7 Ways to Stick to Your Workout with Your Fitness

4.      Turn up the tunes

Grab your headphones and create a playlist to take with you to the gym, blast your music at home, or choose a group class with a live DJ. Pumping music will create an energising, infectious and inspiring atmosphere and it’ll push you through the hardest of workouts. Sing along and work to the beat – you’ll have made it through your training session before you know it! If you’re heading out for a jog, try Spotify’s running playlist – it features specially designed songs that speed up or slow down according to your pace.

5.      Work, rest, repeat

It’s important to remember that rest days are vital when you’re training – not only does your body need time to recover, refuel and rehydrate to avoid injury and illness, but your mind needs time to refresh, too. You might decide that your rest day is in fact a day of zero physical activity. On the other hand you may benefit from a light stretch, a gentle walk or a bike ride. Listen to your body – you’ll return to training stronger, ready and raring to go!

6.      Challenge yourself

Why not rally your friends together and challenge yourselves to an eight-week, full body transformation? Try to re-take control of your daily nutritional intake and reassess your levels of physical activity. Competing against your friends will keep you motivated and you can help each other to stick it out. It’s important to remember that full body health looks further than just the scales – focus on improving your body composition by reducing body fat percentage and building lean muscle and make sure that you drink plenty of water and get eight hours of quality sleep each night.

7.      Get connected

Becoming part of a community through group fitness sessions will not only encourage you to push your boundaries and challenge you to try new things, but it’ll also motivate you to commit to your training plan. A fast paced, 45-minute workout will fly by with a partner or team by your side – you’ll motivate each other through the hardest sets, high five to the final rep and leave with the biggest smile on your face.

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