This book “Fit for Life” is the go to step-by-step guide to design your own workout routine and forge it into a Daily Exercise Habit. A habit that aligns with your purpose, transforms exercise from a chore into a source of pleasure and joy that will help to revitalize your life and serves as a catalyst for enhanced physical health, mental clarity, and emotional resilience.
Benefits that included in this book:
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” - Jim Rohn
Three key components for Habit formation:
• The Cue: A catalyst that triggers the habit loop.
• The Routine: This is the behavior, the action taken in response to the cue.
• The Reward: The most critical component. It is the benefit derived from the behavior. It reinforces the loop and ensures its repetition. This loop becomes etched into the neural pathways, solidifying the habit through a process known as synaptic plasticity.
Cue: The Triggering Signal
This is the WHY. Understanding your cues is paramount to altering or establishing habits. Cues initiate the habit loop. The two most common cues are fear & desire. One example is how we established our habit of brushing our teeth every night and every morning without thinking about it. The primary cues are the fear of toothache and bad breath—the desire for healthy teeth. I apply a similar fear trigger to forge my daily workout into a habit to avoid fatigue and sluggishness. I apply the same desire for good health and maintain my daily energy to stay productive...