Here are eight quick tips that will help you build a foundation for a lifetime of maximum fitness, wellness, and wholeness.

Pro Tip 1: Visualize the Body you Want Many professional athletes practice visualization, which means picturing themselves going through the motions to achieve a certain goal—complete with sounds, colors, tastes, and smells. What do you want to accomplish? A runner’s resting heart rate? Then close your eyes and create the picture of what you want.

Pro Tip 2: Set Realistic Goals Face it, you’re not going to lose twenty pounds by your ten year class reunion next weekend, so don’t try it. A more realistic goal is approximately a pound and a half per week. Focus on taking one baby step at a time, keeping your ultimate goal in mind. It will be all the more rewarding when you finally get there!

Pro Tip 3: Find a Workout that Works for You The challenge after retirement for most elite athletes is maintaining the weight and body fat composition they had during the height of their careers. After all, when you make a living with your body, working out four-to-six hours a day is par for the course. Yet it’s no easy task when you’re working a full-time office job, right? When time is an issue (and when isn’t it?), you need to focus on finding workouts that give you the biggest bang for the buck. If you only have twenty minutes, you probably don’t want to head to the pool if you’ve got to get to an appointment immediately afterwards. Instead, go for a brisk walk or pop in a workout DVD.

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