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The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog #110
September 30, 2009

 

         

 

What's on my mind today?

Day 707
Day 17 of 335

This past week I tried something different.  As I am always looking for new ways to up the positive pressure, I put out a message to my list of Facebook friends asking that they hold me accountable for achieving my latest goal that expires today.  I got some interesting responses to my message and overall, the response was positive.

My thought is that I can do this on my own, without anyone holding me accountable.  I have it in me to be disciplined enough to reach my goals.  However, by adding the public component to this particular goal I have got to make it or I will face public humiliation.  Nobody relishes the idea of being publically humiliated.  Thus, the pressure has been ratcheted up a notch.  If nothing else, people know about my goal and will also know if I don’t achieve it.  That pushes me to get busy in the gym and lose the fat that is on my frame.

I have fast become a huge fan of social media.  I blog about using social media with fitness every Saturday.  I am constantly trying to find new ways to  use social media in my fitness program.  I figured that just asking people to hold me accountable was a good idea.  Here is what I posted.

“Hi everyone, I am writing this to ask for your help on something. I have a goal to lose a bunch of fat off my frame by the end of September 2009. I need you to help hold me accountable. It won't take alot of your time, but it will help me out alot. Here is my plan:

(a) I will be posting an accountability blog post daily at http://thefatburningmachineblog.com. Please visit the blog and post a comment each day (however brief) letting me know that you are watching my progress.

(b) I am posting a weekly update on my training every Monday at https://fitnessexpose.com. Again, please visit each Monday and leave a comment so that I know you are following up on my training.

(c) If you are on Twitter, follow me: @mikemahony

(d) Ask your closest friends to add me here on Facebook and ask them to hold me accountable as stated in (a) and (b) above. Help spread this message virally to anyone who you think might be willing to hold me accountable. Every little bit helps.

I want to thank you in advance for your help with this. With your help and the help of your friends, I will achieve my goal for sure. I am fired up and ready to do this!

Your's in fitness,
Mike”

One person felt that there was no need for accountability like this, stating that his motto matches that of Nike—“Just do it!”  My response to that I know I can do this without the accountability portion, but adding that level of pressure practically assures that I will hit my goal.  My main question:  If people don’t know about your goal, what stops you from constantly changing it?

So, please help with my viral accountability campaign.  If we are not friends on Facebook, please request me at http://facebook.com/michaelmahony.  If you do not follow me on Twitter, please do so at http://twitter.com/mikemahony.  Please continue to read this blog (and comment).  Please also visit https://fitnessexpose.com for a weekly update of my training.  Get your friends to do the same thing.  Together we can achieve great things!
 
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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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