I consider myself to be an enthusiastic person. I have a great ability to communicate with people which in essence gets them EXCITED to exercise. This infectious motivation translates to awesome results...every-time.

Well, this was not the case with a client I used to train by the name of Eric. Eric was a not a happy guy. Introverted, gloomy and miserable would be an understatement to describe his personality.

Though he knew exercise was good for his health, I could tell he was not in the least bit thrilled to do it. I knew from the get-go that he and I were not gonna mesh well while training together, but I decided to suck it up and train him anyway.

I worked with Eric for a little over four months. And let me tell you, the training was pure, agonizing h*ll. We trained doing the Total Body Makeover - http://www.fitnessandresults.com/total_body_makeover.php  (5x a week), so you would think he was motivated.

But it didn't matter if I had a speaker phone, whistle or even a 2 x 4 to hit him up side the head (hehe), dude was so UNmotivated, he was practically non-living!

Getting him to do anything more during the strength training, such as more reps or weight was like pulling teeth. And getting him to run or even jog was NOT going to happen. It was a complete waste of my time and I knew it was a huge mistake taking him on as a client.

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Not only did Eric have no type of motivation during the training, but his general attitude stunk like cow manure. I mean, his personality sucked me dry. I would leave each session feeling horrible, like I had done something wrong. He had such a negative outlook on life. Every conversation I had with him felt stilted and completely forced. There was NO positive energy whatsoever.

So after the second Total body makeover package was over, I finally fired Eric. Enough was enough. I was sick and tired of him bringing me down. He obviously was an individual who was not going to change his ways.

I mean, if I can't make him appreciate fitness and health, I find it very hard to believe that someone else will.

Point is, when you're going to start a fitness program, you can't just go through motions and expect things to happen.

You can't just say "Well, I'm exercising...I hate every minute of it...but hey, I'm still exercising. As long as I'm doing it, I'll get results."

If you have this type of attitude, you're leading down the path to nowheresville.

The whole point of incorporating fitness into your life is to not only change your life physically and create the body of your dreams...but you must transform mentally as well.

For you to be a total success, you MUST alter your mindset. If you hate to exercise, you can't expect your body to change.

Yes, exercising and eating right may appear to be hard work, but you must look beyond that. You must look at exercise and eating right as the ticket to a BETTER life!

If you think for a moment about the huge amount of benefits being healthy provides, you'll quickly realize that everything and I mean every-thing in your life improves.

I think these inspiring testimonials should prove my point - http://www.fitnessandresults.com/testimonials.php

Jim Coughlin is a personal trainer and the owner of Coughlin Fitness & Results, a nationwide personal training company. He is also the author of The In-Home Personal Trainer, a helpful guide to successful in-home personal training in addition to other products and many other popular fitness articles.

Jim is very passionate at motivating people to empower themselves to live a healthy lifestyle through consistent exercise and proper nutrition. He has free weekly success tips which you are welcome to subscribe to on his website http://www.fitnessandresults.com