![]() Just one intensive session with a personal trainer can help you better understand how to approach your personal goals and finally get you acquainted with those mystifying weight machines. … especially if you're one of those people who only go to the gym for the classes or the cardio machines. Scroll on for some doable fitness resolutions recommended by experts that you’ll enjoy trying throughout the year. It just requires a little patience and maybe a little attitude adjustment. ![]() But there is an effective approach to accomplishing your resolutions without completely losing your mind (and intentions) along the way. The point is that we put so much pressure on ourselves, creating lofty goals and tackling them at full force, only to burn out or become immediately disappointed when we don't see instantaneous results. In fact, according to a 2018 study, researchers found that the rate at which people stick to weight loss goals drastically drops 25 percent at the one-week mark, 33 percent by February, and 50 percent by June.ĭisheartened? Don't be. And, as it goes, just one week into the new year, people begin falling like flies when it comes to sticking to diet and exercise. Here is a collection of posts full of tips, motivation, and probably a little bit of soapbox/lecturing, because I do that from time to time, to help prepare you for Gympocalypse 2015.It's no secret that come January 1, many Americans name weight loss as their number one New Year's resolution. Further, if you are a “New Years Resolutioner” yourself, there are many steps you can take to ensure that your experience is a positive one, and hopefully foster a lifelong path of fitness instead of becoming one of the resolution-“I quit the gym after January”-statistics. But in the meantime, there is plenty that we can all do together, both beginners and gym regulars a like, to make the New Years Resolution season less chaotic. Like it or not, this chaos will inevitably pass in the matter of a few weeks (I’m in the not liking it camp, I wish everyone would workout more often). Add in the fact that you’ve got college kids home on vacation, and your gym, like mine, is becoming a madhouse.īut together, we can survive the Gympocalypse. The parking lot is full and so are all of the treadmills. Resolutioners going to town on the elliptical for an insane number of hours a week in attempts to burn off the Holiday indulgences, but only end up burning themselves out instead. Regulars scowling because spin class is suddenly full. Regardless of the reason, the gym is about to get crazy.īeginners terrified of the weight machines. Sure, the first day of a new year holds some sort of meaningful symbolism, but I think more than anything the timing just coincides with the post-Holiday binge fest. Cake for breakfast? What could be more Merry?Īlas, it is now December 29th and as I sit here feeling like a big pile of cookie dough myself, I completely understand why people choose to make their New Years resolutions to get in shape. ![]() I, however, am unabashedly not one of those people there is no shame in my Christmas cookie game. ![]() I sincerely respect the willpower of those of you who can limit or moderate your holiday treat consumption. If you are anything like me, you are currently struggling to crawl out of the sugar and alcohol induced holiday food coma that you’ve spent the past few weeks throwing yourself into. Last Updated on Maby Heather Hart, ACSM EP, CSCS ![]()
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