BenchFit Fitness:Re-wind

Lets look back on where you are “at” with your fitness: Answer please: You are

A. In need of re-booting, renewing your “program”. You HAD something working in the past.

B.In a good groove.You have a workout, and enjoy it, regularly.

C. Off the Fitness Map-currently.Never was really on a routine you enjoyed.

If you answered  A or C, here are some tips for you. (Congratulations if you are in a groove, answer B.!)

Re-wind;It is great to”rewind-re-boot” to add variety and challenge to your routine. Inventory what you like to do,and write your goals for the next 1 to 3 to 6…and even 12 months.The goals are the WHY, the aspiriations that can fuel your inspiration to stick to a plan.Goals clarify purpose and create passion.In a broader sense, goals are the targets you seek, to create a different “YOU”.

SAMPLE GOALS

1.Feel Energetic upon waking, rated “level 1:exhausted, 5:ok, level “10″ at the top of your game.

2.Reduce Waist Size by______inches by ________month:1________month:3 ______

month:6_____month:12

3.Lift________# with Biceps, __________#with Squats, with Free Weights

4.Become Comfortable with a Yoga Routine to do for 30 minutes, three times a week.

5.Increase Back and Leg Flexibility.

These Goals vary from describing energy level, to waist size, to strength, to fitness learning(yoga),to flexibility.The more personal, and in line with your own desires your goals are, the more you will be motivated to acheive them. Writing them down and having a plan in place will help you be successful.Engage a trainer to help you achieve your goals: a few sessions may help jump-start those who had prior success. 

If you are off the Fitness Map and never really had a routine that you enjoyed, check out prior BenchFit postings such as the Turtle Track, Fitt Formulas, Kegel-core activation,and Choose strength-Activate Growth Hormone, to give you ideas.We are in an age of obsessive fitness with people pushing truck tires and doing bootcamps that may lead to burn out and injury-and as a Physical Therapist I see the injuries from wacky workouts…so, choose wisely. Discomfort can persist 3 days after a new workout, but if you are habitually in pain after fitness sessions you are either lifting or exerting too much, with improper form, and on a path for injury. Log onto Health Pulse Vitals on the BenchFit website to receive tips and formulas for safe , sustainable fitness.Click on the BenchFit Logo to see all posts.

Send me your goals-and fill me in on any new workouts you have discovered that are re-booting /rewinding your fitness,

In Health,

Maureen

Maureen@BenchFit.com