🔥 The keys to fitness success ❤️
1.) Do your research. Ask questions. Make a plan.
No fitness journey truly succeeds without a plan.
Lack of planning is the biggest cause of failure by individuals beginning their workout path. Often people will enter a gym, go to the machines that others aren’t currently using or fall back into the exercises they already know and often just scatter shot the entire workout from there.
The true path to fitness success comes with designing a plan, and STICKING to it!
Everyone has different fitness goals, and different paths to reach them.
A fitness professional can help you design a way to reach your goals... and will make your workouts more effective, more efficient, AND more successful.
2.) Form a habit
Accountability to yourself is key, without it, many of us lose that motivation to continue. In the end, there truly is only habit. Motivation gets lost. Inspiration ia fleeting. Dedication and habit are the keys to fitness success.
It doesn’t happen overnight. A real commitment to a coach, trainer or partner will help you reach success.
3.) Stock your fridge correctly.
Think about the meals and foods ahead of time. Plan your meals.
Convenience ruins the best laid plans -- so organize your meals to MAKE them convenient.
Create a program that fits your time, body and goals. Stock your fridge accordingly and make snacks that follow the guidelines you set in place.
Know what constitutes the food you are avoiding. With sugar, the labels can be deceiving -- syrup, malt, and basically anything ending in "-ose" avoid.
4.) Ask your family to either join you or support you.
Sometimes easier said than done. But ask. Often we, as individuals looking to get in better shape or get healthier, can get frustrated in what we assume is a lack of support by our closest friends/family. But how many of us have actually asked for support from them? It's important to communicate with those closest to us to allay any frustration we might develop as we struggle with our goals, and watch the family eat pizza in the next room. Ask them for support. Not in a mean condescending way. Their fitness path is what they choose. Ours is ours. Neither is better or worse. Ask for support the right way, and almost always, you will receive it.
5.) Lastly, Keep a food journal.
You don't have to itemize the nutritional value of each meal, but keep track of the food items that you eat and drink. Food journaling is the key to success. And if you want to show it off, and you don't think anyone would care about it -- email it to US. You can bet we will be excited to see your food choices, and be excited to be a part of your accountability process!
It’s time. LFG!
Tips for everyday health and wellness by Option Blend Founder Thomas Gurganus
No fitness journey truly succeeds without a plan.
Lack of planning is the biggest cause of failure by individuals beginning their workout path. Often people will enter a gym, go to the machines that others aren’t currently using or fall back into the exercises they already know and often just scatter shot the entire workout from there.
The true path to fitness success comes with designing a plan, and STICKING to it!
Everyone has different fitness goals, and different paths to reach them.
A fitness professional can help you design a way to reach your goals... and will make your workouts more effective, more efficient, AND more successful.
2.) Form a habit
Accountability to yourself is key, without it, many of us lose that motivation to continue. In the end, there truly is only habit. Motivation gets lost. Inspiration ia fleeting. Dedication and habit are the keys to fitness success.
It doesn’t happen overnight. A real commitment to a coach, trainer or partner will help you reach success.
3.) Stock your fridge correctly.
Think about the meals and foods ahead of time. Plan your meals.
Convenience ruins the best laid plans -- so organize your meals to MAKE them convenient.
Create a program that fits your time, body and goals. Stock your fridge accordingly and make snacks that follow the guidelines you set in place.
Know what constitutes the food you are avoiding. With sugar, the labels can be deceiving -- syrup, malt, and basically anything ending in "-ose" avoid.
4.) Ask your family to either join you or support you.
Sometimes easier said than done. But ask. Often we, as individuals looking to get in better shape or get healthier, can get frustrated in what we assume is a lack of support by our closest friends/family. But how many of us have actually asked for support from them? It's important to communicate with those closest to us to allay any frustration we might develop as we struggle with our goals, and watch the family eat pizza in the next room. Ask them for support. Not in a mean condescending way. Their fitness path is what they choose. Ours is ours. Neither is better or worse. Ask for support the right way, and almost always, you will receive it.
5.) Lastly, Keep a food journal.
You don't have to itemize the nutritional value of each meal, but keep track of the food items that you eat and drink. Food journaling is the key to success. And if you want to show it off, and you don't think anyone would care about it -- email it to US. You can bet we will be excited to see your food choices, and be excited to be a part of your accountability process!
It’s time. LFG!
Tips for everyday health and wellness by Option Blend Founder Thomas Gurganus