Spring Clean your Fitness Routine
We love Springtime at Freshstart! Especially after the Winter we’ve all had with the highest rate of sickness, and we won’t even mention the rain!
But those dark morning are behind us, and it’s time to give up the Wintertime excuses and wake up your fitness routine!
Spring is all about out with the old and in with the new, so it’s the perfect time to give your fitness routine a Spring Clean, bringing with it fresh motivation. So, here’s a few steps to refreshing your fitness routine this Spring.
1. New Goals
You may have not been working on any goals for the past 6-months and that is totally normal through Winter. So, for you, finding one new thing you want to accomplish this Spring is going to be the perfect starting point.
Most people feel like health and fitness goals needs to be about body composition, and yes, working towards a weight or body percent goal is a great measurable goal. However, it doesn’t just have to be about how we look. Maybe if you’ve been working on goals based on the scales for the past year, it’s time for you to switch it up.
Your new goals could be:
Working towards increasing your 1 Rep Max Squat, Bench and Deadlift.
Increasing your speed in a run, Row, or bike distance
Increasing the Dumbbell weight, you use in classes
These are all measurable fitness related goals. If just getting to the gym has been your challenge, then maybe your goals could be time management related like:
Coming to 3 x classes a week
Booking to see your PT once a week
Planning 3 x 1-hour walks a week
2. Switching up your training days
If you’ve been coming to the gym for a while now and have the same old chest day Mondays, Leg Day Wednesday’s, and back day Friday’s you find that you’ve fallen into a bit of a plateau. Another way to freshen up your fitness routine is to mix up your training days.
Our neuromuscular connections can get used to our current training routines; meaning was not putting as much stress on them to adapt. Switching your training days will wake up those neuromuscular connections and you may start seeing new gains. Another benefit may be for example, you always train legs on a Friday, but by Friday’s you’re tired and always end up cutting your workouts short as you’re looking forward to getting into the weekend. So, mixing up your leg’s days, may give allow you to work on that body part when you’re feeling more refreshed.
A good way to do this is a Week A /Week B split. For example:
Week A: Mon – Legs, Weds – Chest, Thurs – Cardio, Fri – Back & Shoulders
Week B: Mon – Chest, Weds – Back & Shoulders, Thurs – Cardio, Fri – Legs
3. New environments
Spring brings with is (hopefully) some sunshine and longer days, making it the best time to add a couple of outdoor sessions to your usual routine.
If you’re not one for running outside, we get you – at Freshstart we always welcome members to take dumbbells outside the side of the gym and get your pump on whilst also soaking in some Vitamin D!
If the rain decides to persist, there are other ways you can switch up your workout environment. Been training in your living room online? Maybe it’s time to escape the recluse of those four walls and come try out a local gym class, or if you’re used to just doing Gym Classes, try booking in a session with a PT and discover the gym floor weights area.
4. One Brand New Thing
Now this is an obvious one, but it’s easier said than done. Humans are creatures of habit and exercise can be hard enough without bunging something new into the mix.
But it also makes sense that doing the same things everyday can make our workouts boring and in turn unmotivating. Adding something new into your workout routine can also help any goal plateaus you may have hit – your new thing could even be part of a new goal – like taking on running or weightlifting.
Some ways you could look at trying something new could be:
Trying a new weights machine on the gym floor
Trying out a new/your first Gym class
Trying a new piece of cardio
Trying a new Personal Trainer
Investing in some resistance bands for at home workouts
2. Recovery & Selfcare
If you feel like you’re happy with your workout routine, then maybe it’s time to refresh your recovery and self-care. Recovery is the most essential part of your fitness progress and therefore it’s always important to review.
Are you giving yourself at least two-days rest a week? What are you doing on these days?
Can you make them fun by going to the beach or meeting up with friends?
Could you make them adventurous by going for a hike or an ocean swim?
Could you pamper yourself with a massage, facial or spa day?
Could you relax your muscles with a sauna, float, or steam?
Are you stretching or jumping on the foam roller?
So many ways to make the most out of your recovery time! We’ve teamed up with local businesses Beach Life Physio, Health Space Mona Vale and LH Skin Care to offer an awesome recovery and self-care bundle, when you join Freshstart on our $0 Joining Day on 15th September.
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Freshstart PT Pack
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