Decide what you want from your workouts. Is it weight-loss, gain, muscle, endurance, or maintain what you have.- Decide what specific type of workout you want to do. For instance, a cardio exercise will help in weight-loss and improve endurance, whereas lifting weights will - for the most part - increase muscle-mass.
- Once you decide what you want from your workouts. Sit down with a weekly calendar and figure out how many days you should workout to keep you moving toward your goal.
- (Optional) If you are unsure what is considered satisfactory go see a personal trainer and they will help assist you in setting up a plan.
- You really don’t need to see one unless you have some health risk and a trainer can make sure your plan will not hurt you more, or you are just doing a low-risk, basic workout as the cost of a trainer will be too much for that style of a workout.
- Once the plan is set, you must commit yourself to the plan, or you will not see the results set forth by the plan. After a workout session you can adjust the exercise either to increase or decrease the plan until you reach a point that suits you better.
- Follow your schedule for at least 3 to 5 weeks. If the plan is a good one and you stick to it for those lengths, you will see results that should be enough to motivate and keep you moving toward meeting your goals.
Have you ever thought about the connection between happiness and good health?