Happy New Year

Well its another year gone and a new exciting one to look forward to. What are your New Year Resolutions and more importantly do you plan how to achieve them?

A good example of lack of a plan is the fitness, health & diet resolutions set every year. As usual at the begining of January the gym has been absolutely packed to the rafters. By the end of January numbers are decreased and continue to do so until March when only 5% of those who started out will soon be turning up regularly. So if you are going to be one of the few then what motivates you to keep going is your goals and your decision to reach them. Then you plan it. So many people do not appreciate how important a plan is but it can determine whether you reach your goal or not. There is little point turning up at the gym jumping on a bike for 10 minutes, then the rower for another ten and then repeating that every time you go. Apart form the first few times you will not get results. It is like repeating the same maths test over and over again and then wondering why you can't understand or answer something more difficult. Training programmes take time to prepare, they have to be specific to your goals, your body type & your current fitness level. They can not just be a generic off the shelf one feature suits everybody package.