Unlock Vitality at Every Stage: Active & Ageless Fitness for the Over50s

Over 50s Fitness Centre.
Health & Wellness Specialists

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The Number 1 Way to Make Exercise Easier and More Enjoyable

Habit

When exercise becomes a HABIT, it becomes part of your daily life. When you don’t do it, you feel kind of guilty.

In other words, if you make exercise easier and more enjoyable, you will want to do it more. But, you might be wondering how to achieve that.

Do you enjoy mundane tasks like brushing your teeth, or washing your car? I’d say your answer is no, but how do you feel when you’ve completed those chores?

A clean fresh mouth and a clean comfortable car are pretty enjoyable, yeah?!

And if you didn’t do these 2 things, I’d say you’d also feel a little guilty.

Exercising can also be seen as a chore, even when you are well aware of all the health benefits that you will get from being more active.

You might struggle to find motivation, and trust me we’ve all been there.

It can be a little tough to get going. You might be too busy, with a hundred other things that you would prefer to do rather than get all hot and sweaty and exercise.

But this is where having some positive foresight comes into play.

If exercising becomes habitual for you, (which it will after around 21 days), you will recognise that the hard work leaves you feeling great. Besides, you’ll be super pleased with yourself that you’ve done it.

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Make Exercise Easier with S.M.A.R.T

To make exercise more habitual, set some S.M.A.R.T goals for yourself:

S: SPECIFIC
e.g. I want to walk for 20 minutes every day.

M: MEASURABLE
e.g. I want to be able to complete 10 full body weight squats.

A: ACHIEVABLE
e.g. I want to improve my flexibility.

R: REALISTIC
e.g. I want to reduce my cholesterol levels by being more active.

T: TIMELY
e.g. I want to lose 5-10 kgs in 6 months.

So next time you know you should exercise but really can’t be bothered, get over that hurdle and stop making excuses. And like Nike says “Just do it!”

Do this and you will certainly feel a sense of accomplishment when you’ve finished the workout.

Keep this ritual of regular exercise up, and within a short period of time (around 3 weeks), you might even start actually enjoying exercise. What is more, you will even feel guilty if you don’t get moving every day.

So don’t forget, it’s the motivation that will get you started and a habit that will keep you going!

Good Luck!

Heath

Heath Jones Founder of Active & Ageless

Heath Jones is the founder of Active & Ageless and has over 20 years’ experience in the Health & Wellness space.

He holds the following qualifications:

Bachelor of Nursing

Postgraduate in Exercise Science

Diploma of OHS

Cert 3 & 4 Fitness

Cert 4 Training & Assessment

Older Adults trainer