When people embark on their fitness journey, it is usually for the betterment of their selves. Whether it is physically. mentally, or a combination of the both. However, some fall into the trap of dread, feeling that working out is the hardest thing they have ever done. However, one should never feel obligated to do a certain thing. There are countless routes you can take to increase your activity level and live a healthier lifestyle, the only thing that matters is how specific your goals are. Someone who wants to be a bodybuilder compared to someone who just wishes to get into better shape, will have a far gap in specificity of training. If you are the one that just wishes to get into better shape, do anything. Pick any psychical activity that YOU enjoy and stick to it. Accompanied with healthy eating habits, you will get into better shape. Whether its rock climbing, swimming, running, weight lifting, yoga, pilates, dancing, sports, find what excites you and fully indulge in that. Doing any form of physical activity on a consistent basis beats sitting around any day.
Fitness is extremely broad, and if your goal is to just whip into better shape, then try new things. One of the reasons that people always quit in their quest to find a better version of their selves is because they don’t enjoy what they are doing. You can live off the high off admiring progress within yourself temporarily, but if you dread every single workout, one day you will crack, and find yourself back where you started. It does not matter how much weight you lose doing grueling HIIT cardio sessions 4x a week, if you hate it, you will not last. Now I understand that there will be some that may hate physical activity in general, but you cannot expect results from doing nothing. Even going for long walks everyday would be better than doing nothing.
Increasing your activity level isn’t even half the battle, watching what you eat on a daily basis should be a top priority, however that is a whole other subject for another time. For now, just get out there and do something, anything, and remember the relationship between specificity of your goals and your training.
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