BURN Fitness 101: Make Your New Year’s Fitness Resolution WORK!
Many Americans make a fitness or weight loss resolution year after year. THIS year will be the year that they FINALLY lose that extra 10, 20, or even 30 pounds. Yet year after year, most fail!
Very often, the reason most fail is that they simply try to do too much all at once. They try to make a complete, universal, across-the-board change to the way they eat and exercise. As a Personal Trainer for almost 20 years…I know that this very rarely works. Even for my clients who come and see their Trainer 3 or even 4 days per week. Too big of a change in lifestyle and eating habits all at once will cause most people to relapse, and eventually quit and go right back to their old fat-gaining habits.
So what works???
Try smaller changes, smaller challenges, and experience small victories. You see, small victories tend to multiply. Winning small battle after small battle will eventually win the war on fat!
For most of our clients, we focus on ONE thing per week nutritionally, and one thing physically. I suggest going for a week cutting out added sugar, or eliminating soft drinks. That’s a winnable battle. It’s an effective step for many people in cutting body fat, but it’s a small piece of the big picture. Physically you can also attack one small piece. How small? How about simply GETTING to the gym five days this week? Even three is a start if you’ve been doing virtually nothing. And do your three visits on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! If you spread them out, you’re most likely to miss the Friday workout. If you get three in by Wednesday, great! Get in a fourth!
“But small steps will take too long!”
Only if you’re looking at this as a short-term “project”! It drives me crazy when people ask me why I work out so much… “You’re already IN great shape!”… Like I’m done now… never have to work out again! No… I have to work out 3-5 days per week for the rest of my life to stay this way. And you will too.
Heaven forbid you only lose a pound of fat every 2 weeks… By next New Year’s… you’ll be down 25 pounds without losing a BIT of healthy muscle!
So what do I do week two, and three, and four? Clean up one more thing in your nutrition, and make it stick, make it your lifestyle. Don’t go BACK to eating extra sugar, keep the sugar gone, but make one more change in addition to that. Same thing for your exercise… add in some strength training to your walking/jogging routine.
Your best bet is getting a customized fitness and nutrition routine designed around your goals, your time, and your life. A great trainer can help with that, and can keep you on track. Come see us at BURN Fitness and we’ll get you started!
Many Americans make a fitness or weight loss resolution year after year. THIS year will be the year that they FINALLY lose that extra 10, 20, or even 30 pounds. Yet year after year, most fail!
Very often, the reason most fail is that they simply try to do too much all at once. They try to make a complete, universal, across-the-board change to the way they eat and exercise. As a Personal Trainer for almost 20 years…I know that this very rarely works. Even for my clients who come and see their Trainer 3 or even 4 days per week. Too big of a change in lifestyle and eating habits all at once will cause most people to relapse, and eventually quit and go right back to their old fat-gaining habits.
So what works???
Try smaller changes, smaller challenges, and experience small victories. You see, small victories tend to multiply. Winning small battle after small battle will eventually win the war on fat!
For most of our clients, we focus on ONE thing per week nutritionally, and one thing physically. I suggest going for a week cutting out added sugar, or eliminating soft drinks. That’s a winnable battle. It’s an effective step for many people in cutting body fat, but it’s a small piece of the big picture. Physically you can also attack one small piece. How small? How about simply GETTING to the gym five days this week? Even three is a start if you’ve been doing virtually nothing. And do your three visits on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! If you spread them out, you’re most likely to miss the Friday workout. If you get three in by Wednesday, great! Get in a fourth!
“But small steps will take too long!”
Only if you’re looking at this as a short-term “project”! It drives me crazy when people ask me why I work out so much… “You’re already IN great shape!”… Like I’m done now… never have to work out again! No… I have to work out 3-5 days per week for the rest of my life to stay this way. And you will too.
Heaven forbid you only lose a pound of fat every 2 weeks… By next New Year’s… you’ll be down 25 pounds without losing a BIT of healthy muscle!
So what do I do week two, and three, and four? Clean up one more thing in your nutrition, and make it stick, make it your lifestyle. Don’t go BACK to eating extra sugar, keep the sugar gone, but make one more change in addition to that. Same thing for your exercise… add in some strength training to your walking/jogging routine.
Your best bet is getting a customized fitness and nutrition routine designed around your goals, your time, and your life. A great trainer can help with that, and can keep you on track. Come see us at BURN Fitness and we’ll get you started!