By: Hamish Abbie BPhEd, BComm, CHEK L1, XLR8 Coach, REPs
Get your New Years Resolutions Right
How to Succeed with your New Years Resolutions
With every New Year comes the opportunity for you to turn things around, to shake off past mistakes and to take control of your health and fitness. The New Year renews hope for your aspirations, but what happens when your motivation begins to fade and your dreams seem less important than they were just a week or so ago. If you are having trouble staying on top of your resolutions then here are a 4 simple strategies to help get back on track:
1. Partner Up – find someone who can join you in your journey. Having someone to train with will mean you are less likely to put your training on the back burner for the day. A Personal Trainer is the perfect person to fill this role.
2. Start a new fitness programme – where ever you are there are always clubs or local activity groups to get involved with. It might be a specific fitness programme, a bootcamp or a walking group. whatever the initiative, if it interests you - give it a go!
3. Revisit your goals - when you lose direction or motivation then take a moment to review your goals. Remember to look at your achievements to date and to consider these in relation to the bigger picture. It's easy to get overwhelmed if you are constantly focused on the end goal, so break it down and take it one step at a time.
4. Reward yourself - it's important to celebrate your successes, but just as important to do it in a positive way. Get yourself a massage, a new dress or even a new toy. Make sure that you value your rewards, that they are predetermined and that they don't undermine your efforts to date.
Small Things Done Consistently Lead to Big Changes
We all have the same number of minutes, hours and days in the week. We all lead busy lives, but it’s the people who organise and prioritise that will succeed in achieving their ambitions.
If your goal is to lose weight and get into great shape, then guarantee your success by working with the team at Pulse Personal Training. We would love to help you transform your body in 2012! Contact us to get started today.
