5 Tips For Making Exercise A Habit

To make exercise a habit and keep it that way, you'll need to get support from a personal trainer, make room in your life, and mix things up every now and then. Here are five ways you can do that:

• Log your exercise time. Keep an exercise log of some sort—whatever works for you. You can make it as simple or detailed as you like. Logging the exercise you have done gives you a reference to go back to see the different things you've done and how much effort you've already put in. An exercise log also acts as a sort of tangible proof that you've done what you said you would do.
• Get help. A personal trainer is an excellent resource to make sure you exercise safely and effectively and also an excellent motivational support. You'll find you want to meet the expectations you and your personal trainer have set, and so you'll continue working towards those goals. Having a scheduled appointment with someone never hurts, either. Personal trainers at Fitness Together can provide the resources you need.
  Mix it up. Varying your exercise routine by cross training and introducing new exercises keeps you interested in what you are doing. It also helps solve fitness goal troubles during periods when you might plateau. Your personal trainer will prove his or her worth here, too, because they will always be able to bring you something new and interesting and help you modify your exercise program.
• Buddy up. Partnering with an exercise buddy (or more than one) is motivating and again adds interest. Exercise friends are supportive and help distract you from the task at hand so exercises stay interesting longer and are easier to bear. Fitness Together makes it easier to meet up with a partner after work.
• Schedule it. Humans as a whole are creatures of habit. Schedule your exercise for the same days and times so that it is a natural part of your day, rather than something you'll get to 'later'. You might even find yourself looking forward to your trip to the Fitness Together studio.

Starting and staying with an exercise program is not always easy. Feed off the motivation and support of Fitness Together's friendly and knowledgeable trainers, and use the rest of these tips to help keep you moving.

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10 Reasons To Make Exercise A Priority

1. Exercise promotes a sense of well-being, making stress easier to manage.

2. When done first thing in the morning, exercise boosts energy levels for the entire day.

3. Just 30 minutes of exercise per day boosts your metabolism, burning more calories throughout the day.

4. The calories burned from reason #3 are almost all fat calories stored by your body.

5. Regular exercise prevents the occurrence of countless diseases, including heart disease and cancer.

6. For those that think time is an issue, short and intense bouts of exercise totaling 5 minutes dramatically improves your metabolism.

7. Regular exercise helps you to work and play harder.

8. Exercise is a natural aphrodisiac.

9. Exercise boosts brain function.

10. There's no good reason not to!



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Hello my name is Adam Eckart. I am the co-owner of the exclusive Fitness Together private personal training center in Red Bank, NJ. At Fitness Together we are dedicated to providing the absolute best training experience and facilitating a healthy path towards any goal or aspiration. In addititon to training one-on-one with our clients, we feel it is our obligation to share our knowledge and experience on topics such as exercise, nutrition, and overall health for any population to as many people as we can. We have established ourselves as the fitness experts to our clients and much of the shore area, and hope to influence the entire state of New Jersey. Please feel free to ask any question that comes to mind. I look forward to blogging with you.

Adam Eckart, BA, USAW
Co-Owner, Fitness Together
25 Mechanic Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
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