Tuesday Tip: Fallen off track?

Tuesday Tip: Fallen off track? 🛤️

If you’ve fallen off track with your fitness this summer then here are a few things you need to know.

# 1 STOP beating yourself up about it..

Making yourself feel bad or guilty for not being consistent with your workouts during the summer is not the best way to motivate yourself. In fact, it’s just the opposite. If you want to get back on track, you’ll have to leave the guilt behind and move forward.

# 2 What made you fall off track in the first place?

Did you set unrealistic expectations? Was it a question of poor time management? Overextending yourself? Different routines? Or do you simply need to change your definition of the ‘track’? All these might be true, or there may be other reasons – look at them as data NOT a character flaw or sign of failure. Once you examine the why you can adjust accordingly.

# Consistency is key

Consistency can take many forms and will vary throughout the months/years. It’s important to realise that sometimes your best effort at consistency will be 2 workouts a week, or walking instead and at other times it may be 4/5 workouts a week. Don’t spend time comparing yourself to what you used to do, just focus on what you can do now.

# Be mindful of what you are telling yourself

Be mindful of what you are telling yourself
If you’ve developed a pattern of shaming yourself when you are falling short then this self sabotage will negatively affect your outcome and your mindset.

Whenever you repeat these thoughts you simply reinforce the idea that you ‘always do this’, or ‘this is why I can’t get results’ or ‘I’m useless’. Take notice when you do this and try to stop the spiral.

# Just start.

There’s no need to waste time overthinking it, or looking for how you can get motivated again. Just taking that next step and starting is the solution. There’s no need to overthink it.

Happy Tuesday 🤗

Xx