Ever wondered why you are not getting the fitness results you hoped for and where you are going wrong? Before getting out in the fresh air, or into the gym, to start your fitness journey, ask yourself some key questions to make sure you are ready for it.
Taking it back to basics
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One of Goodwood Health Club’s personal trainers, Simon Webster, offers advice about the importance of planning your health journey correctly to ensure success. Simon believes taking time to prepare fully will give you the best start in your fitness journey.
While sometimes it is fun to start a new journey, we tend to jump straight into the fast lane, only to realise we forgot the fundamentals
Here are the things we need to consider first: are we physically and mentally ready? Physically -are we moving correctly? Could we move better? What are the best exercises to perform? At the Goodwood Health Club we provide movement assessments, so you can understand if you have any movement restrictions. Can your routine be adjusted to get more movement into your daily routine? Mentally - do you have goals and objectives?
While this seem a lot to consider, it is relatively simple to achieve, and to action, our health coaches are great at objectively planning this for you, and setting you on the right journey
In the meantime, here are some simple changes you can implement at home:
1 Write down your end goal. What is it you really want to achieve? Use the SMART acronym: Specific Measureable Achievable Realistic Time to plan a goal.
2 Use technology for reminding you when to exercise and for tracking your progress. It can really help motivate you, plus by recording this a trainer can review this with you, if you are not a digital wizard, then a trusty pen and paper would work.
3 Try a kitchen detox. Now I know it’s that time of year where our cupboards are stocked up with naughty foods, but if you think this will help motivate you, how about removing that one 'go to item', this might be that kickstart you need.
4 Increasing your water intake to 8-10 cups a day, based on a 200ml glass, or what you think you can achieve, increasing hydration can be a great support when you start your health journey.
Last point, we tend to fail with our goals, because we start by achieving them all at once.
I have always recommended clients, pick one thing and then make their best efforts to build this into an achievable habit