Motivation Psychology - Realize The Influence of Hypnosis

December 31, 2007 · Print This Article

Remaining thin and in shape is important for many people — and thus developing an exercise plan is so important. It may shock you to discover that research studies generally demonstrate that only two core kinds of exercise are useful — which suggests that you can’t just take up any type of exercise to become thin.

Due to the fact that so many people have trouble with exercise motivation, performing the most efficient kinds of exercise is imperative, because the less time you spend exercising - and the less time you waste on low efficiency exercise - the more likely it is that you will continue to exercise and therefore to reach your personal weight and strength goals.

The initial type of exercise that has been routinely shown to aid people to lose some weight and get trim is progressive resistance. Briefly, progressive resistance is one type of strength training. How it works is that it is slowly ramping up the amount of weight lifted, the number of sets, and number of repetitions performed. The result is that muscle fibers are not strained or damaged - instead, they slowly and steadily strengthen without any setbacks or interruptions.

The second type of exercise that has been scientifically studied is cardiovascular training. This is any type of exercise that increases the heart rate to 60 - 85 percent of its maximum rate. Some examples of cardio training might include jogging, jumping rope, aerobic exercise, or running on a treadmill, among others, but the choice is up to you.

Even though progressive resistance and cardio training by themselves have been found to be very efficient types of exercise, scientists now know that performing both of these types of exercise is the best bet for success. If you combine both progressive resistance and cardio training, you will strengthen muscles and develop whole-body endurance. According to a recent scientific study, exercisers who did both cardio and progressive resistance during a two month time period lost 45 percent more pounds than exercisers who did cardio or progressive resistance alone.

As important as the type of exercise you choose is, the way in which you exercise is also important. It no doubt will not surprise you that being consistent is the name of the game. Exercising in an irregular manner may enact strain on your muscles and will probably not help increase strength and endurance. In addition, it is unlikely to improve your overall health. According to many researchers, the ideal routine is to exercise for forty minutes to an hour three, four, or five times per week.

Unfortunately, it turns out that for a significant percentage of people, getting enough exercise is not as simple as attending the gym a few times each week or being attentive to what scientists write. For this subset of people, exercise motivation is the big 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 severe anxiety.

It is unknown what segment of the populace has to deal with problems with exercise motivation, but researchers say that up to 20 to 40 percent of people claim that they “hate” or “dread” exercise. An even larger group of people may have more minor exercise motivation problems, finding that although it is relatively easy to commit themselves to an exercise routine for a week or two, motivation eventually fades, which leaves them back where they started - unhealthy and overweight.

If you happen to be one of these people who struggles to deal with exercise motivation, the good news is that there are some simple strategies to deal with the struggle. According to a recent scientific study, volunteers who wanted to begin an exercise program were provided with a brief educational program that assisted them to choose the right kinds of exercise, were matched with a motivational therapist, and were given a brief hypnosis course. After six months, they were re-examined. Surprisingly, it turned out that over 85 percent of the volunteers had stuck to an exercise program during the entire six months. Better yet, they had lost an average of 15 more pounds than people who were not given hypnotherapy.

If you are interested in the findings of this study, it may be a good idea to look into finding a motivational therapist, habit control therapist, or therapist who deals with hypnotherapy. These kinds of therapists are provided with special training in assisting people to transcend anxieties, build exercise motivation, and reinforce good habit development. One more choice for exercise motivation is self-hypnosis - which is a simple and inexpensive practice that helps people harness their own inborn powers of motivation.

Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are completely safe methods to increase motivation that have been proven to provide success in the case of the motivation to exercise. Hypnosis works by the use of hypnotic relaxation to evoke the abilities of the unconscious to influence the modification of behavior and habit development. Hypnotherapy is a wonderful choice for the adverse to exercise due to the fact that it is able to help provide the drive to get trim and trim the pounds simply and effectively.

Alan B. Densky, CH specializes in all forms of hypnotherapy weight loss, including motivation theory CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION hypnosis website to get the benefit of Free hypnosis articles, videos, and newsletters.

- Alan B. Densky, CH