Fitness starts in your mind.
Ask any athlete or fit person what the number one secret to his fitness success is, and he will tell you it is commitment.
Commitment means that you are in it for the long haul – commitment rises above bad days, hectic schedules, and volatile emotions. Commitment hangs in there when you don’t want to do it, when you don’t feel like doing it and when you don’t have time.
Steadfast commitment doesn’t depend on how you feel. It depends on your integrity and on living for the purpose you have set for yourself.
Are you committed to getting fit?
No Weekend Warriors
Committing to be fit eliminates the weekend warrior syndrome. You may know a weekend warrior. The person who does little physical exercise during the week, but when the weekend arrives, they blast out of the gate like a stallion on Derby Day. Often, in a desperate attempt to make up for their sedentary behavior all week, they go to the gym or hit the pavement and push themselves to the limit.
The result, however, will not be what they expect.
They will likely end up with an injury because the muscles, tendons, and joints are not conditioned for such intensity.
But they are also not getting in shape. Physical fitness depends on consistency. And consistency requires commitment. It takes consistent, near-daily exercise to cause your body to make the changes that bring about improved health and fitness. For example, your joints and tendons will strengthen your aerobic base will improve as your body becomes more efficient at utilizing oxygen and ridding itself of carbon dioxide, and your endurance will increase.
In fact, doing something consistently is as important, or maybe even more important, than what you actually do. Even if you are doing low-intensity walking, doing it every day is infinitely better than doing something more strenuous only occasionally.
But the real rewards come when you commit to intense workouts and commit to being consistent with those workouts.
Commit
You do not need expensive clothes, fancy home gym equipment, or a complicated workout plan to get fit.
What you need is commitment. If you are committed, the rest of the pieces will fall into place.
You can start today. Don’t overthink this. Just start, and commit to doing something every single day.
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