Don't Sabotage Your Fitness Lifestyle Today I have been thinking about sabotaging your fitness lifestyle! Wondering if the reason most people don't exercise is that they don't know-how rather than because they don't want to? And in the not knowing they simply sabotage their success.
You see I have been doing some kind of exercise my whole life. My mother tells me I would run everywhere when I was a little one. I played and absolutely was passionate about almost every sport when I was a kid. Hockey, baseball, soccer, football, tennis to name just a few that I participated in. Today I continue to participate in tennis, badminton, weight training, some distance cycling to name a few. Yet in my very early 20's I wanted to begin a weight training program and it was the most intimidating thing for me to walk into a club to begin. I was overweight and because of that, I was intimidated by going into a gym. It took me a few years to begin weight training. Talk about sabotage, right? When I started, I went with a friend. We learned together how to lifts weights, proper form, techniques and had a blast. It was an amazing experience that I have been doing ever since. At that time, I needed and wanted some exercise tips so I would succeed. This made the process easy for me. Learning those exercise tips allowed me to find a way to exercise that has made a difference for me and my health for the past 30 years. Did you know that "Leading an inactive life increases your risk of heart disease as much as if you smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, according to Dr. Rippe." Learn the following so you won’t sabotage your fitness results • Begin with your WHY! What is your WHY to go to the gym 4-5 days a week? Why do you want to develop the habit of exercise? For me at the time I started going to the gym I was in my 20’s and overweight. My WHY was I wanted to reduce my weight and get in shape. I have heard it said knowing your WHY is 95% of the way to success. The how following your WHY will be where you accomplish your goal and that is simply the last 5%. Will you be someone who starts moving toward your goal and is open to handing everything in the GAP between you starting and realizing your goal. The GAP will be all the challenges, issues and feelings that will come up to put you off your path if you allow them to. If you make your WHY clear enough and handle everything in the GAP you will be unstoppable. • Workout with a friend. As I said I joined the gym with a friend and we met at the same time, on the same days to do the same exercises for the first 8 weeks. We were consistent. We had each other for support and encouragement. This definitely helped up both with the challenges of the GAP. Find a friend to do the same for you? • The goals we set when we started working out together was to show up at the gym 4-5 days per week. It was really that simple. • We were put on a program where we spent some time either running or on a stationary bike - 2o minutes, then we did a complete bodyweight training program for about another 45 minutes. Find an exercise program that you will follow. • Now you don't have to go to a gym to have success with exercise. Learning a few basic exercises will take you a very long way to improving your health and fitness. Decide where will you do your exercise program? Home, gym? If you will workout at home simply begin by learning and practicing doing sets of squats, lunges, push up, planks. • Find a way to enjoy what you are going to commit to your exercise program. It is vital that you find a way to develop a positive strength and fitness habit in your life. Whether you do bodyweight exercises, weight training, walk hills, enjoy the activity. Your mindset toward how you feel matters. • I find that my exercise timing is best in the afternoon. It is the time I enjoy the most, I get the most accomplished. Experiment with the timing of your training. Are you a morning person? Maybe you want to take time out of your stressful day and exercise during your lunchtime. Or maybe like me the best time for you is after your day at work where you can take the time to decompress from the day and train at the gym or home. • Be sure you take the time to learn the proper way to exercise. This will take you a long way in getting the results you want without injury. Be sure to ask for help either by hiring a personal trainer to guide you or by asking the staff at the gym if you have questions to help you. Either way, learn the proper technique for your training program. • An exercise program is not a quick fix for what ails you. It is a lifestyle. Exercise and fitness are a lifetime wellness practice for you to live your best life. I teach my clients that they are not working out for today, they are working out today so they will be able to work out well into the future. Stay independent, and have a quality of life. • Make Exercise Fun - no matter what you choose to do to get fit have fun with it! Today I have shared exercise tips that will help you move forward to have success in exercise and not sabotage yourself. For me exercise has been a very empowering activity. These very tips I have shared were given to me over the last almost 40 years. They have helped me stay on track even on those days when my workouts were the last thing I wanted to do. My WHY has helped me move through the GAP between starting and realizing my goals each and every time. What has exercise done for me? I feel exercise changed my life. No matter what has happened in my life, illness, stress exercise has been a constant. No matter if I go for a walk or lift weight exercise has been a time where I connected mind to body. I am strong, fit, mobile and flexible. I’ve had a lot of fun with my training or some of the adventures taken because I am physically and mentally able to. I’ve made a career in this field. These tips have helped me with it the habit of exercise. And if you take action and implement a fitness practice for yourself you just might gain the same benefits or more. Do you exercise consistently? What is holding you back from starting a program? Get a friend, be consistent, find a program that you will follow, decide if you want to go to the gym or train at home, bodyweight or weights, learn proper form, know your why, know it will be a lifestyle program for independence, strength, and quality of life. Did you know that Walking Encourages Other Forms of Exercise? So, whether you're restarting your fitness journey or simply want to enjoy an active lifestyle, we've got you covered—one stride at a time. Are you Ready for a 7-day adventure with "Walk Toward Fitness"? This course is all about making daily walks your wellness powerhouse, and it's designed just for you—amazing women! https://wendyb.gumroad.com/l/tjibyg No pressure, just highlights:
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