![]() ![]() Peak Performance Principle #1: If You Want To Improve It, Track It! ![]() I believe that when people stop setting goals, and stop self-monitoring their activities and their progress toward those goals, that's a big part of the reason why relapse rates are so high. The problem is, my time with a personal client comes to an end eventually and then they're off on their own, free to continue measuring progress for accountability's sake, or free to stop tracking. They sometimes simply felt a little uncomfortable about someone grabbing their fat.īut after they started doing it, and they saw the results of accountability in action, they were sold! With few exceptions, those chats usually ended the same way - no one ever denies the importance of tracking body composition instead of just body weight. I've had many humorous conversations like I did with Cori over the years when I broke out the calipers to measure body fat percentage. ![]() When you know we're going to measure your body fat and weight every Monday, you're going to work harder every week, I guarantee it." Reluctantly, she agreed, "I know. "You should look forward to 'pinch day' because this is your motivation. "But listen - you signed up for this 12-week fat loss program, and you know from reading the Burn the Fat book how valuable body composition stats are for tracking your progress." You don't have to do anything you don't want to do" I assured her. Pinch an inch, you know?" She continued to protest, "That's the problem, I don't have an inch, I have a handful! Yuck! Do we really have to do this?" I chuckled and replied, "Oh come on, they're just harmless skinfold calipers for body fat testing. "Get those vice grips of death away from me!" Cori said. ![]()
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