| Staying motivated to exercise can be really difficult especially if you're at the stage where you view exercise as a chore rather than a part of your daily healthy lifestyle. You'll find once you get past the 'chore' stage that you'll enjoy the time you spend being active. |
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Our experts top tips to help you achieve your goals.
- Establish short term and long term goals using the SMART concept
The use of goal setting will keep you on track during those difficult moments.
- Be realistic
Unrealistic goals will lead to you becoming demotivated and frustrated.
- Develop a routine
Setting aside a specific time for exercise will help you stick to your goals and make exercise part of your daily life.
- Take up a sport or enter a competition
Exercise needs to be enjoyable by joining a sports team you can interact with others and reap the social benefits of sport. By focusing on entering a competition such as a 5km run you are more likely to stay on track.
- Find a training partner
By exercising with a training partner you are more likely to follow your exercise programme as you can motivate each other to exercise. Even having a training partner for simple walks can be beneficial.
Always try to walk more and use public transport and the car less. Remember every little helps, your exercise routines or habits shopuld be flexible. Don't fall into the trap of setting things in stone, if you find that you don’t like cycling just find something else instread.
The main thing is you set aside a part of your day to exercise. It doesn't need to at the gym whether walking the dogs or walking to work the aim is simply to be active!
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