The path to fitness is a lifelong journey …
Are you at the brink of giving up on your New Year’s Resolution because of discouragement? If so, perhaps you are training too hard and expecting too much way too soon. Many people who want to adopt a healthier lifestyle are jeopardizing their chances by trying to emulate training schedules found in various magazines. Not to say that they are all bad … it’s just that many of the workout schedules are designed for and used by seasoned athletes. As the title of my blog states, “One day at a time, 60 minutes at at time.” Keeping it simple will produce incremental physical changes and promote long-term lifestyle changes for the better. It as always been my suggestion to start with an efficient 20-30 minute full-body workout followed by 30-40 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, for a total of 60 minutes … 3 times per week. Non-training days should be involve 60 minutes of fat-burning cardiovascular work. Again, this regimen is ideal for those who are out of shape and want to adopt a healthy lifestyle. If your goal is to bulk up then the aforementioned is not intended for your consideration. The toughest part of anything NEW is getting into a groove with it. Adopting a realistic schedule will get you into a groove and help you maintain that groove so as to promote positive and lasting changes. Don’t give up … just stop wasting time.