Tips for those New to or Restarting Exercise

   Did you set your New Year's Resolution to lose weight and get healthy this year through exercise? Nervous about where to start? It can be so hard to find a good starting place when it comes to exercise. Many people are so ready that they go crazy doing it. You know what I mean right? Maybe you signed up for a gym membership and you are going 2 hours for 5 days a week for the first 3 weeks. Then your body is tired and you skip a day, the next thing you know you have skipped a whole month. Your New Year's Resolution is out the window before you barely started!

    How do you go about not letting this happen? You start out SLOW. Aim to exercise 3 days a week to begin. For instance for the month of January you dedicate just three days a week to some form of exercise. Walking, running, gym time, exercise video, or something of your choosing. Once the month of January is over and February comes around you will be used to working out those three days. You will have worked your schedule around it and found a way to fit it in.

    February is here now and you have figured out a way to add three days of exercise to your schedule. Now you just have to add one more day to equal 4 days of exercise per week. Once you have mastered this in March add one more day to equal 5 days. Now you have stuck with your resolution and you are working out more then you ever have most likely. You have stuck with it because you started slow. You didn't burn yourself out before you got started!

   Before you know it the weight will start to come and you will feel better!

Nicole McDuffie
Beachbody Coach
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