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How To Make Sure You Exercise Regularly We all can agree that to stay healthy and control our weight we need to exercise regularly and often. Exercise keeps us motivated, strong, prevents health problems like weak bones etc, strengthens our heart and even gives us more energy and makes us feel good, so why do so few people actually do it? Only about 15% of the population workout 3 times a week, and 63% acknowledge the fact it is good for us and we need to do it, yet do next to no exercise at all. The reason so few people exercise is because of a lack of motivation. Most people don't avoid exercise because they hate it, they just don't have the energy and motivation to get the ball rolling and start doing it regularly. Starting something is always the hardest part, once you are up and running, things get a lot easier. If you suffer with a lack of motivation, then don't worry! We're going to give you 3 tips to help motivate you, change the way you think about exercise, and help you stick to it for the long run. Remember once you get started and see results, then it's a lot easier to continue. Compete: We are allmotivated by competition, pitting yourself against a target or otherpeople is a great way to get yourself exercising and enjoying yourself.Consider taking up a sport as your form of ‘exercise', that way it is alot more fun that running constantly on a treadmill. You could go for amore energetic sport like basketball or baseball, or go for somethingmore genteel like golf. Training for a race like a marathon is also agood way to motivate yourself to get fit.Stay away from things youdislike: If you start your exercise program by taking onactivities you do not like, you are only setting yourself up forfailure. If you absolutely hate the idea of spending hours in the gym,do not do it! Find a type of activity that you enjoy doing, and startthere. If you like taking your dog for a walk, try that. If you lovedancing, put on some music and cut loose! It does not matter what youchoose, just get up and get moving.Plan: Without a planthen you are just drifting along and you don't know if you are doingwell or if you are slacking off. Make yourself a plan, give yourself agoal to work towards and a schedule of what you will do to achieve it.Set yourself 10 – 12 workouts a month, and then tick them off as youcomplete them. This helps to show you when you need to work harder, andeven when you need to ease off a bit so you don't burn yourself out.
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