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December 31 – “Tomorrow, I will start the year right! I will
start eating healthy and start exercising.”
January 1 – “Maybe I’ll start tomorrow, besides, who exercises on New Year’s Day?"
January 2 – “I’ll go out for a run. I’ll far as fast as I could until I catch my breath.”
January 3 – “My knees hurt, my back kinda hurts, and my
shoulders are a bit sore from running, but what the heck, that’s what I should
feel, I must be doing it right.”
January 4 – “ Ouch! I think I’ll take a leave from
exercising because my entire body is sore from exercising.”
January 9 “Today’s the weekend, I should try running again,
maybe longer than what I did the other day…”
January 10 “Ouch, my whole body is just sore! I can’t move.”
Congratulations! You have been successful on your first week
of your new year’s resolution. But how about the next 51 weeks of 2016?
We are always excited
when we make new year’s resolutions. But
realistically, we sometimes get caught up with our excitement that we are not
being reasonable.
SET SMALL GOALS AND BE CONSISTENT!
If you have been away
from exercising for quite a while, or have ZERO exercise in the past, it’s
always best to START SMALL.
If you
set high goals, tendency is to get demotivated right away.
Why not try walking for 15 minutes, three times a week
rather than running 30 minutes in one day, then stop running because you were
injured. Slowly build a walking
habit. It’s very low impact. Let your
body adjust to the new physical activity you are doing, instead of straining
your body parts with high intensity workouts.
Yes, it is ideal to start joining high intensity “boot camps” or
“training classes” but it may also expose you to higher chances of injury.
Whether it’s a short 2 kilometer run, a 1 kilometer walk, what
matters is to be consistent. Never end
your week without any effort to do a physical activity. When you start small
and gradually build up your intensity with your simple workouts, you can build
up those healthy habits more consistently.
It is better to start small and be consistent, than to start big, and
slack off when you suddenly become injured.
Check out my blog entry on STARTING A HEALTHY HABIT for more
tips: http://runnerchix.blogspot.com/p/starting-healthy-habit.html
Happy New Year! Here's to a lean and mean 2016!
Catch you later!
Catch you later!
