The 4 Habits of Successful Fitness.

The 4 Habits of Successful Fitness.

They make plans. There is nothing halfhearted about successful fitness practitioners. They keep a mental calendar (or write one out), planning all aspects of their workouts—including frequency, duration, number, and type. These plans keep workouts varied and exciting as well as push to achieve those short-term and long-term goals.

They have goals. Fitness practitioners set short-term and long-term goals and review them on a regular basis, keeping in mind that they should be consistent and challenging. Short-term goals should be for six to eight weeks (or less). Long-term goals should span six to 12 months. These goals need to be reviewed and changed depending on their results. Goals should be consistent and chipped away at every day, not just once a week for three hours at a time. They should be challenging, too. Fitness practitioners don’t let a workout go stale. They work toward perfect form, heavier weights, or the next variation of an exercise.

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They forgive themselves and move on. Fitness practitioners don’t beat themselves up for missed workouts; they realize that this is the ebb and flow of life. Sometimes they’ll hit that five-workout-a-week goal and other weeks they’ll be lucky to get to 15 minutes of push-up practice. They don’t let a bad week or month derail them from their ultimate goal of staying fit for the long haul. And—no surprise here—their bodies and health really show off their dedication to the practice of fitness.

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They make a Plan B. We all have the best intentions when it comes to working out, but successful fitness practitioners prepare for life that can get in the way. That nor’easter coming through that shuts down boot camp for a few days. A cancelled train that adds an extra night to a business trip. A sick kid who needs a parent at every moment. When these moments strike, successful fitness practitioners cue up YouTube for a WOW, take an extra long and brisk walk with the dog, hit the hotel stairs (walking up and down them five times for every hour of sitting), or close their office door and start some incline one-arm push-ups on the desk.