The first essential step before starting a fitness program is to define your objectives. This phase is essential to create the program adapted to your expectations and needs. What are your priorities and your motivation? It is important to know if you want to lose weight but also to build muscle and tone up. Some women especially want to lose the extra pounds without any consideration of the muscles. They want to fit into a size 36 and don't care if they are really muscular! Getting in shape doesn't always mean losing weight. A fitness program is not always accompanied by a diet (or food rebalancing). In an effort to be in better physical shape, you may want to engage in regular physical activity, such as fitness, running and swimming. Exercising once or twice a week is also very good for morale. Sports activities act as an anxiolytic because the body secretes serotonin and endorphins. It also helps to reduce stress and anxiety!
Strength, endurance, abdominal and postural strengthening are all positive impacts of the regular practice of sport. In general, a good fitness program is based on a balance of cardio and strength training. For cardio training, you have the choice between various activities such as aquagym, cycling, elliptical trainer, etc. It is considered that the minimum exercise time is 45 minutes to be effective. To build muscle, you can do bodybuilding exercises such as high knees, butt heels, "jumping jacks" (these are small jumps with leg spreads) and "burpees" (kinds of very improved push-ups). These last movements are particularly intense and perfect for burning fat. There are also many variations. You can do each of these exercises for about a minute and repeat as much as you can. If you want to set up a fitness program after an injury or a long immobilization, it is very important that you are vigilant:you could hurt yourself by not practicing the right gestures. In some special cases, it is still preferable to seek the advice of a professional.
Once the fitness program is established, the most difficult thing is not to give up. For this, it is important that you go at your own pace. Don't look at what other people are doing! Make time in your weekly routine to schedule workouts. Lack of time is a bad excuse not to exercise. Feel free to try many activities and exercises to find what works best for you. It is also important to have fun when you play sports.
