{"id":2298,"date":"2011-10-26T10:53:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2011-10-26T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T18:42:10","slug":"form-form-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2011\/10\/26\/form-form-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Form, Form, FORM is Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking when I was running this morning that form is everything when you want to be efficient, conserve energy and lessen your chance of injury. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve heard that poor swimmers, for example burn way more calories than good swimmers. \u00a0 Makes sense, right? \u00a0 Running with good form means that you will finish strong in a training run or race.<\/p>\n<p>Form is also important in strength training and again, when you use good form, you get the most out of each individual exercise and you lessen your chances of getting injured. \u00a0 When your form starts to deteriorate, then you need to stop or go to a lighter weight.<\/p>\n<p>Form is also important when we talk to other people and share with them our passions. \u00a0 It is as if a barrier goes up when someone says, &#8220;Hey, do you want to buy _____________ from me&#8221;, even if it is the best product on the planet. \u00a0 When you are passionate about something you still have to follow good FORM. \u00a0 Instead of talking to someone, you listen to them. \u00a0 I always want to know about their families first anyway and then if they want to tell me about their jobs and what they do, that is great, too. \u00a0 Then, of course, I am all ears if they start talking about working out because then they are speaking my language or if they start talking about running or other sports that they do. \u00a0 I&#8217;ll even listen to them talk about their favorite professional teams because even though I don&#8217;t watch sports myself, I mentally keep track of college football and pro football and what&#8217;s going on in baseball and the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Only after I listen about Family, Occupation and Recreation do I even think about sharing my Message. \u00a0 That message will always involve family, occupation and recreation anyway. \u00a0 <a title=\"Team Beachbody Community\" href=\"www.teambeachbody.com\/connect?referringRepId=1393\">Team Beachbody is a community of people<\/a> all working together to be healthier, more fit and better role models for our families. \u00a0 <a title=\"Team Beachbody income opportunity\" href=\"http:\/\/teambeachbody.com\/coach\/be-a-coach?referringRepId=1393\">Team Beachbody is also a great way to increase our income<\/a> and eventually work \u00a0 toward financial freedom. \u00a0 <a title=\"Team Beachbody Products\" href=\"http:\/\/teambeachbody.com\/shop\/-\/shopping\/?referringRepId=1393\">Team Beachbody has the best products<\/a> to optimize your health and fitness and make you a better athlete. \u00a0 And last but not least is the overall message that we want to share with everyone that <a title=\"End the Trend of Obesity\" href=\"http:\/\/teambeachbody.com\/coach\/be-a-coach?referringRepId=1393\">we are totally committed to ending the trend of obesity<\/a> and making America strong again.<\/p>\n<p>Form is everything&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking when I was running this morning that form is everything when you want to be efficient, conserve energy and lessen your chance of injury. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve heard that poor swimmers, for example burn way more calories than good swimmers. \u00a0 Makes sense, right? \u00a0 Running with good form means that you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[178,182,391,954,1021,1022,1023],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-miscellaneous-posts","tag-team-beachbody","tag-team-beachbody-community","tag-team-beachbody-products","tag-end-the-trend-of-obesity","tag-running-form","tag-strength-training-form","tag-following-form","czr-hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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