Live In Fit Camp-Evolution of Fitness and Behavioral Change

Live in Fit camps or "fat camps" as they have mockingly been called in the past

, offer a new sort of inpatient behavioral change therapy for adopting healthy eating and exercise habits. In some cases, it can be a mere case of vanity or the need to compete on a higher level of physical performance and appearance. For some, it is more than doctors' orders. The obese weight loss patient becomes a live in fitness client with a goal to preserve life itself, rather than vanity. Both ends of the spectrum can find diet and exercise behavioral modification at a live in fit camp. However, the key is that it takes 21 days to break old habits and establish new ones. Anything short of that could result in succumbing to the old ways again.

So when you ask how long is long enough, you need to factor in the proven guidelines of behavioral change. The 21-day or 3-week rule is hard to argue with behavioral psychologists and fitness professionals alike. We know how firmly entrenched that human tendencies can be.

Sure, you can be taught what to do and what to eat. The question is, "don't you already have a pretty good idea of what good food choices are? Surely you have heard about the Surgeon General's report-a call to action for every man, woman, and child, that inactivity is hazardous to your health."

Of course, you already have a pretty good idea of good diet and proper exercise. Following a lifestyle regimen that includes planning your meals, preparing nutritious foods to take along, making good choices when out, and making time for exercise activity takes good habits. Knowledge is one thing. You actually have to form a habit. A habit is a second nature of behaving. You can craft the right habits by doing the right things long enough.

Sometimes you can gain good habits by osmosis. That is just by being associated with others who have these habits. Then there are live-in fit camps where people go to program good behaviors and develop good habits. Professional guidance, education, compelling results, are available at a live in fit camp. Of course, a 24/7 environment of positive reinforcement with a minimum 3-week stay is the ultimate way to make a lifestyle change.

In June of 1999, the best-selling book "Body-for-LIFE" proved with verified case after case that anyone could be inspired, motivated, and taught to self-train with the right written information. True, anyone could. However, many wanted the results but could not put the guidelines in the book into practical application. Then there were hundreds who won big prize money and went from "before" to "after" with astounding results in only 12 weeks. That's three months to go from couch potato to fitness champion. It can be done once the mental switch has gone off in one's head that you can do it. These methods are taught and applied at a live in fitcamp and the client develops the habits to support the continued lifestyle once they go back home. That's what it takes for most people stuck in the rut of poor habits.

As a personal trainer, I can have a positive effect on my clients when they are with me for an hour or so a few times a week. After that, they are on their own. My motivation can only go so far with most people. As long as they are with me they will get the exercise activities I put them through. Too many indiscretions can sabotage those good efforts. For those people, a live in fitcamp is the next level of training. Just make sure to block out three weeks to make it real!

Live In Fit Camp-Evolution of Fitness and Behavioral Change

By: Debra Stefan

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