2.2: Developing the intent to change

Beliefs about challenging balance and loading muscles and how the LiFE activities link to improving function, gait and protection from falling.

Beliefs: Intent, principles and relevance

Beliefs

• LiFE training principles for challenging balance and loading muscle
• Understanding links to function, falls and gait

• Habitual change requires that there is firstly an intent to change 
• This intent and motivation can be developed through understanding the principles, or the benefit and rationale behind what they are doing
• People are much more likely to perform exercises and continue performing them if they have a deeper understanding of how the exercises or activities will benefit them and the rationale behind them. But this must be in way relevant to them
• Aim: lifelong engagement (constant upgrading to challenge themselves)