CREATING CONSISTENCY & CONFIDENCE

Regular fitness requires planning, intention, and daily motivation. Exercising often cultivates energy, and when you establish at-home routines, you eliminate some of the obstacles. Plus, with the key tips discussed here, you’ll set yourself up for success.

Start slowly.

Being patient and listening to your body are essential to longevity in fitness. It doesn’t matter what you could do 5 years ago or 20 pounds ago. All that matters is now. Many people do too much too fast and end up injuring themselves. Smart fitness means going slowly, feeling successful with every workout, and then incrementally moving up to bigger challenges. Starting slowly also builds body trust and confidence as well as helps you prevent potential injury.

Set a goal.

Setting goals is a great way to not only develop a fitness routine but also to maintain that routine. Write weekly and monthly goals where you can see them every day. Having a plan—and working on that plan—creates confidence in the process. One great way to establish goals is to use the SMART method:

  • Specific: I want to work out at least three times a week by performing two interval workouts and one stretching session.
  • Measurable: Through these workouts, I want to increase my weights 1 to 2 pounds per week.
  • Attainable: I need to set a goal that’s doable. Yes, I can work out 7 days a week, but this isn’t attainable or sustainable over time.
  • Realistic: My goal must be realistic and something I can sustain over time given all my other responsibilities in life.
  • Timely: I’m going to do this for 30 days and then reassess my goals.

Make schedules.

If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. This is never more true than with exercise. If you’re waiting for the right moment or a free moment, life takes over and you never end up exercising. You must intentionally make time to look after your health and wellness. Once a week, get out the calendar and make appointments with yourself to move. If something important comes up, this appointment is rescheduled, not cancelled. Honor your health and make time to move, move, move.

Create the space.

Making exercise easy and accessible to attain will lead to longevity in your commitment. If you have a space created just for your movement and some basic equipment, then you’re setting yourself up for success. Make this space a place you want to be, add some motivational posters, and get a speaker for listening to music. Make this space your own because this area will play a significant role in your motivation.

Do what you love.

Some exercises are difficult and not the most fun, but a difference exists between enduring a difficult movement for a minute or two and doing a movement you really dislike. If you don’t like something, you’re likely to give up easily. When you first start a fitness routine, the conditioning phase can present quite a challenge—mentally and physically. Give a certain workout a chance for a week or two before you decide whether you like it. Find workouts you enjoy because they’re the gateway to consistency and sustainability.

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