2008 has begun and if you are like me, you've made a few goals for yourself. So what goals have you set for yourself this year? A flat stomach? A tighter butt? Maybe you want to get stronger and finally make those biceps pop. Whatever goal you have set, I'm going to give you some tips that I use to make sure that you accomplish your fitness goals this year.

First Tip To Goal Setting: Reminders

The first tip is put your goal where you can see it. When I log off the net, sitting right there on my laptop for physical goals I see:

PHYSICAL GOALS 2008:

1) Be able to do 5 freestanding Hand Stand Pushups.

2) Be able to do backflips on demand.

3) Be able to walk 100 feet on my hands.

4) Do a 360 on my snowboard.

Doing something like this for yourself is as easy as downloading a favorite picture you like and find inspiring on the net and then adding your goals over top of it. If you have Photoshop you can do it right there. If you don't have any fancy software, you can put your goals onto your screen saver. That way, whenever you come back to your computer at work or at home after a break, there are your goals right in front of you reminding you what is really important to you this year.

Second Tip To Goal Setting: Replacing The Routines

The second thing you want to do is set up a bunch of regular and routine actions that will bring you closer to your goal if you do them on a daily basis.

For example, if getting leaner and losing some fat this year is a top priority then diet is going to be a big factor. Take a look at some of your habitual actions that you do night now that might be blocking your progress. Then replace them!

FOR EXAMPLE: If you wake up and usually have a bagel and a coffee, that's a great place to start. Take that morning ritual and replace it with a bowl of oatmeal and a protein shake with some Essential Fatty Acids.

Something as simple as this over the course of a couple of weeks will really make a difference on the scale.

Tip Three For Goal Setting: Dare To Dream

There is something to be said about falling asleep with your goals on your mind. I use it in all areas of my life on a continuous basis. When you go to sleep, or when you have a moment with nothing else to do, daydream like when you were a kid. The kind of daydreams you had where you totally got sucked in and everything felt so real.

When I first started lifting, I saw a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger doing a side chest pose. It blew my mind. I knew that the secret to getting a well muscled chest like that was to lift heavy with proper form and give my body proper nutrition.

Every night before chest day I would think about my routine and doing one more rep than last time on the bench press. I would really get into it inside my head. So much so that my chest would twitch while I lay there falling asleep. I would dream about the workout and how I would look after all my hard work. I could see myself on the beach looking ripped and muscular and feeling confident in how I looked.

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