How To Achieve All Your Fitness Resolutions For Good
Simple Tips To Build A Strong And Fit Body For This New Year
At the beginning of this new year, we will see gyms crowded with people who wants to start building a fit body. Among them, some will fall in love with the process and will keep going to the gym because they get results.
In the other hand, it's very common to see people quit because they don't know how to train or because they thought that exercising was the only part of the equation.Then, the most advanced who are proud of the body they got, but not completely satisfied.
Gymaholic gives you simple tips on how to achieve all your fitness resolutions for good.
Yes, it's annoying to hear people saying "I want to get in shape", then quit after a few weeks of training. Instead of hating them, let's help them being disciplined and motivated like we are.
These fitness resolutions for 2016 are doable, you just don't know how to start and stay consistent with them.
Put first things first. Write a list of fitness resolutions, whether it's short or long; just write it. We're all different, some people want to build big muscles, some want to lose fat and others want to keep it lean while having a shaped body.
Here are some examples of fitness resolutions:
- Obtain more strength
When people start fitness, they think it's only about training HARD 24/7. (Un)Fortunately, this sport is not just about lifting weights and running on a treadmill. You may get better at kicking balls in soccer by practicing, but in fitness if you're not thinking about every aspect of this lifestyle, you will never achieve your goals.
In order to achieve your fitness resolutions for 2016, you will have to be aware of these 4 aspects ordered by priorities:
- Nutrition: You've probably heard "abs are made in the kitchen". In fact, your whole body is made by the food you consume! Your food is what fuels your body in order to kill your workouts. But it also builds it; by providing the right nutrients (mainly protein) to your body, in order to build a repair muscle tissue. Nutrition:Nutrition is the first thing you will have to change if you want to achieve a certain fitness goal (e.g. losing weight or build muscle).
- Workout: It's not "70% nutrition, 30% workout", it's 100% nutrition and 100% workout. If you're going to the gym without a workout routine, you will end up doing exercises that doesn't match your goals. Someone who wants to build muscle endurance will not train like someone who want to look better. Come to the gym with a plan and stick to it; check our workouts routine if you don't have one. One more thing, put your phone on airplane mode, it will help you get it done. Go hard or go home!
- Rest: Muscle doesn't grow in the gym. Muscle growth happens while you're resting after you killed the gym. Some people want to get results faster, so they will start to train two times and never get results. Keep in mind that it's better to get ONE intense workout daily, than two average ones.
- Supplements: This one is optional, especially if you're just starting your fitness journey. Supplements helps you obtain certain nutrients found in low quantities in whole food. When you will get a perfect nutrition, you will think about buying supplements.
When we start a new year, we always want to accomplish all the tasks written in the fitness resolutions at once; it means changing from 0% good habits to 100%. Let's be honest, it never happens that way.
The best way to accomplish your fitness goals is to start small. Take half an hour during a Sunday and plan what you want to do for the next week and do that every single week. A good example: "I won't drink soday and I will exercise 2 times weekly."
These are small changes to add in your life, but if you do this every week, you will get results faster than you think.
It's very common to hear people who want to lose weight or get ripped for summer or for a certain event. It's good to set a goal, but it shouldn't be your purpose. Fitness must not be a duty, this is why it's very important to start small so you can fall in love with the process. It should become a part of your habits in order to feel good.
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." -- Socrate
Keeping track is the most important part if you want to constantly improve. Some of your resolutions will probably be hard to make it a habit. Once again, take a few minutes during Sunday and write down what was difficult during this week and how you can solve it. Failure is part of the process, people who succeed are the ones who are not scared to fail and learn from their mistakes.
- Accomplish all your fitness resolutions is possible!
- Prepare a clear list of what you want to build.
- Fitness is not just about training in the gym.
- Think about every aspect of fitness: nutrition, workout, rest and supplements.
- Dream big but start small.
- Do small commitments every week and review them.
- Don't see fitness as a duty, do it because you like it.
- Keep track of your weekly commitments, it will help you get it done.
Achieve your fitness resolutions!