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PsychologicallyFITBy Solomon BrennerThis is something I read a number of years ago and it stuck withme ever since.I am your constant companion. I’m your greatest helper or yourheaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down tofailure, and I am completely at your command. Half the thingsyou do you might just as well turn over to me, and I will be ableto do them quickly and correctly. I’m easily managed; you mustmerely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want somethingdone and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically. Iam a servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures aswell. Those who are great I have made great, and those who arefailures I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I workwith all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of ahuman. You may run me for profit or run me for ruin; it makesno difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me, and Iwill place the world at your feet. Be easy with me, and I willdestroy you. Who am I?I am a habit.I was at a seminar once with Zig Ziglar and he said if you givehim forty-eight hours and allowed him to follow you around, hecould analyze your habits and tell you whether you will be successfulor not. It’s those little things that we do everyday anddon’t really think about—our habits—that dictate our success.Look at your habits at home, at work, with your family, withyour fitness. Are the things you do everyday serving or hurtingyour goals for your life? They say it only takes twenty-one daysto form a habit. Think about that, in three weeks you could createa habit that puts you on the path for success.For example, say every night before bed you watch TV and eata snack. What if you stopped eating the snack for three weeks?Your body would get used to not having it and would stop cravingit. Think about how many calories that saves you a week.Something so small really adds up. Your mornings are made outof habits: drinking coffee, brushing your teeth, getting dressed.You do these things automatically. What if instead of the habitualpounding of the snooze button you made it a habit to get outof bed immediately after the alarm went off for the first time.How much more time would you add to each day?Habits are by nature automatic, so changing them takes a lot ofhonest self-examination. You have to recognize your habitsbefore you decide what to change about them. Ask yourself whyyou do them, what you could do to change them and how thatchange would affect your success. By eliminating bad habits,changing ineffectual habits, and creating new habits you are takingactive steps to improve in your daily life. The best part:once they are habits, they are automatic! You’ll be improvingeveryday without even realizing it.SwimsuitCheck List- Join World FamousFIT GYM- Hire the BESTTRAINERS- Take Some Classes- Lose A Few PoundsCardio * Weights * Classes * SmoothiesMyofascial Release Therapy...Removing the barriers to peak performance andproviding an athletic edge over your competition!Muscle fatigue from use can cause trigger points within muscles, tendons and ligaments.This occurs in sport training or exercise. Trigger points prevent optimal function of themuscle to perform movement. Myofascial Release Therapy or NMMO Receptor TonusTechnique focuses treatment on these points, allowing the muscles to properly contract/relaxand most importantly move a joint at its full and proper range of motion.Combining spinal manipulation with Myofascial Release Therapy (MRT) will remove barriersto peak performance. To find out more please visit www.londerchiropractic.com.3000 Valley Forge Circle, Suite G-12 • King Of Prussia, PA 19406610-783-1311May/June I 267-767-4205 I www.phillyfit.comPhillyFIT I 27