ARE YOU READY TO EXERCISE?

Hi All

Studies have shown that seven out of ten people who start an exercise programme drop out within the first two months. One problem is that most people jump into exercise without doing any planning up front. They’re just not prepared for the commitment involved. Are you ready to make exercise part of your lifestyle? Sherri McMillan, MSc has discovered that people who stick with exercise buy into the following four “Laws of Success.”

1. The Law of Possession: “If it is going to be, it is up to me.” Understand that you need to take ultimate responsibility for the success or failure of your exercise programme. It may be tempting to blame your husband or kids or shift responsibility to your Team Training instructor or Sound Fitness personal trainer, but you will be the one who actually exercises! Loved ones can support you and fitness professionals can help educate and guide you, but you must be willing to give up a sedentary lifestyle.

2. The Law of Effort: “Anything worth achieving is worth working for.” Exercise takes discipline, willpower, character, persistence and a commitment to delayed gratification. Starting and staying with an exercise programme requires hard work, but you can do it!

3. The Law of Consistency: “I have to stick to the game plan.” Researchers have found one characteristic common to those who adhere to exercise: They move toward their goals one step at a time and are committed to constant, never-ending improvement. Consistency and persistence are key to achieving results. If you get off track for a week or so, it’s no big deal. However, if you are regularly tempted away from your programme, you will not succeed. Regardless of busy work schedules or lack of energy, you must keep exercising. For example, if you want to be 10 pounds lighter 10 years from now, it is not what you do over the next eight weeks that matters; it is what you do over the next 10 years.

4. The Law of Self-Efficacy: “If I think I can or I think I can’t, I’m probably right.” If you immediately start questioning whether you can make the changes required to live an active lifestyle, you are going to have a difficult time. You must believe you can do it. But don’t think you have to make the changes alone. Get support from your Sound Fitness Team Training Group, and make it even more effective by getting friends and family on board too!

If you are now ready to exercise, take action today! Sign up for Sound Fitness Team Training and you will succeed. Motivation gets you started, Sound Fitness keeps you going.

Email info@sound-fitness.co.uk to find out how we can help you realise your fitness goals!

Leon