Getting Healthy can be like Groundhog Day for so many people...
Why does Climbing the Fitness Ladder Feel Like Ground-Hog Day For SO Many!
After reviewing countless articles from the last decade on this subject it seems that they all land on similar conclusions.
People stop exercising for?5 main reasons?
Time and Money being the major factors:
M.T.N.U.T.?
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What's one of the biggest reasons people quit exercise programs?
The most common reasons why people start and stop an exercise program are well documented: 1)?a perceived lack of time,?2) exercise-related injuries, and 3) exercise is not fun (which often is due to starting at an exercise intensity that is too high for their fitness level).
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Out of the 45 percent of people who make New Year's resolutions each year, only 8 percent actually succeed.Of the most popular types of resolutions, the two highest involve some level of fitness or healthy lifestyle adoption, with 47 percent of people making vows to self-improve and another 38 percent making weight-related goals.
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In spite of the well documented benefits of exercising, only 5% of adults in the U.S. exercise the prescribed 30 minutes a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Continued Exercise Excuse No. 4: 'Exercise Is Boring.' Find an activity you love. Try inline skating, dancing, or gardening. Join a sports league.
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This literally brings us back to the previous?blurb?about adherence?
If we have such vast quantities of free information beamed into your home for free how can these be the issues that continually crop up?
It would seem that the answer to breaking down these said barriers should be easy to come up with:
Shorten the Exercise time, Make it more accessible and make it less expensive?
No Urgency perhaps is over looked ? If you are told by a health professional that you will die in the next?24 hours if you dont get up at precisely 5am every morning for?the next 10 year you can be sure you will get up....
Exercise is similar for many people they need that sense of urgency or they need exercise to fit into their lives and someone to be acountable to for showing up!?
Whats the answer??Love to hear from you!
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1 年Robert, thanks for sharing!