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Helping People Maintain Exercise

Helping People Maintain Exercise . First Question. What is your primary motivation to exercise on a regular basis? Write the first reason that comes to mind. Overview. Outside-In: Intervention, extrinsic Inside-Out: Experience Intrinsic Mindset: Motivation comes from within

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Helping People Maintain Exercise

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  1. Helping People Maintain Exercise

  2. First Question • What is your primary motivation to exercise on a regular basis? • Write the first reason that comes to mind.

  3. Overview • Outside-In: Intervention, extrinsic • Inside-Out: Experience • Intrinsic Mindset: Motivation comes from within • Developing Intrinsic Mindset

  4. Two rules that apply to most people, NOT ALL: • Most people do not MAINTAIN exercise behavior for disease reduction. • Most people must develop an intrinsic mindset to MAINTAIN exercise.

  5. Approaches to helping people maintain exercise

  6. Approach 1 • Outside-In • Disease • Information • Future • This approach deals with a “starter mindset” – Some kind of product related to a benefit

  7. Approach 2 • Inside-Out • Feels good • Enjoy • Mastery • Present • The inside-out approach is a “maintenance mindset.” You exercise because it makes you feel good, you love it, and you enjoy it!

  8. Do you want to enjoy?OrDo you want be burdened?

  9. Extrinsic Reduce risk of disease Lose weight Future Intrinsic Feels good Enjoy Mastery Present How do you or how do we get people to move from extrinsic to an intrinsic mindset?

  10. Find what you enjoy • Ask what do you like to do for fun? • Biking? • Being outside? • Dog park? • Dancing? • Hanging out with friends?

  11. Example with a Runner • Jogger  Runner  Racer

  12. Jogger • Starter mindset • External reasons for exercising • Extrinsic motivation

  13. Runner • Intrinsic mindset • They enjoy it • It feels good

  14. Racer • Challenge their run! • KEEPING IT FUN!

  15. THE ZONE • Three essential needs • Personal Meaning • Flow • Inner-synergy

  16. Personal Meaning • Mindfulness vs. Mindlessness • Minimize comparisons • Focus on task • Ego and others

  17. Personal Meaning Cont. • Association vs. Disassociation • Step by Step for progression = MASTERY • Help exercisers pay attention to what they are doing • Breathing awareness • Sensory awareness – smell touch feel • Visualization • Disassociation = Distraction • Association = tuning in with your body

  18. Flow • Make sure they have a goal • Find ways of a measuring process • Concentrate on what you’re doing • Develop skills • Help them not get bored

  19. Inner Synergy Movers • Apply enhanced concentration to work and family • Energy to do more • Cohesion and social connection • Integrate movement with other life breeds • Love

  20. Social Exercise ZONE Mental Spiritual

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