There are an incredible number of reasons to exercise, nobody can deny that. From improving your health, sleep, mood and energy levels to easing the symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression. And it’s true. Movement is necessary, especially when you spend most of your time sitting at work, or at home after a tiring day. Even so, you just can’t manage to fit exercise into your schedule? You keep pushing your start date back to next Monday or next month.<\/p>\n
But we bring you 7 tips on how to start exercising and make it a habit, regardless of your age or fitness. Even if you’ve never exercised in your life.<\/p>\n
When it comes to exercise, there’s no such thing as the \u201cbest exercise.\u201d Choose activities that will motivate you to come back a second and a third time. If you don’t feel comfortable at a session, or you feel clumsy, you probably won’t show up there again. Don’t choose activities like running or going to the gym just because they’re the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind when exercise is mentioned. In the first month, try out different forms of exercise, give each of them a chance at least two or three times and see what wins your heart the most. You really do have a countless number of activities to choose from.<\/p>\n
If you want to exercise regularly, you have to plan it properly. Think of everything that might get in your way and prepare for it. Do you tend to run short of time in the morning? Pack your things the evening before and you’ll be ready to head off to your morning workout as soon as you get up. Do you often skip your afternoon\/evening workout if you go home first after work? Take your workout gear with you to work. After work, enjoy a good coffee and you’ll be ready. Also plan your exercise according to your biorhythm. For example, if you’re not much of a morning person, getting up very early and working out on top of that will be hell for you. Instead, choose a session after work, when you know you’ll give it your all.<\/p>\n
The bigger your goal, the greater the chance that it won’t work out and you’ll end up giving up. That’s why it’s better to start with simple, realistic goals that you know you can achieve. By reaching smaller goals, you build your confidence and your determination to carry on, because you can see progress. Gradually you can afford to be tougher on yourself and set more demanding goals. This also applies to those who have fallen out of exercising and want to get back into it. You won’t be able to pick up where you left off, but with perseverance you can build it back up.<\/p>\n
If you don’t know how to start exercising and just can’t get going in any way, try adding more movement throughout the day. By this we mean small interventions in everyday life. If you can, walk to work, or park in a car park further away and walk the rest. Whether at work or at home, always choose the stairs instead of the lift. Even if you’re just popping out to run an errand or for your lunch break. If you need something from a colleague who sits next door, don’t call them, walk over to them instead. This way you can \u201csqueeze in\u201d at least some movement during the day, and gradually walking up to the 6th floor will be no problem for you. You’ll see for yourself that once you start moving, you’ll want to move even more.<\/p>\n
Even small pleasures like buying workout clothes can encourage you to go and exercise as soon as possible and try them out. If you want to try running training, go and buy yourself some new, quality running trainers. You can also invest in a new yoga mat, boxing gloves, swimwear, a bike etc\u2026 If you prefer to work out at home, you can get yourself some DVDs or various books where you can read about how to start exercising at home or how to start bodyweight training.<\/p>\n
People are social creatures who seek company. It’s been proven that people are more motivated when they exercise with a training partner. It’ll also be much more fun. If you join group classes, you’ll meet new people and support each other in your training. Small bets with colleagues on who does more steps can also give you a good kick. Simply put, when you agree on something with another person or promise them something, you try to keep it and feel more obliged not to break that commitment. And this applies to exercise too.<\/p>\n
Whatever your reason for starting to exercise, it’s good to be clear about what you want to achieve. Even better if you also attach a specific but realistic date by which you’d like to reach that goal. Whether you decide how much weight you want to lose and by when, or set yourself the goal of doing, for example, a pull-up or a push-up, swimming 200m without a break or running 5km non-stop, that’s up to you. As soon as you attach a certain date to it, though, you’ll subconsciously feel pushed and compelled to stick to your resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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