So what is common sense fitness?
It’s common sense applied to lifestyle. We all end up at some point having to come to a point where we *should* learn about how/what/why/when to eat and how some sort of exercise needs to fit into our life. It’s lifestyle, not just dropping some pounds and then going back to the same lifestyle that helped you gain the excess weight in the first place.
It’s a journey, not a destination. You have to make changes; you would be crazy to keep doing the same things and expect different results.
Make small changes over time and do it in a way that makes sense. Add one small good habit a week and drop one bad habit a week. Little changes at a time. Switch from whole milk to 2% one week; then from 2% to 1% another week and finally switch to 0% another week. Try organic milk, even at 0% it simply tastes better. Stop drinking soda by one week switching to diet and then down the line in another week, switch from soda to water.
Stop going to fast food by switching to Subway one week. Start walking for a spell every day one week, then start looking back into your past to find activities you enjoyed as a kid/teen that were athletic and find some exercise that you will enjoy. Add in something for resistance training one week and another week add in some cardio. (*Research HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) after you’ve established some cardio fitness). Find something for flexibility, ala Yoga or Pilates, to keep you young. Flexibility is a very essential key to staying healthy and feeling young for the rest of your life.
One week focus on your sleep and get 7-8 hours every night (or whatever your body needs, we are all different). Another week focus on adding enough water to your daily intake.
After a few months, you’ll find that even without turning into a ‘health nut’ or getting obsessed, if you follow my ‘change one small thing a week’ plan, aka putting common sense to work for you, that you’ll have met your goal.
Gradual change applied over time is the path to the journey of living healthier. It’s not a race and it’s not simply doing ‘something’ over a period of time and dropping back into bad old habits.
My journey started that way after nearly 10 years of stop and go attempts to get fit again. Click the “About” section to read my story in-depth. It has led over time to me having done multiple rounds of P90-X and a lot of my focus here is on that program… I even coach people through the program now.
Small steps, applied over time. It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense.