Friday, April 18, 2014

Practical Health And Fitness Tips That Will Get You In Shape

By Juana Buchanan


If there is a popular resolution that is made after the over-indulging that is typical of the festival season, it is to shed off the excess. Health and fitness become a priority. The resolution that is often made is to join a shape. One advantage of working out in a gym is that it puts one on a schedule. There is also a trainer to follow one up about whether or not they are working out as they should. In addition to the central business area of Missoula, MT, there are also gyms around residential areas. This makes getting to a gym convenient especially early in the morning or last thing in the evening.

It is the body that will go through the motions when you are working out in a gym in pursuit of a lean, toned body. However, the mindset with which you go to the gym is a factor. It will to a large extent determine how effective your gym sessions will be. It is important to keep the following factors in mind every time you start a workout.

Have clear and realistic goals for going to the gym. If you go in with the goal of attaining a body like that of the supermodel you saw in a magazine or the actress you saw in a movie, you are setting yourself up for failure. Make your goal to get trim, toned, healthy and fit. Do not compete or compare yourself to anyone.

Also avoid attaching your goal to someone else, such as wanting to lose weight for your partner because it would mean that if anything happened to your relationship, you would have no incentive. Do it for yourself and let a svelte body to present to your partner be a bonus not the whole point.

Look at the gym sessions as time you have carved out from other obligations to concentrate on yourself. You are most likely engrossed in work and family obligations and this is a chance to get away for a while and do something just for you. It should be time that you look forward to and cherish.

Work with your trainer to come up with a schedule that you can keep to and enjoy. Make the schedule varied so that one day it is aerobics, another time cardio exercises, Pilates, yoga and other types of exercises. Variety will ensure that you do not get bored and that every muscle group gets a good workout.

Pace yourself. As the Chinese famously said, a journey made of a thousand miles starts with that first, single step. Give yourself time. You will not get fit in a just a few sessions. You will see changes in a few weeks with consistent effort but it will take months for you to reach an optimum level of fitness. See it as a journey on which you will keep getting better and better and try to enjoy each new stop of improved fitness.

Keep yourself motivated with in small but significant ways. Buy yourself a new shirt or blouse once you drop a dress size, give yourself a nice but healthy treat or invest in better, more comfortable work out gear. Or, enjoy a relaxing spa session to thank your body.




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