reward was sufficient in order for a one-time activity to become a habit.
If your intentions are to begin exercising every morning, it is imperative that you set a cue (such as having your workout clothes right at the side of your bed) and creating a distinct reward (such as a sense of accomplishment or eating one of your favorite snacks “if it fits your macros” 
.) Nonetheless, numerous studies have concluded that a cue and a reward alone simply cannot make a new habit last. Only, once the brain begins expecting the reward – feeling a sense of accomplishment or eating your favorite snack – will it become automatic to put on your workout clothes at the edge of your bed and do your exercise each morning.
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