Fitness in the digital age

It is the age of digital, and that goes for fitness, too.

Several colleges and clubs are even doing online competitions based on the number of people exercising.

This concept is a fun way to get fitness members involved and engaged. Even though the time frame for the competition may be short, it can stoke a fire for them to start coming more frequently. It also gives the staff a chance to sell other products to them based on their goals and the goals of the competition.  

As more and more digital platforms become available, we will undoubtedly see an uptick in the number of competitions, promotions, social engagement and tracking of data accumulated. As more equipment becomes digital, workout data can be stored remotely and the data can be analyzed.

The good news for clubs is that they can use data collected to identify trends in their facility and their membership. These trends may help them to ease congestion, staff during busy and slow times respectively, determine class schedules and market promotions to different segments.

http://www.athleticbusiness.com/health-fitness/how-interactive-competitions-are-driving-fitness-participation.html?eid=277204494&bid=1184820

6 steps for self-improvement

Former Navy SEAL and executive coach, Jeff Boss, discusses 6 practices that he believes help people improve their performance. The steps are:

1.       Fundamentals

2.       Accountability

3.       Add one percent

4.       Adapt faster

5.       Get a guru

6.       Make a decision

 

He believes that by working on those 6 areas, individuals can positively improve their performance over time.

The fundamentals never change and without being really good at your craft, you will never reach the top of the game. Perfect your craft first.

 

I cannot stress the importance of accountability enough. In order to improve and succeed we need to be pushed beyond our current limits so we can adapt to a higher level. This is true for physical training, as well as mental and intellectual. If you never push past where you already are, then you will never improve and meet your full potential. But, in order to get there, you need to be accountable for your actions to someone else. Ideally, this is your manager who gives you a task and then follows up to make sure you completed it satisfactorily. If you do not have a manager who can push you, try to find a colleague, mentor, partner or new job where you will be pushed. You deserve to reach your potential and if your current manager can’t get you there, try to find someone who will.

 

The more we do a job and the more we learn the closer to our intellectual and skill ceiling we get. That doesn’t mean we stop trying. That means that we have to try harder to make progress. Look at your current job and determine what skills you need to do it well. Then, create a plan to address those skills. As those skills improve, so does your job performance.  Then, look at your ideal job and determine what skills you need to do in order to do it well. Then, start improving those skills and you will eventually achieve that job.

 

This is nice article that can help you improve your performance and reach your potential and is worth the read.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffboss/2015/09/06/6-best-practices-to-sustain-superior-performance/?utm_source=followingweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150907

Strategy questions

When you own a business it is important to take time to work ‘on’ your business. You work ‘in’ your business every day as an employee, manager, salesperson, etc, but by taking the time to work ‘on’ your business is when you function as the leader. It is up to you to evaluate your business, identify your trends and really get an idea for the vision you have created and assess how your business is doing in terms of achieving that vision.

 

This framework gives you a structure for when you contemplate your business and form your strategy. These questions can also be used to evaluate your career, as well as your business or department. In order to be effective you need to understand what it is you are trying to achieve. Develop that vision and then see how you are doing in terms of being able to meet it.

 

https://hbr.org/2015/09/5-strategy-questions-every-leader-should-make-time-for?utm_source=Socialflow&utm_medium=Tweet&utm_campaign=Socialflow