How To Get Fit Fast In Seven Easy Steps

Are you as fit as you would like to be? Do you find it difficult to get fit and find that you never seem to have enough time to spare on your exercise routines? If so then this article should help you solve these problems and show you how to get fit fast by following the seven guidelines below.

Find Out Where You Are At Just Now.

This will give you a baseline to start from and as you update this baseline as you go along you will be able to set targets and measure how you are progressing. Easy ways to get a starting point are to measure the following:-

Compare your pulse rate before and after walking quickly for one mile.

How long it takes you to walk that mile.

Measure how many standard push ups you can do without stoping.

How close you can get to touching your toes without bending your knees.

Write Down Your Own Personal Fitness Program.

Writing it down makes it more likely that you will stick to it. You need to take into account where your current level of fitness is and where you want to get to. You then need to plan how many steps there will be between where you are just now and where you want to be. So if currently you do little or no exercise and you want to run 10k then realize and accept that to be able to get to this fitness level it will take you longer than someone who is fitter than you are currently.

When you are planning your exercises schedule them to be done at specific times that you know you can make. By doing this and sticking to it you will get into a routine and you will find it easier to keep it up. Please remember to schedule in a variety of exercise and mix cardio and resistance training.

Have The Correct Tools For The Job.

You do not need to go to a gym or buy expensive equipment. Many exercises can be done with little or no equipment. Please ensure however that you have the correct footwear for the exercises that you are planning to do and also some hand held weights. As you will have planned to do some resistance training adding weights will increase the effectiveness of these exercises.

Just Do It!

You are not going for the burn or to feel completely drained. Start of that way and you will give up on your exercise routine. Start at a pace that gets you a bit short of wind and be consistent about doing the exercises you planned to do. You will see an improvement week by week just keep at it.

You Need To Eat Healthily.

So plan to cut out the sweet sticky stuff and replace it with fruit and nuts. Eat five times a day and plan in advance what you are going to eat. Make eating part of your schedule so you actually have time to make your meals and eat them without rushing.

Reward Yourself Each Time You Exercise.

Each time you finish your exercises congratulate yourself on a job well done. Imagine the new you that you are striving to achieve and enjoy the feeling that you have moved a bit closer to that reality.

Stay Motivated And Believe You Can Do It.

If you hate exercising on your own find a local team or organisation to join. Once you are involved you will find it easy to keep going as you will not want to let your team mates down.

Get your plan written down and stick to it. It is commonly accepted that you can create a new habit in 21 days so give yourself three weeks and you will find that you are into a routine and you will be feeling so much healthier and happier.

No more excuses it is easy to use the steps above to plan a new you so just get started!

Learn more about How To Get Fit and Stay Fit. Stop by Steve Roberts’s site where you can find out all about Getting Fit In Ninety Minutes A Week and how you can benefit from that.

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