Happy New Year in July

Happy New Year

Strange to see those words in the middle of June but over 95% of New Years fitness resolutions have been forgotten, abandoned or just plain discarded for "higher priorities" by now.

Sure people are frustrated, discouraged, and miserable with their current condition... but feeling that way about ones health and body doesn't determine whether or not they'll be successful in making a real change.

Why?

Well, there are many reasons for fitness failure. And as a fitness professional I see them all the time.

It's now summer time, beach season and time to reveal those bodies to the sun and warm weather. How many people made it to the finish line? How many are still keeping up on their fitness resolutions to be healthy and fit?

Here are 5 reasons fitness programs fail.

1. Incomplete programs- starting a strength-training program, with no attention paid to nutrition. Or beginning a cardio program without addressing strength training, etc. I could go on and on. But chances are most people can identify with one of these scenarios. Happy New Year WALLPAPERS

2. Failure to address nutrition first- starting an exercise program, and failing to address nutrition FIRST is just plain dumb. We have to feed our body the right "fuel" to exercise, have energy, keep up with the increase in activity, and furthermore really get our metabolism moving.

3. Incomplete nutrition- with all the wacko diets and 'well-meaning' but 'uneducated' friends giving advice in this area, it's no wonder there is so much confusion. All protein. No protein. All organic. Low glycemic. High glycemic. Good fats. Bad fats. If a person is confused when it comes to putting together a nutrition program that will get you to your goals, they're not alone.

4. Avoiding endurance- mostly a mistake made by men. You know the folks I'm talking about. They're over 40+and get back to the gym to work on their "big arms & chest" when they really need to be working on getting' rid of the "big gut". That means making cardio a priority!

5. Push too hard, too soon- this one is really sad, and it happens because most folks begin exercising with no instruction. And also because most are IMPATIENT, and they have nobody to help them establish realistic goals on a timetable, with a plan to accomplish them. So they workout like an animal for a week, then can't

move their body for three, and lose all the motivation they had when they started, or get injured...Totally unnecessary.

To ensure a healthy and fit life be sure to approach health and fitness as a year long journey, not just a month or two her and there. By avoiding the 5 mistakes above we can definitely stack the deck in our favor.