Why doesn’t anybody ever keep their New Year’s resolution? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they don’t really want to, even from the beginning. If they did want to keep them, they would keep them. Are you one of those people? Did you tell yourself you were going to work on your muscle growth and then did nothing about it?
‘But I do want to get fit, ‘ you protest. Of course you do, but when you made your resolution, you were already resolved to force yourself to do something you didn’t want to do, just because you have a mistaken idea that fitness training isn’t fun. Well, it can be.
Some people like pumping iron, others don’t. If you’re one of those, you need to find a form of physical exercise that’s fun. Then you’ll find fitness will come easily.
If you always enjoyed swimming, get back in the pool. Just don’t ruin it by setting unrealistic goals for yourself. Instead of resolving to swim ten laps, just resolve to swim one. Get back in the water just for the joy of being in the water. When you swim one lap, you’ll probably want to swim two, but if you make yourself swim a large number of laps, you probably won’t be motivated to go to the pool regularly.
This may be a very different approach to fitness than you’ve heard about before, but it works for a lot of people. On the other hand, a lot of people never take up jogging, for instance, because they set their goals too high. Just jog for a few yards or as long as you feel like it at first. Then walk and jog again when you feel the urge. Before long, you’ll find that you really enjoy jogging.
Cycling is something almost everybody enjoys. If you’re just taking it up, don’t think you have to go out and buy a Schwinn mountain bike. Just take a leisurely ride around the park on a rental bike a few times. You’ll soon be addicted and then you can go out and buy a bike.
Don’t do what so many people do and go out and buy every dietary supplement there is. When you’re starting out, a balanced diet and perhaps an herbalifeline will be more than enough.
Now you can see that getting fit isn’t something that you have to ‘resolve’ to do. It will come naturally if you take it easy and just do as much as you enjoy. One of the great things about fitness is that the fitter you get, the more fun it becomes.
