Let’s be honest—there are a lot of numbers on our smartwatches. Steps, heart rate, sleep cycles, HRV, body temperature, oxygen saturation, VO2 max… it’s easy to get data overload. But what if I told you the secret isn’t tracking everything—it’s tracking the right things based on your specific goals? Regularly checking in on your smart device stats is one of the best habits you can have for your personal success. As an athlete in my 40s and a holistic health coach, I’ve learned to use data from my smart devices to work smarter, not harder. Whether your goal is to live longer, get leaner, perform better, or just feel more…
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7 Factors that Influence Adult Athlete Body Composition
Adult athlete body composition is influenced by physiological and emotional factors. Having an understanding of the factors that impact body fat and lean muscle mass can help athletes outline a personalized game plan. This game plan helps adult athletes set realistic goals, and outlines the approach for achieving desired changes in body composition. These changes, such as lowering body fat or increasing muscle mass, may result in improved athletic performance. Here are the 7 factors that influence adult athlete body composition. Age Aging is a natural process that induces physiological changes in the body. As humans age, their resting metabolic rate decreases which alters the rate at which they make…
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5 Tips to Measure Progress to Achieve your Goals
As a scientist working in a regulatory space, I often hear the saying “you can’t manage what you can’t measure” and believe this to be the case for personal and professional goals. If you have a system in place to measure progress and you’re collecting the appropriate information, you can use this to set new goals. The more you go through the process of setting goals, identifying what is needed to achieve them and tracking your progress in achieving them, the easier it becomes to effortlessly CRUSH those goals. Here is a list of tips for measuring your progress toward achieving your personal, professional and performance-based goals. 1. Determine…
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5 Tips To Achieve Your Goals Faster
I posted a photo on Instagram the other day with the caption “Goals ain’t going to achieve themselves!” and if there’s anything I know about success, it’s that tidbit right there. Here are some tips to achieve your goals faster. 1. Incorporate small, consistent activities. Years ago, I read a book called The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson and it was one of those books that taught me such a valuable lesson about life, finances, health and productivity. The underlying principle of this book was that the secret to achieving any type of success, is consistently doing a small action until the desired result is achieved. Daily habits are one…
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Use Your Core Motivation Style to Set Goals
See below for details on my LIVE 2021 Planning Workshop! What motivates you? I love asking my clients this question because the answer is always different. There’s some self-exploration required in order to figure out what motivates you to set goals, stick to new habits, and do what it takes to accomplish those goals. The first step in setting your goals is to understand what it is that you’re motivated by. Our unique personalities can be influential in determining how we set and achieve goals. The tips below are based on the 9 Enneagram types. If you don’t know your type, click on the button below to learn which motivation…
