Your Fitness: The hard part
The most vital thing we can do when it comes to taking ourselves seriously when it comes to our health and fitness - is completing that first session!
It’s easy to set goals. It’s easy to talk the talk about what you’re going to do and when you’re going to do it.
It’s easy to buy the supplements. It’s easy to set up your gym membership.
All of these things are often what gets prioritised when it comes to our health and fitness goals.
We take pride in verbalising our plans to friends and colleagues, telling them the big plans we have in store.
We spend a fortune on every supplement known to man, in the hope that it’s what we were missing last time.
We’ve set up the direct debit at our local gym. When asked after paying if we want to train now, we get flustered and politely decline - highlighting we will be back another day as we don’t have the correct attire for a session.
In my opinion, we often procrastinate when it comes to what I would call the hard part - starting!
I think the most vital thing we can do when it comes to taking ourselves seriously when it comes to our health fitness - is completing that first session!
This does not have to be something major, a 20-minute workout, a jog around the block, a brisk walk around the park.
Just something that is going to reinforce your intentions to follow through with your given goal.
Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.
This sentiment holds true for me in more ways than one.
Making a conscious effort to follow through with action towards your newly proposed goal is what is going to kick start that positive feedback loop.
The feeling following the completion of an arduous task often instils a feeling of fulfilment, which will be associated with the task in question moving forward - making it easier to sustain long-term, while eliminating the anxiety associated with the commencement of a new experience.
Just start small and build from there once you have found what works for you. Trial and error is okay.
Paralysis by analysis is real, don’t overthink your goals, just do.
“ ” - Epicurus
Lastly, I would also like to clarify that I am not a registered dietician.
All advice disclosed here is simply advisory based on my qualifications as a fitness professional and personal experience and knowledge gained working with individuals and helping them reach their goals.
The advice given is not designed to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any health problem - nor is it intended to replace the advice of a physician.
Always consult your physician or qualified health professional on any matters regarding your health.
I hope someone out there found some of this information useful here, just some food for thought.
