With the arrival of the new year, they are many people who set out to exercise more. It is one of the classic purposes at this time of year. Surely you know of a case, you may even have joined a gym and stopped going after a week or two.
Therefore, in this article we want to tell you some tricks to achieve exercise without giving up in a short time. So, if you are interested, do not miss what continues.
Sedentary lifestyle has become very common in the lives of a large number of people, this is due to work and the current pace of life. The point is that this type of life has a lot to do with increasing the chances of poor health and even death.
Keys or tricks to start training
We must link moving with pleasure and not moving with pain.
Keep in mind that throughout history, exercising has been related to achieving something in particular or avoiding some danger. We are talking about survival, getting food, looking for places, etc. In the modern world we can achieve all these things easily from the sofa in our house or driving to the door of some place.
When there is no need to move, the body is programmed to reserve energy.
Now, we must be aware that although now we do not have the need to move to survive, In reality, our health does depend on whether we exercise daily or often. But for our body to understand it, we must speak the same language. We can start by testing imagine us sick, emaciated, lacking autonomy, exaggerate how bad you could be. It should be an image powerful enough to get you off the couch. It will cause an internal alarm to sound. It is like when you have an exam but you don't really study until you see that there is hardly time left for the date.
At the same time that we create this image, we must have something to gain or lose. It can be useful to play sports with a friend, or ask someone if you do not do sports insist and encourage. Post photos on social networks of your training, assign extra tasks if you do not exercise (something you can establish with the people you live to motivate each other), etc. Anything you can think of is valid.
As well, If the purpose is to run or go cycling, you can put as a reward to get to a specific place that gives you satisfaction, such as going to see some person or place and returning to the point of origin.
Another extra motivation can be give us reward if we achieve our purposes, such as a special dinner, a massage, a bath, etc. This is something useful especially at the beginning since afterwards our body will feel a high after exercise and the rewards will no longer be necessary.
Put aside certain beliefs.
If before starting we already think that we are not going to get it, we will be sabotaging ourselves. The important thing is to do some exercise, even if it is brief.
So, don't sabotage yourself and start training. Start small and build the habit before picking up your pace, increasing exercise times, and even training days.
Make training go hand in hand with a pleasant sensation
There are two important factors to get moving: the usefulness and make it nice. As we train, our body generates dopamine and this gives us a pleasant sensation during exertion. At first this is not the case, the feeling the first weeks of training is not pleasant due to the fatigue that comes with it, the shortness of breath and the pain of the stiffness the next day. That is why it is important how we begin to train.
We must answer the following questions to start training properly:
What type of physical activity do you like the most to do? Maybe you don't like running, but you would be playing sports like soccer or basketball often. This is due to the perception of what is pleasant for each one. So start exercising for those activities that you like the most, so the body will get used to moving.
Is there a particular place in your environment that you find pleasant? Maybe a park, a mountain, a lake, etc. Exercising in a place that in itself pleases us is a plus for exercising.
Is there something you like that you can add to your exercise practice? For example, training with music or watching a television series, etc. In this way we will be adding another activity that is pleasant to the practice of exercise. In addition, an association of anticipation is generated before carrying out an activity that we like.
Be consistent with your body
Train on an empty stomach or after at least two to three hours have passed since the last meal. This will help us because genetically our organism is programmed to move to look for food and therefore it will cost us less to train in these conditions.
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Do functional training whenever possible
The movements of lifting weight without more or running without more, are incoherent for our body. Unfortunately nowadays, it doesn't take a lot of physical activity to develop our basic needs, so we have to simulate these movements with training.
We must also bear in mind that we must train all muscle groups Likewise, training only in the lower or upper body must be put aside.
Do it, do not give it more laps
Don't think about it, change your clothes and exercise. If you plan when the best time will be, you will end up postponing it and doing nothing.
If everything you've read so far convinces you, start moving right now, you will see how little by little you will get used to exercising and your body will ask you for those little moments of exercise.