The joy of movement!

Just want to give a big up to all my readers! I hope you had an amazing Christmas and New Year's? Velocity is so very proud to head into year three.....I owe a huge amount of love and thanks to all my clients and the people who have supported Velocity since it's inception. We are so excited about 2008!

The message I wanted to leave this year is regarding the topic of New Year's resolutions. This is the time of year where 99% of the population vows to "get into shape this year". The problem with this declaration is that it is largely an empty promise, there are no targets, no goals, and there is no specific plan of action. It is a goal without teeth, it has no accountability or meaning. Real goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-based. In short, they are organized plans of action with measurable parameters.

Perhaps a better way to begin the New Year is to focus on the joy of movement.... the exhilaration of running on a mountain trail, the feeling of power and accomplishment from squatting a heavy weight, the satisfaction of seeing your body change and develop. The goal of the year should be about enjoying and pursuing the processof fitness, not trying to define some obscure destinationfor it. Fitness is a life-long journey that never ends, it is constantly being reborn, redefined, and rediscovered.

So take this year to enjoy your body, appreciate all it's powers and gifts. Nurture and develop it's infinite potential....you will be truly amazed at what you can do!

Thought I would drop a video of some incredible youngsters purely enjoying and discovering what amazing things they can do with their bodies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTNLXZ8ngU

Talk soon,


Mark