Finally, a sustainable HEALTH plan

Now that you've developed your health strategy for the year, it's time to put it into action.

Good health happens from consistent healthy action over a long period of time.

So while a “6-week bikini body bootcamp blitz” is tempting, it's not usually the most sustainable option.

When we are planning we need to factor in a few things.

• The constraints of our lifestyle
• The priorities we are juggling
• The capacity for uncertainty and last minute schedule changes
• Our health tendencies and “poor” habits
• Our preferences
• And what actually works is helpful to know as well

This may seem like quite a list of things to figure out and plug into our healthy action plan.

But never fear, at the end of this article you should come up with a basic plan that can flex around the constraints of a busy life. 

Let's work on your HEALTH Action Plan

H = health objective

This is the first step of crafting your plan. Simply take your “Good” health objective from one facet of your health radar.

E = expected principles

These are the first principles that you expect to move you towards your objective.

For example,  getting/feeling strong it's pretty simple. I need to move some heavy things around AND I need to eat enough quality protein and fruit and veggies so I can build muscle and recover well between workouts. (Sleep is also helpful)

A = applied tactics

These are the specific things that I can put into my schedule and act upon. Come up with as many as you can. The more you have in your toolbox, the more your action can flex around the constraints of a busy life 

Strength examples; callisthenics at home, Pilates, Crossfit, weight-lifting, HIIT classes, other strength classes

L = Life context

Look at your life. How is it set up right now? How much space do you have in your schedule? What responsibilities do you have?

Fit your applied tactics to your life. You may have to initially choose a tactic that you enjoy a bit less. You may have to reduce the scope of the tactic to start with. You may have to do it in a way that is less optimal that the bro-science secret hack guru's would frown upon.

The most important thing is that these tactics fit your life - otherwise they WON'T happen

T = threat mitigation

This is unlikely to be your 1st rodeo. Something has knocked you off your stride before and stopped you taking action. What was it?

Look at the things that may get in your way. Make a list of the possible stumbling blocks.

Then plan to eliminate them, minimize them, or navigate around them.

H = here we go

Enough thinking. Time to start acting.

You've got a robust plan that will allow sustainable action. It'll flex around a busy life. It will take you towards your health objectives. Go and do it.

If you want some help building your 2024 health strategy jump into the free “sort your health and wellbeing strategy 2024” Thursday the 8th of Feb you can register here

If you're after some extra support making sustainable positive change on your health and performance this year the next cohort of “Better Health for Busy Professionals” is starting in February. If you think it might be for you just reply with "Better" and I'll send through the info for you to decide if it would be valuable