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Attention Getter: Are you tired of being of gaining weight or just feeling sluggish all the time? Do you have health issues? Well exercising can give you good health and psychological advantages.

After a class discussion about making working out more creative, I made a change in my plan. Rather than doing the same workout each week, I decided to adjust my new behavior to three or more 30-60 minute workouts with a cardio element. The second phase of this experience was faced with challenges, but the update in my plan was helpful. The fourth week I still did not meet my goal, but I did complete one run and another cardio workout. Having my sponsor checking up on me was what helped me over this lag, I did not like telling her I was failing, so her accountability encouraged me to do better going forward. I also begin incorporating friends into my workouts. By the fifth week I was recommitted. I worked out well over thirty minutes three times, two of which were with friends. This week was positive for me, as it showed me that working out could be fun. I believe this shift in thinking was the most valuable lesson during this experience. I needed this new way of thinking because in high school I only ran because I belonged to the cross country and track teams. I felt pressure form my teammates, coaches, parents, and myself to workout. Although it was fun at times, I was doing it because I felt I had to. Now that I am in college, nobody tells me to workout and I am accountable to nobody but myself. Realizing working out can be fun, and adding in my friends, is what propelled my last three weeks. I successfully met my

Although working out has never been a problem, it was always finding time. Between work and school, I would always find an excuse to not go to the gym. However with this self-change project, I might find a way to regularly attend the gym.

The following are some barriers that prohibit adults from engaging in physical activity: 1Do not have enough time to exercise, 1find it inconvenient to exercise, 1lack self-motivation, 1do not find exercise enjoyable, 1lack confidence in their ability to be physically active (low self-efficacy), and 1fear being injured or have been injured recently. In reality, physical activity is overall great for the health. Imagine taking a walk around your neighborhood at least 3x a day each week, that can tremendously improve the risk of getting a chronic disease, makes you feel like you accomplished a goal, and makes you feel and look good also. According to the American Heart Association 2regular physical activity also helps to control weight and may help to ease stress. 2Ideally, you should aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on at least five days of the week. 2You should also aim to do a minimum of two sessions of muscle-strengthening activities per week,

One of the biggest motivators to exercise is to have a friend to do it with. It is much harder to skip going to the gym when you've already promised a friend that you'd meet them there. Also, to keep doing exercise consistently, it is so important to find something that you enjoy doing. And that is not impossible! Swimming is such good exercise, and it's fun! Go swimming with a friend a couple of times a week, and you won't even feel like you're exercising. Or, if you are very motivated, join a class that coaches running, and train for a 5K marathon! Having a goal is important, and a lot of people find that sticking to an exercise program is easier when they have a specific goal in

If one of your resolutions this year is to get healthy or lose weight, then you probably must have considered joining a Gym to help you out with this. Starting a new healthy routine, a much less one where you regularly go to the Gym can be difficult. Starting an exercise program all of a sudden is not a simple task. A visit to your local gym can seem very intimidating. You look around and dazzled by the array of machines available there.

I had always been a quitter. Throughout my life I've found myself enrolled in classes or sports that I'd want to, or be forced to be a part of. Yet, through all of these sports and foreign language classes none of them lasted more than a couple months. I stopped playing these sports and taking language classes in middle school and took up video games due to my lack of interest or ability in other extracurricular activities. Video games started occupying more and more of my time and I found myself glued to the couch for hours on end. Throughout this time period I was slowly becoming less motivated, lazier, and unhealthy. Since my parents were going to the gym regularly they constantly hounded me to go with them, especially since I had been heavier during my childhood and hereditary diabetes runs in the family. Eventually, I found myself in the gym were I felt lost and scared, there were no other teenagers that I could see and all the machines seemed so alien. After escaping the treadmills and other cardio equipment; I found myself

Growing up in a suburban neighborhood, I took every opportunity I had to go outside and explore past the walls of my little community. Exploring the back of my neighborhood first on foot, then bike, and eventually dirt bike. With every year, the more responsibility I gained, and the farther I could explore from home. Because of this, I flourished in high school. After almost every school day, me and my friend sam would drive around looking for new hikes, trails to bike, cliffs to jump off, or whatever else our reckless minds desired. This brought me to a physical peak along with me gaining new experiences and skills in a variety of different activities. I never had a set schedule where I would work out or do any specific exercise because my

You're too lazy to go to gym? having a friend that will encourage you would be so helpful.

More Time To Get In Shape: Reaching your fitness goals will make you a more capable parent, and a good role model for your kids. However, when you are too busy watching over your children to schedule a personal training session, you could try to cram your workout into the few spare moments you have throughout the day. This isn’t likely to help you hit those goals.

As a child and throughout my teens I was very active. In elementary and middle school, I participated in many sports such as, soccer, cheerleading, and track. In high school I really started getting in to working out. I would go to the gym every weekday and I had a set workout plan that I loved. Unfortunately, I had to stop working out towards the end of my senior year because of health issues and I have not gotten back in my old routine since. I have been in and out of the gym since college, but because of my heavy school load and having a job, working out has not really been a huge priority

In my plan I have to at least commit myself to go to the gym four to five days a week as I used to do at the beginning of the semester. However, as for this week the only exercises I have done have been the ones from the class activity such as hiking and Pilates. Other than that, I have failed to

The stages of change that must be discussed are six stages that one must go through in order to make a behavioral change. To achieve my goal of exercising three times a week in the Payne Center, I developed a plan for each of the six stages of change. For pre-contemplation, I did not realize what effect not going to the gym at all had on my physical and mental state. For the contemplation stage, one day I looked in the mirror in my room and realized that I had gained some weight and also that without exercise I tend to stress a lot more about my schoolwork. Therefore, a prepared a plan. I planned that go the Payne Center and talk to a physical trainer about an exercise plan fitting my needs. After preparation is action. I will actually begin going to the Payne Center with my physical trainer and gradually increase the frequency to three times weekly. To maintain this behavioral change, I plan to keep a gym log, similar to a food log, where one writes down everything they consume. Instead of food, I will document how things went with the trainer and specifically what physical activities I completed at the Payne, whether it was weight training or cardio workouts. Another way in which I can maintain my exercise goal is to have this

You must keep exercise at top priority when you want to achieve a well toned body and live a healthy life. As a matter of fact, we all are aware by the importance of exercising regularly, but there are only a few people who are practicing it. There are three reasons which are responsible for this. These reasons are procrastination, lack of motivation and time. These are the three factors which can play obstacles when you are willing to workout.

Do you need some motivation to get off the couch and begin exercising? Maybe you have started to work out and then stopped your work out routine so many times that you cannot keep track of the number of programs you have tried. Well you are not alone. In fact, by statistics that would make you an average American. All the same, working out for the sake of health and well-being is becoming increasingly important as we continue to learn the effects of inactivity. There are many benefits that arrive from the presence of exercise in your daily routine. Improve strength, improved cardiovascular fitness, and an improved immune system are just three of the MANY benefits that come from exercise and activity. I will tell you a little bit more