Most people start the New Year by investing nearly six weeks of their lives in health and fitness strategies that will NEVER deliver long lasting results! They have all the enthusiasm in the world on January 1st, yet seem to burn out by mid February.

The principles below will save you time and effort by reducing this period to around ten days! Yes! Totally exhausted, burnt out and devoid of any real results in just ten days! That's a saving of 42 days! If you really want to save yourself the bother of stripping fat permanently and creating real sustainable energy then study and apply these principles very carefully. You really can be burnt out, disillusioned and devoid of all hope in just ten days!

Burnout Principle No.1 Go FLAT OUT right from the Start!

That's it! You haven't done any exercise for nearly three months so make up for it in the first session. Your body loves being shocked by physical trauma, that's what exercise is, and will have no chance of lasting more than a few weeks if you push really hard in every session. Whatever you do, DON'T start slowly and give your body time to build a strong foundation. THIS COULD WELL LEAD TO PERMANENT CHANGE!

Burnout Principle No. 2 Change NOTHING else in your lifestyle other than your exercise levels!

This is a great tip. To guarantee burn out please don't think about improving the quality of the food, this could give your body the nutrients it needs for muscle repair, and, what ever you do, DO NOT GO TO BED BEFORE ELEVEN! (This will give your body the recovery time it needs to promote muscle repair and effective growth)

DEFINITELY ignore the quality of your food and amount of sleep you are getting. Burning the candle at both ends will always deliver the best results for fast and effective burnout.

Burnout Principle No. 3 NEVER Measure Yourself! NEVER Set Realistic Goals!

This one is dangerous. If you measure yourself and assess your current fitness level you might actually see tangible results in a few weeks.

The ideal goal for failure is something like, "I just want to get fitter" or "I want to lose some weight" This is ideal. Whatever you do, DO NOT write down and review specific and realistic goals on a regular basis. This is a sure fire way to succeed.

Burnout Principle No 4 NEVER work on your beliefs!

The best way to avoid this "successful" strategy is to find as much evidence as you can to reaffirm your OLD beliefs. The most effective "unsuccessful" beliefs tend to be, "I don't really have time for this" or "I am not able to change" and the most important, "I don't deserve to change"

Try and find as much evidence as you can to support these beliefs. Whatever you do, NEVER try and find evidence to support constructive beliefs such as, "Why I know that I deserve more energy and a great body" Or "Why I know that I always succeed at things I commit to!"

This is a sure fire way to succeed. (Avoid like the plague...)

Burnout Principle No. 5 Stop when problems occur!

Try and ignore the resounding evidence proving that success in any field comes from persistence, patience, perseverance and practice. You must always ignore the idea that your achievements will only be worth anything BECAUSE of the problems you overcame. This really will do you no good at all and merely fill your life with results and achievements rather than excuses. Who wants this???

Burnout Principle No 6 Focus on the costs – NOT THE BENEFITS!

Never concentrate on the BENEFITS of what you are doing. Always focus on the COSTS.

Do you know how hard it is to abandon something when all you can think of are the amazing things that you will see, feel and be able to do when you have achieved it! It's a nightmare!

Burnout Principle No 7 Never commit to change!

Always use words like "I'll try" and "I really should".

These are fantastic!

Disempowering, non committal and, best of all, they actually make you sound as though you will probably fail!

NEVER use language like "I will", or "I must". These are quite scary because they entail that you might actually get what you want. This can lead to years of happiness, fun and confidence. Don't do it.

Burnout Principle No 8 Treat weight loss purely as a calorie and exercise issue!

Please ignore factors such as sleep, stress, food quality, the way you breathe, your beliefs and your genetic make up. These are unhelpful and damn effective if used in addition to an effective exercise and nutritional plan.

Burnout Principle No 9 NEVER Exercise Intelligently

PLEASE don't think of analysing your body to see where it is weakest in order to exercise for strength rather than injury.

DEFINITELY DON'T do movements that use up to 600 muscles, (burning loads of calories in the process)

PLEASE don't think about varying your workout's to avoid boredom and sustain improvement. (This IS clever and it does save you time, so DON'T DO IT)

(REMEMBER you want to be back in your old routine by mid January. Don't muck around with this stuff! Just get a free programme from a magazine or generic template from a fitness instructor and crack on with this. It will give you everything you need to be bored, confused and ready to give up in a few weeks)

Burnout Principle No 10 DO NOT enjoy the process!

NEVER go running in a park where there is a beautiful sunrise.

NEVER think of exercise as something that your body is designed to do. Believing that your body actually enjoys exercise is really damaging for rapid failure strategies.

Exercising in a social and fun atmosphere, such as the Urban Vitality Complete Boot Camps, is just stupid (Nearly 90% of people on it lose at least and inch a half of their waists, lose 6lbs of body fat or increase their energy by 30%)

EVEN WORSE...!

Committing to a programme that guarantee's both rapid results AND long lasting change, such as the Personal Coaching with the Urban Vitality Company is VERY DANGEROUS if you are serious about NOT changing.

PLEASE stick to what you know best and you'll be back where you started by January 10th 2008!

Have a great year,

Copyright (c) 2007 John Limpus