Turtle VS Hare

I often ask my clients what their goals are, short term and long term, in order to achieve physically and be successful.  Goals are always subjective, short term goals need to be within the 2-4 week range and long term goals need to be in the 6 month range.  If you can’t think 6 months out then it might be a time to reassess your mentality for overall physique or health goals.

Short term goals-Hare

Long term goals-Turtle

Short Term (Hare)

Long Term (Turtle)

I also like to think of things just a little differently, I like to think of the hare as a straight line, eye on the prize, where as the turtles plan might be a bit jagged, overall the prize is much bigger.  The hare might be spontaneous, make mistakes, take some drawbacks it still advances forward where as the turtle foresees future problems, does its best to avoid them, knows the path well and ends at the finish line triumphant.  The hare creates loose ends where as the turtle ties up those loose ends.  The hare PUSHES themselves, exhausts themselves, dominates themselves where the turtle continues doing so for the long term! 

We are both the turtle and the hare, we both display these attitudes in life and in the gym, know yourself as well as surprise yourself! Your success is only defined by your own expectations, change these expectations and change mentally, physically and emotionally.