EXERCISE
So the big day is here and you are ready to start that new exercise program but deep in your heart you know that you are one of those people who never liked getting sweaty, going to the gym, or just working out period, what do you do? Every time you tried this in the past, something always seemed to come along to stop you before you reach your goal.
Here you are ready to give it another chance with much reservations and questions still in your mind. How do other people stay motivated day after day and year after year? What is their secret? Is there something that they know that you don’t? And then you realize what the problem really is, you really don’t like working out but at the same time you realize that you need to do something to improve your health and get in shape.
Working out is no fun when you are not in shape and most people are not born with a love for exercising but the thing that separates those that like exercising and those that don’t is fitness. When you are in shape, working out can be fun but if when you are not in shape, it is not fun. But good news for you, you don’t have to go crazy to get to that place where exercise is fun.
Like many other things in life, you just need to get to a minimum level of proficiency in fitness where exercising begins to be fun. Take for example learning to do flips at the end of a lap while doing laps in the pool, at first it is awkward deciding when to make that roll and how to do it, maybe the water gets in your nostrils, but once you get it down smoothly, it is a joy and with each turn you make it becomes easier and more fun. The only way you are going to get to that point, is by practicing. So with exercise, maybe you can think of each session a practice for something bigger.
When you begin your program, don’t do anything to strenuous or painful, just make sure that it is fun, easy, and convenient and you stick to it consistently and don’t make excuses to quit.
Make a commitment to stick with your plan, if you need to, change your goals but stick with the plan.
Ready, On your mark, Get set, Go!!!!