FITNESS: ARE YOU STILL GOING?
and fix that. As long as you’re making some improvement on So, it’s February already and many people will what you were already have fallen off of the wagon with their doing before, it’ll be progress. new exercise and diet regimes. Is that you? Or are you still going strong? Don’t feel bad if you’ve come unstuck already. Making changes to your diet and lifestyle are hard. It takes time to get used to new things, and it’s difficult to give up or change old habits. The key now, is to get right back on it. Whether you lasted a few days, or the whole month and then stopped, start it right back up again. However… Review what you were doing first.
You can always up the game a bit later on once you’ve got used to your new routine if you’re unhappy with the results you’re getting. It’s always worth getting guidance on what to do to take the guesswork out of it and minimise the chance of failure. A good coach will be able to review your starting point and set you targets based on what’s achievable, and then build on that as you go.
If you’re one of the ones who “failed” (it’s a horrible term, but use it to motivate you to succeed now), then start again with the basics. If you know exactly what it is you struggled with, The fundamentals of health. try to dial that back a bit. Maybe you tried to go from zero training, to going to the gym 5 days Don’t try to follow a crazy training and diet plan, just work on building better habits. a week… Figure out why you failed. What went wrong?
Maybe you tried to go from snacking on junk all Once you have the basics mastered (which may be all you need anyway), you can think day long, to trying to cut it out completely… about using a more strict approach. Whatever it was that stopped you from continuing, figure it out and find a level that’s Patience is key. Don’t expect insane results unless you can follow an insane plan and stick more manageable for you right now. to it. Your diet doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has You can use the weight loss (or muscle gain) to be better than it was. calculator on my website to get an idea of how Your training plan doesn’t have to be like an fast you can expect to lose weight. It’ll give you a elite athlete or veteran gym-goer, it just has to realistic timeframe, as well as a more ambitious timeframe for the super dedicated. Try it, and be more than you were doing before. if your expectations were beyond even the This may sound completely logical (because ambitious timeframe – you can see why you it is), but many people just jump straight into a may think you failed. program that’s beyond their current capabilities. It could be more than your body can handle. If you need some more help figuring things out, It could require more time than you can as always, get in touch and we’ll see if you’re a realistically give to it right now. It could mean good fit for my Online Coaching program. more commitment than you can give at the Mark moment. www.MBonlinePT.com @MarkBroadbentPT Figure out why what you were doing didn’t work, 36
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