Confusing times, eh? An iceberg lettuce costs more than a Hass avocado. I can still only purchase two boxes of tissues at a time. And JLo and Ben Affleck are married.
Honestly, I can't explain any of it, but what I can do is take one sliver of your life and make it simple for you.
Here are my 3 golden rules of fitness.
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1. Have a plan.
It's a total rookie error to walk into the gym with no plan whatsoever. Even if you don't have a written-out program as such, at the very least know what you are going to do before you walk through the doors. Upper body weights today. Lower body weights tomorrow. 30 minutes of cardio the day after. A yoga class the day after that.
The danger of no plan is you become a slave to your whims (i.e. walking the other way and having a caramel latte instead) and some days it's hard enough to get your weary bones to the gym let alone having to *think* once you get there.
If you have the planning ability of a carrot, take part in classes and let someone else do the thinking for you. Just make sure you take part in a variety of classes to ensure you get a bit of everything (strength, cardio, stretching).
2. Have a routine.
Compliance to your gym sessions comes down to one simple thing: routine. There are way too many factors in life that will knock your gym session off its perch: half price schnitzel night, cooler weather, Mars in retrograde. Lock in your gym sessions as non-negotiable appointments in your diary. I have seen more results in this business not because of fantastical programming but because someone just kept turning up day after day.
