You Know What You Need to Do…We Just Need to Be Reminded…to Be Consistent

The hardest thing for most of us is to be consistent with what we know we should be doing.  We know that exercise and eating healthy foods is important to our health and well being but too often we let other things distract us from getting to the gym or out for a run or preparing healthy lean protein, vegetable rich meals.  To change the way we look and feel we have to change the way we view exercise and how we nourish our bodies and we need to do it consistently.

Too often in our busy lives we let other things come before ourselves, our work, our children, our friends.  The most important thing we can do to be at our best for everything else is to take care of ourselves as well.    We need to make getting to the gym an appointment with ourselves, like being at work every day or taking our kids to their sports activities.  Make it important to also get to that Core Fitness class or on the treadmill and lifting weights 3-4 days a week.  Make it important to have healthy foods and supplements in your kitchen to support your training.  Get containers so you can transport healthy foods with you when you’re at work or running errands. 

Being consistent with healthy behaviors will incrementally result in amazing changes to your health and physique.  My next blog will be on foods and supplements that I think are critically important to support your training.

Fitness is a Journey....Not a Destination

Where ever you are on your fitness journey is ok.  It’s an ongoing process at any stage of your development.    Are you just thinking about getting your body back or are you well on your way to getting results?  The important thing is that you’re moving forward one workout, one week, one month at a time.  Consistency is the key.  Continued effort creates eventual results.  The issue might be what do I do next to get the results I want?   There is so much information out there, some very helpful, some a waste of time and effort.   It can be very confusing to glean what you need for your personal fitness goals.  Some may say doing something is better than doing nothing but that theory can lead to injury, frustration and eventual abandonment of your fitness pursuit.  You need good, solid information so that you can either evaluate your own current fitness level and create a plan of action, or hire someone else that can correctly evaluate your current fitness level and recommend how to start or keep moving forward toward positive results.  A good evaluator is a topic of another discussion. 

The elements that create a successful fitness program include the workout program, a nutrition plan, supplementation, and recuperation.  I will talk about these elements in future blogs.  Again, if you have any questions I can try and answer…hit me up.  These are my opinions only, based on my own personal experience, training others, and what I’ve learned from knowledgeable people and intelligent, science based articles.