If you’re finding it hard to get past the hurdles that prevent you from achieving your fitness goals, you’re not alone. Many people in Houston, TX, experience the same problem. What seemed like an achievable resolution or goal suddenly looks overwhelming. One of the problems is that people create their goals without considering a plan of action to accomplish them. Are you going to workout three times a week? Improve your diet? What do you have to do to reach your goal? Break down your big fitness goal to smaller easier to accomplish ones and identify what you’ll do to reach it.
Maybe you run out of day before you get a chance to exercise.
Finding time to workout isn’t always easy, especially if you leave it to chance. Unless your day entails nothing but sitting by the pool sipping on umbrella drinks, your day is probably hectic. Identify the time that you’ll most likely have available consistently. If your schedule is unpredictable, make it early before you start your day. Write that time on your schedule and make it your permanent workout appointment.
You may have higher expectations than you should.
If you started the year vowing to shed 60 pounds and look fabulous by Valentine’s Day, you’ll probably quit when that day arrives. Shedding 60 pounds in six weeks by just exercising and eating healthy isn’t possible. That’s 10 pounds a week. Before you quit the program completely, reevaluate your timeline and goals. You can lose 10 pounds a month, so change your timeline to the end of June and look your best for the 4th of July.
If you’re doing the same routine continuously or choose a type of exercise you hate, you’ll fail.
If you find running is the most mind-numbing thing anyone can do, don’t choose it for your exercise program. Getting bored can be a progress killer. Doing the same routine repeatedly can also add to the boredom. Instead, choose a couple of days at the gym, add a dance class, yoga, or biking on other days. Keep it interesting. You can add HIIT workouts or exercise with friends.
- Never compare yourself or your progress to anyone else. People get fit at different rates. Men tend to lose weight faster than women do. Those who have exercised previously get into shape quicker.
- If there’s no way you can find a half hour to 45 minutes to exercise, break down your workout into three shorter sessions. You can even do sessions while watching television.
- If eating healthier is one of your goals, try meal prepping. Rather than trying to cook every night at the end of a long day, you cook everything on the weekend so all you do is heat and serve.
- At Rising Fitness, our personalized program will help you overcome all these hurdles to success. You’ll have help creating a goal and a varied workout and dietary program to help you reach it.
For more information, contact us today at Rising Fitness Gym