2459: Why Goal Setting Isn’t Enough: 5 Key Steps to Smash Your Goals by Emma Slade with Les Mills on Self-Monitoring & Behavior Change Techniques

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Episode 2459:

Emma Slade's collaboration with LesMills.com illuminates the critical role of self-monitoring in achieving exercise goals, revealing that while goal setting is foundational, it is insufficient on its own for sustained behavioral change. Highlighting self-monitoring as the paramount technique among five key steps, the article empowers readers to take actionable, monitored steps towards fitness, emphasizing the importance of behavior-focused goals, regular feedback, detailed action planning, and periodic review of goals to foster long-term exercise commitment.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.lesmills.com/fit-planet/health/behavior-change/

Quotes to ponder:

"Self-monitoring ranks top of the list for a reason – it’s the only technique that can be used in isolation to effectively change exercise habits."

"It’s best to set a goal focused on behavior, rather than an outcome."

"Control theory proposes self-regulation, the exertion of control over thoughts, feelings, and actions, as a key component in human behavior."

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