How To Look Like A Fitness Model | How To Get A Toned Body

Here is an article designed to help you get started on your path toward having a body like the hottest fitness models.

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Have you ever noticed that many of the popular fad diets run counter to common sense? These fad diets are so outrageous in their claims and they use all sorts of techniques to get you to buy them.

It is time to take a look at the underlying psychological reasons why fad diets become popular, even if they defy sound logic and reason. This article will feature just a brief overview of some of these psychological reasons, and we will go into further depth on the subjects which appeal to the largest numbers of readers.

In no particular order, here are some of the psychological factors behind popular fad diets which may not be beneficial to you:

• The “I am on your side and the government is out to kill you” phenomenon

Why this notion that anything the government does is evil and some random guy who stands out suddenly becomes a folk hero is an interesting phenomenon. Maybe it has to do with too many “X Files” shows, too many infomercials featuring “secret insiders” from the FDA, or other such themes. Remember that the recommendations made by these people almost always have a commercial interest behind them. You have to buy their system, their supplements, attend their seminars, etc.

If you take 5 minutes to examine the business models behind many of the fad diets you will notice something interesting. They leverage media to spread out their message, they make easy claims, and they usually have a multi-step system for you to purchase. From the “free CD or DVD”, to the lowly physical book, to the internet membership site (with monthly fees), to seminars, to clothing items, etc. these popular fad diets offer an opposite to government recommendations… usually costing you much more money!

It is true that the FDA allows high fructose corn syrup in ingredients while the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommend cutting out that ingredient (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/obe/obe_treatments.html). This alone should not be enough for you to throw the baby out with the bath water. If you want some basic, albeit “boring” recommendations for getting in shape and losing fat then spend 30 minutes on the FDA and NIH websites. You might be shocked at how useful the government can be!

This leads to the second phenomenon of why popular fad diets become that way:

• The average person only values what he or she pays for in terms of time and/or money

If I gave every overweight person in the U.S. the magic secret to become 10 pounds leaner in 2 weeks, for free, chances are that I would make an impact on no more than 10-15% of the population. This is because people, for some weird reason, do not value sound information given for free.

However if I charged the same overweight people in the U.S. 10% of their annual incomes for the “magic secret” of getting 10 pounds leaner in 2 weeks, I would affect a significantly higher percentage of people because they made a financial investment/commitment to their causes. The information, however, would be EXACTLY the same!

Popular fad diets bank on this psychological phenomenon in people, so they position their businesses that way.

Do you want an easy way to stop being manipulated like the average person? Watch some satirical cartoons like Southpark, the Simpsons, or Family Guy. Watch those scenes where the crowd acts like complete morons, being easily swayed and the individuals showing subservience to the crowd. Watch how the crowd thinks and reacts… and then do the opposite. It’s a good place to start!

This leads to the third psychological phenomenon:

• Social Proof

Have you ever read a testimonial on any web page? Have you seen before/after pictures of an “average person” hyping a supplement? Ever see the “ugly duckling/beautiful swan” makeovers on TV?

These are uses of “social proof,” a psychological trigger used by marketers to show you that someone “just like you” can do this. The psychology is that someone else went before you, so that you can do it too. Most human beings are scared to be “pioneers” when it comes to changing themselves, and they subconsciously want an “authority figure” to tell them what to do. Fad diets bank on these emotions, and structure themselves and their public representatives to be perceived as those authorities.

In a future post you will learn about the hypnotic headlines and other techniques used to convince you that this popular fad diet is the key to solving all of your emotional pain… until the diet fails and the next fad diet comes along promising the same thing!

If you still want a fad diet and an “authority figure” to help you, you might as well go to How To Look Like A Fitness Model and order the information. At least you can e-mail your receipt to the site and get free reports on how to help you reduce the emotional pains in your life; and doing so will make you less likely to be suckered in my the next popular/fad diet such as the “chocolate donut and coffee diet” or some other ridiculous recommendation to separate you from your money… and give you worthless information. At least by following the link above you will get the free report which gives you the tools to fortify your mind, the last “muscle” that fad diet marketers want you to develop!

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Here is an introductory article on what is required to begin the journey to become a fitness model:

Everyone is busy. But considering what is at stake, making time for exercise needs to be a priority right now. Thirty minutes a day is not too much when you get right down to it. Cut one prime-time show out of your evening television-viewing schedule. Get up a half-hour earlier each morning. Use half of your lunch hour for a brisk walk. You can find time if you look hard enough for it.

In fact, there are people who find time to manage and endorse the advantages of physical fitness just so they can prove to the world what a physically fit person can look like.

It is for this reason that most people contend that fitness models are one of the healthiest and most appealing people in the world. They embody the perfect concept of a physically fit person. Fitness models are, indeed, the epitome of health, life, vigor, and real beauty.

In reality, virtually everyone who has the capability to move can exercise to some degree; and everyone who is capable of projecting the benefits of exercise and physical fitness can be a fitness model.

Therefore, if you think that you have what it takes to be a fitness model, here are some tips on how to be come one.

1. Deviate from the common notion of everybody that fitness is just a matter of the body figure.

The problem with the society today is that people tend to admire and look up to females who are thin and sexy and to males have brawny, muscular biceps, triceps, and wonderful abs.

The upshot is that people tend to exert so much effort in exercise not because they want to be healthy and fit but because they want to like the fitness models that they usually see in TV, posters, and magazines.

To be a fitness model, you should start working your way to a healthier you and not just a sexier, physically attractive person that you want to be.

After all, being a fitness model does not necessarily mean you have to have a “fashion-model” body size.

2. Believe in the saying, “You are what you eat.”

If you want to be a fitness model, you have to believe on the fact that our body shows what kinds of food we eat. Your body will also depict the kind of physical activities that you have in life.

Hence, if you do not conform to this belief, chances are, you will find it hard to be a fitness model, and to inform the people what it is like to be physically fit.

3. Live a healthy lifestyle

Genes play big roles in a person’s health. But these do not certainly influence what you will eat at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and the kind of activity that you will engage in.

Hence, if your lifestyle will not be healthy, chances are, you can never be a fitness model.

4. Have a “positive self image”

In order to be a fitness model, you have to incorporate positive body image in your life. This means that you should love your body in spite of what is happening in the environment or the occurrences in your life.

You should never wish for a body that you know it is not yours. Do not burden yourself into thinking that life could have been better if you only have thinner thighs or beautiful abs.

Through positive self-image, you are able to gain respect for yourself, which in turn generates other s to respect you and admire you.

The key point here is that, being a fitness model is not all about vanity and physical attributes alone. What matters most is the beauty of being physically fit and healthy that radiates from your body as it exudes the glow of health.

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