Are you a "Resolutioner?" That's the name I've given to the folks who resolve to lose weight toward the end of the year, flood into the gym for the first couple months of the new year, only to fizzle out.
Fortunately, I don't fight the resolutioner crowd because I exercise in my garage, but I drive by the gym every morning and evening on may way to and from work, and this time of year there are cars parked on top of cars during the morning and evening peak exercise hours. I also listen to friends who use the gym complain about how crowded they are and how they can't get on this or that machine.
The crowded gym parking lot usually lasts until mid-February or early March. That's about when the resolutioner's run out of schlitz, but it doesn't have to be this way.
I think most of the resolutioner's are doomed to fail because the system is designed to make you fail. The system says you have to read this fitness magazine or follow this fitness plan, eat this kind of food, go to a gym, and use these kinds of machines.
The system is designed so you make a half-hearted attempt to get into shape, spend some of your hard-earned money, and give up; only to do it all over the next year. You never really get anywhere.
Why is that? The system doesn't realistically fit into your daily routine. Just the act of going to the gym is what usually dooms most of the resolutioner's. To get your exercise in you have to get up early (or go after work), pack a bag with shower supplies, towel, shower shoes, etc. After a while, this drill becomes tiresome and, suddenly, a little extra sleep in the morning, or happy hour after work are more enticing.
So what can you do? Make your exercise fit into your routine. Try the below workout, which doesn't require machines and can be done anywhere.
-5 push-ups
-5 air squats
-5 dips
-20 crunches
-Run 100 yards
Scale as needed and do it three times. Good luck!
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