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Top 4 Ways To Make Fitness Fun For You
Do you wake up every morning anxious as heck to start your fitness training routine?
Do you come home from a hard day’s work and look forward to focus on your nightly workout session, or some family fun fitness?
Do you?
Well, you should?
In fact, you should be fired up!
Don’t laugh……….I’m serious.
Exercising and fitness should be something that you can’t wait to do!
Other than the many documented benefits of exercise (and the many that I have talked about, and will continue to talk about)………..you should feel refreshed to do something different during the day and something that will directly benefit you and your life.
Your fitness routine should not be “routine”…if you catch my drift.
Make it different, make it challenging, and test yourself………
Now that is fun.
Ok, on to the specifics…
I’m going to give you 4 EASY ways to make your exercise regimen fun for you……..
Here goes…….
1.Do something fun as your workout……….not to make this sound too simplified, but your workout should not be the same thing everyday. Nor should it be a trip to the gym every other day seeing how much bench press you can throw up. Your routine should be varied………from bodyweight exercises, to rock climbing, to running/walking hills, to sprinting etc. Make it fun and make it exciting……you will come back for more, much more.
2.Challenge yourself – Let me tell you, doing the same routine (i.e. bench press, arm curls, tricep extensions, etc. etc.) will BORE you quickly. When you are BORED, you get complacent, which means your workouts are less intense, which means you are not focusing on your muscles, which means you might as well go back home and lay on your couch with some greasy potato chips because you are wasting your time. If you can only do 8 pullups, try to do 9 (even if you have to cheat a little to get to 9)…test yourself, make challenges for yourself, and make everything a game. Try and see if you can 1up yourself every workout (in some way, large or small). You will be amazed at what you can do.
3.Focus on your end goal – I can assure you……..if you lull around every workout and say things to yourself like “it’s gonna take me forever to get in shape”, and “I’ll never look like him/her, that’ll take too long”, well your just gonna make yourself depressed. EXERCISE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO CAUSE DEPRESSION, lol! Exercise naturally makes you feel good, and puts you in a better mood…take advantage of that. Focus every workout on how GREAT you’re going too look now and in the future. Be your own motivational speaker. And SURELY don’t worry about what others think of you. We don’t care about them.
4.Workout with a friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife etc…..(by the way, working out together makes for a great date). This is a great way to keep you motivated, especially when you see someone you care for working out just as hard or harder than you. Encourage each other, help each other, and push each other. Get together with the family, and have some family fun fitness time together. Here’s another free tip: If you really want to strive for success, workout with people who know MORE than you. That way, you can ask questions and LEARN along the way. One thing that I found out is, people LOVE to talk about themselves (especially fitness), and tell you what they are doing. Use this to your advantage.
Always remember that you have to exercise CONSISTENTLY (keep up with your fitness training routine), you cannot expect to follow my instructions, yet only exercise once a week. That will never work, you have to have discipline, you have to be consistent, and great things will happen. Talk to you soon.
Chris C.
Christopher C.
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July 6, 2009 - 8:45 pm
Effective ways to increase fitness level?
Just wondering if anyone can help me out with some tips on ways to effectively increase my fitness level? Especially cardiovascular fitness.
At the moment I have been eating healthy and going for daily jogs, plus doing sit-ups/push-ups, etc and some cycling each day.
I am 19, female, 186cm tall (6′1") and currently weigh 84kgs (184.8 lbs)
Also, about how long would it take to go from a non-existent fitness level, to one where I could, say steadily jog for about 3 kilometres?
Thanks!
July 7, 2009 - 1:47 am
instead of jogging at the same pace, make your body work harder,
Fartlek Training;
if you run on a track this is what you can do to increase your fitness level:
for 3/4 of the track, jog and on the home straight, sprint flat out. Repeat this several times – i do it about 6 or 7 times but it depends on your fitness.
This is the best way to increase your fitness level.
If you dont live near a track, just jog for 3 minutes and sprint about 100m
good luck
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July 7, 2009 - 1:49 am
Wow. Your doing a lot already and that’s great. Health is so important to how we feel. The only thing i can think of is swimming. With summer coming, swimming is a great all around exercise. Plus it is low impact. Whereas say jogging can be rough on your knees etc over time. But you put me to shame. Keep up the good work!
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July 7, 2009 - 1:51 am
It is good that you are interested to increase you fitness level. Regular exercises always make you feel better and improve cardio fitness. You can also try yoga, the simplest exercises with greater benefits. A good yoga workout will improve muscles strength in your body and make your immune system stronger, thus keep you away from many diseases. Yoga not only takes care of your physical health it also boost your mental strength and concentration power up to the mark.
References :
http://www.yogawiz.com/