Summer Bodies Are Made in Winter:
How to keep your fitness goals firmly on track
It’s that time of the year when winter embraces us in an icy grip and our beds seem like the only place to be. This is exactly why so many of us struggle with keeping up a regular gym routine. However, we still want to look fit when Summer arrives. Thankfully, there is a lot of truth in the fitness mantra “Summer bodies are made in winter”. So for those planning on emerging out of the cocoon of Winter as a bright new butterfly, now is the time to work on it.
To Help, Here Are A Few Helpful Insight
Habits you start in winter are powerful
When Summer arrives, so does the sundowners after work, farmer’s markets and the braais we love so much. But by creating healthy habits in Winter, you’ll find that by the time the party season comes around you’ll already know ways to fit your workouts into your days and nights out, rather than finding excuses for skipping them.
Technology can be one of your best fitness friends
Monitoring your success and creating goals to match your needs is always a good idea. Smart technology can lend a helping hand here. It takes a holistic approach to monitor everything that matters most. Its exercise, sleep, stress and health tracking features make it a personal lifestyle coach you’ll appreciate. And with plenty of motivational apps to download, you can customise your daily goals and put them to use next time you head out the door.
Conquering the cocoon is the main challenge
Few things are more seductive to the human brain then spending a chilly winter morning all wrapped up on the couch with hot chocolate. The fact is though, that nobody has gotten fitter by lying around all day. It’s best to just jump out of bed as soon as your alarm goes off and before your brain has time to realise how snuggly and warm it is under the covers. Placing your phone on another side of the bed helps, it forces you to get up to switch it off rather than snoozing. It is also useful to join a gym class with other people or have a personal trainer, as this is more likely to force you out of bed and into the gym.
Keep your motivation firmly in mind
It’s easy to be tempted to skip a gym session or to give in to the comfort food cravings in the cold of Winter. The trick is to keep one thought in your mind – ‘’Why am I doing this?”. If, for example, it’s to have your ideal bikini body, then visualise it and keep that image of the future you firmly in your mind every time you waver. The future-you will thank you, over and over again.
