Fitness For Busy Moms

All through the gyms, the treadmills were buzzing…as it’s the day after New Years.

I’ve seen this over and over.  New members, new resolutions, new hopes…any results?

Since I used to spend a lot of my time in gyms as a trainer, I saw this repeated year after year. (These days I only see a select few of private clients in their homes.)

New members would come in and hit the ground running…but where were they running to, and what for?

What were the 2 biggest mistakes I saw:

• Unfocused action
• Lack of consistency

Unfocused action is coming into the gym, or your home gym, and just guessing at what you should be doing.  You know how it goes.  I’ll do a little walking on the treadmill, then I’ll do a circuit of the weight machines…going in the same pattern time after time.

Plain and simple, your body gets bored and your body doesn’t change.

You must have a plan that is specific to your goals.

Lack of consistency. I’ve found that it’s much easier to block small segments of time and workout intensely, rather than trying to fit in long workouts.

Set up the days and times that you will fit in your training.  Fro general fat-loss and health, i suggest 4-6 days of 15 -30 minutes of varied/intense training.

Be consistent in showing up for your training, buy vary your sessions, and you’ll see great results.

Get busy, as we’re already into day # 2 of 2008!  – S. Cooper