In my fitness business, I get the opportunity to talk with people from all walks of life about their health, fitness, and weight loss goals. Whether their goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, gain weight, stick to a diet plan or program, or simply to maintain their current fitness level they all have one common enemy---TIME. We all must learn to work with TIME!!!
Losing weight is not the only issue with my clients it is time. Some of my clients are so busy that they get lost and will soon find a reason not to workout. I asked several people how do they balance the demands of family, career, events, relationships, responsibilities, and working out? They have given me five keys that will help you to be able to fit a consistent workout plan into your already busy hectic life.
- Commit to a specific schedule
Ask family and friends for support. Don't try to do make other commitments and fit your workouts into their schedule without any rhyme or reason. Let people know that I am busy. For example, from noon til 2:00pm I am WORKING OUT.
In order to set yourself up for success, you will need to take the time to literally write your workouts into your weekly schedule. In order to be effective, you will want to be following your exercise program at least 3 days per week. Get 3 x 5 cards and place them in your home. For instance, Next to your bathroom mirror, on top of the television, in your car and the kitchen cabinet. This will help you stay on exercise task.
- What about the weekend
Take advantage of the fact that it only takes 3-5 days per week to put together an effective, results-producing workout. One trick to help you pull it all off is to workout on the weekends. One of the benefits to this course of action is that your schedule is more flexible and under your control during this time.
I like to workout on Thursdays because the weekend is near and I can train Saturday and Sunday. On the weekends you are usually off from work and can train in the mornings. Therefore, you can take full advantage of your day.
- Keep your workouts as a high priority
One of the biggest mistakes that even many people who have scheduled a workout program into their schedule make is allowing it to be bumped off of their schedule to easily.
Just say NO! Train first, if you plan carefully you will be able to make most events whether its the mall, football game, or family event make sure that you train and then attend those precious outings.
- Let everyone know your goals
Don't go at this alone. Let the important people in your life know what you are up to. Your love interest, spouse, parents, children, co-workers, and close friends will often pitch in and help you to meet your fitness or weight loss commitment to yourself if you make them aware and ask for their support.
Have family or friends call you and mention did you train today? Have them ask a series of questions to support you. One of my clients has two close friends that call him and simply ask are you over training or under training? Now he has a conversation about training.
- Don't beat yourself up
There will be times in your workout program that you just aren't able to keep it up as you would like due to outside demands or injuries. We all must agree that you are not Super Man or Woman. It's better to miss a week of training than a month so Don't be too tough on yourself.
Remember that it is what you do consistently over a long period of time, not what you do in spurts, that truly counts. Just make sure that you get back on the horse full force as soon as you can and continue to press forward, doing your best to avoid slacking off again.
People think that they have to be in a hurry to lose weight. There is no rush it took years to put the pounds on and many believe they can lose the weight in weeks and not even considering the health risks. A solid workout program and having fun doing is the best remedy for losing the fat. The most important message here is not to compare yourself to others. Now Go Train.
Your Lifestyle and Fitness Coach,
Rich Harper CPT
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