Tips for sticking with your exercise plan

Here, CNN Health provides “7 tips for staying motivated” in your fitness program. My two favorites are #2) make it fun and #3) make physical activity part of your daily routine. Finding a physical activity you enjoy is probably the most important thing you can do if you want an exercise routine you can stick with. You will actually want to work out if you are doing an activity that you find enjoyable. And think outside the box. You don’t have to work out in a gym or in front of an exercise video; you can run, hike, swim, bike, climb, dance or play a sport. Making physical activity part of your daily routine takes that fun workout and makes it more conveniently fit into your busy schedule. I have a week-at-a-glance planner that I use to schedule my workout days for the entire week at the end of each previous weekend. To read all 7 tips, check out CNN Health’s “Fitness programs: 7 tips for staying motivated.”

Here, CNN Health provides “7 tips for staying motivated” in your fitness program. My two favorites are #2) make it fun and #3) make physical activity part of your daily routine. Finding a physical activity you enjoy is probably the most important thing you can do if you want an exercise routine you can stick with. You will actually want to work out if you are doing an activity that you find enjoyable. And think outside the box. You don’t have to work out in a gym or in front of an exercise video; you can run, hike, swim, bike, climb, dance or play a sport. Making physical activity part of your daily routine takes that fun workout and makes it more conveniently fit into your busy schedule. I have a week-at-a-glance planner that I use to schedule my workout days for the entire week at the end of each previous weekend. To read all 7 tips, check out CNN Health’s “Fitness programs: 7 tips for staying motivated.”