How to Start Working Out (Consistently)
Not being able to work out consistently is one of the top issues facing our clients in Nerd Fitness Coaching. Luckily, there are some tips and tricks that help them, which we’ll share with you right now too. If you are having trouble exercising regularly, know that you aren’t alone.
Step 1: Why You Miss Workouts
Everyone misses a workout now and again. Don’t beat yourself up over it. If you miss a workout, it’s fine.
- Aim to not miss two workouts, back to back. If being tough on yourself helped with workout consistency, it would’ve helped by now.
How to Work Out Consistently
It’s okay to stumble. It’s nothing to feel shame over.
- Have a plan! Without a plan, how can you know if you are being consistent?
- Make it fun!
- Find an accountability partner. Going alone is almost always harder. If you have a friend or coach to team with, it will make working out consistently easier
- Embrace “action” not “motivation.”
- Don’t find time, make time. Start exercising today!
Building a Workout Plan
Focus on three key questions when programming your training: what type of workout are you doing, when do you plan on doing your training, and where will this workout take place?
- Place your workouts in your calendar and schedule your workout like it’s the most important meeting of the day.
- Resources to help with this: How to Build Your Own Workout Routine, Nerd Fitness Journey, and Plan Your Day
The Problems With Exercise and Workout Motivation
Action creates motivation, not the other way around.
- You should start with ANYTHING that breaks the inertia. Start with a simple walk to get started – it could be a half-mile around the block or a walk to the mailbox and back.
Step 3: Why “All of Nothing” Hurts Workout Consistency
Have a backup plan
- Just because your initial plan falls through, doesn’t mean you have to completely throw in the towel.
- Remember, just because one tire goes flat, doesn’t mean you should slash the other three. Just do the best you can to get back on the road
Step 7: How to Find Time to Workout
Schedule your workouts in your calendar so you can see what needs to be moved around to get your training done
- Experiment and adjust as needed
- If you create a schedule, and you don’t hit it all, it’s okay. It’s okay to scale it up if necessary
Three ways that Nerd Fitness can help you exercise regularly
Online Coaching Program
- Helps busy people make better food choices, stay accountable, and get healthier, permanently
- NF Journey
- An exact roadmap for working out consistently
- Join the Rebellion
- Get a starter kit with all of the guides and read them all
The Key to Getting in Regular Exercise
Do something you enjoy
- If you enjoy the activity, you’ll be WAY more likely to exercise consistently
- Another trick to start enjoying your workouts is to do them while listening to some of your favorite music, or a podcast you enjoy.
- You can even flip the TV on in the corner and watch your favorite show while you train.
How to Build Workout Accountability
Tell Friends and Family
- Let them know the times you will be working out.
- Join an Online Community
- If you want to exercise regularly, join a digital community. That way you can get in on some group accountability.
- Hire a coach
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