Regular exercise helps not only to keep you fit but also helps you battle with many other negative aspects of life such as depression and anxiety. There are several reasons why you should exercise but we’re going to give you the main one which is that exercising daily can be your key to happiness. However, we also understand that it’s difficult to keep up with a regimen.
Most of us start hitting the gym to get in shape or embrace a healthier lifestyle but one step downwards takes us severely into a downward spiral thus no matter how important regular exercise is we tend to fall flat after some time when it comes to sticking to a regime if you too are fed up with the same then mentioned below are some of the tricks that can assist you in keeping up with your exercise routine.
Concentrate on going to the gym
Getting to a facility or area to exercise—rather than the activity itself—is often the most difficult element of sticking to a fitness schedule, according to Kellen Scantlebury, D.P.T., C.S.C.S., founder of Fit Club NY. He continues, “Just turning there is more than half the battle.” So, instead of stressing about the workout itself—how difficult it could be or how fatigued you might feel afterward—concentrate on the solitary logistical issue of getting there.
“Once you get there, simply making the effort to get there will make you feel so much better,” Scantlebury adds. This mental boost will almost always provide you with the motivation you need to begin your workout.
Take baby steps
You’d never try to run 10 miles on your first day, would you? You’ll end up hurt, wounded, and disheartened if you do too much too quickly. As you get started, ease up. Perhaps your first week’s run was merely a quarter-mile. When that becomes second nature, you may increase the difficulty.
Be patient with the results
“There’s that rush [to meet fitness goals] around the beginning of the year,” Maryam Zadeh, certified personal trainer and creator of Brooklyn-based HIIT BOX, tells SELF. It’s easy to demand rapid results amid this rush. You put in a week of hard effort at the gym and are disappointed when you still can’t accomplish a flawless push-up. In actuality, depending on your current fitness level, completing the push-up might take weeks or even months of dedicated practice. This misalignment between expectations and reality may be quite demotivating.
Drop that all-or-nothing mindset
Stephanie Mansour, a certified fitness instructor in Chicago, tells SELF that the all-or-nothing attitude to training is prevalent. People either feel that they must complete a workout precisely as they pictured it—a full 60 minutes of high-intensity training at 6 a.m., for instance, that if any aspect of that plan breaks apart (they get up at 6:30 instead of 5:30, for example), they will entirely abandon their efforts.
By following these simple tricks you can achieve the body of your dreams. The key here is consistency and if you are consistent in maintaining a healthy body weight then you can go a long way in your weight management.