We hear it time and time again –
“I used to train 4 days per week but haven’t been in a gym since the kids came along”
Before you’ve blinked 3-4 years have passed, your out of shape, low energy and enough is enough.
So where to start?
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Don’t over complicate it. “What are the best shoes for the gym? I need to start weight watchers. Go to the doctor. Get a blood test. Lose 6.334kg’s before I start”
None of that. Just take action.
Pick up the phone and get started.
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Take it easy. You’re not where you used to be 4 years ago – even if your brain is telling you to GO FOR IT! Ignore it. You’re not here to set records on your first month.
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Train regularly. Minimum 3 day’s per week. Why? Not because of the physicality demand (See above). But to interrupt old habits that are many years engrained. Training 1-2 x per week leaves too many days between drinks, making sliding into old ways oh too easy. Form a new habit by coming in regularly.
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Stretch. The older younger you could waltz into the gym and rip in. That person also didn’t work as hard as you are now juggling children and everything in between. Feeling like the tin man after week 1? Still drive to the gym (habit formation) skip the class and stretch for the hour instead. This could be one of your ‘sessions’.
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SLEEP MORE.
Do this and trust me you’ll look back in 12 months’ time and wish you had started sooner. You might be there thinking “sounds good but now’s not the time. When XYZ then I’ll do it”.
You know it and I know it, there’s ALWAYS going to be “something”.
Do it today. When it feels uncomfortable when it feels ‘wrong’ because there’s never going to be a right time to start.
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