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If you don’t know the answers to all 10 of these questions, then you probably won’t start and stay on your fitness program.

1. How long do you plan of staying fit? One of the first things you need to know before you start your new fitness program is how long you actually intend to stay fit? I know so many people who have good intentions about starting a new fitness program but have no idea of how much work it will actually take and how much time it will require. They also have no idea of how long they intend to stay on the fitness program before they gradually slide back into the bad habits that resulted in them getting out of shape to begin with. Are you willing to make a commitment to stay fit for 1 year, 3 years, or a lifetime?
2. How much time will be devoted to daily exercise? If you can only find 10 minutes a day to exercise, then you are not making the time commitment required for life time fitness. I know how busy your day can get with work, the kids, the house, church, clubs, and life in general. But if you will make 1 hour a day for fitness you will see significant long term results. If you will learn my TV exercise program; where you exercise during the commercials, you can get into great shape while watching TV.
3. How much money are you willing or able to spend? Do you plan on working out at home, a community center, a YMCA, or a high end health club? Do you plan on buying clothing, shoes, weight machines, free weights? Make an honest assessment of how much money you are willing and able to spend on your fitness program, and then find a program that works for you under these conditions.
4. How many other people will support you? Are you going to have to go it alone, or will a family member or friend support you. Will you hire a trainer, or use a trainer from a DVD or book? It is important to know who will support your efforts to get fit and stay fit. Some people can workout alone and get great results, some need group classes, or even personal support and training to get results. You need to know which group you fall in and develop a fitness program that works for you.
5. How much are you willing to change your current lifestyle? Not everyone is willing to make the changes in lifestyle necessary to get fit and stay fit. Too many people are not willing to make the time or take the effort to do 1 hour a day, or even 30 minutes a day. You need to be honest with yourself and your family and know exactly how much time you are willing to devote to your fitness program.
6. Where will you do your program? I know many people who unwilling make there fitness programs totally inconvenient and then use that as an excuse to not continue the program. Getting up a 5 am to walk 3 miles is great, when it is 75 degrees outside and you have had a good nights rest. Not go great when it is 35 degrees and you went to sleep at 2am.
7. Are you committed to success? What exactly is your level of commitment to succeed? You know the show the Biggest Loser is nothing more than giving people who have become totally out of shape the motivation to commit them to getting back into shape. The people on this show have never made a commitment to a fitness program before this show, and the reason they succeed so well is that they finally do make a fitness commitment and so they lose the weight that many have had for years. As they begin their exercise, diet and fitness regime, they are amazed by their results and encouraged to continue because they have become committed to success.
8. What is your present physical condition? Everyone has different levels of physical conditioning at various times in their lives. Very few people are fit for 60 years like I am, but that does not mean that they can not get fit and stay fit at any age. You just need to know your present physical condition and begin a fitness program that will gradually get you into great shape. One step at a time, one day at a time.
9. Did you doctor approve of you starting a fitness program? You might feel fit, you might look great, or you might feel terrible and look horrible. Either way you need to go get a physical and get your doctors permission before you start any exercise program. Too many people watch a TV infomercial, and buy equipment that winds up hurting them more than helping them. Don’t begin any exercise or fitness program without getting your doctors permission.
10. What do you eat and are you willing to change it? This is one of the most important aspects of your fitness program. You truly are what you eat. You eat junk food, you have junk fitness. You eat healthy foods, you are healthy. You eat fattening foods, you get fat. You eat lean, you get lean. You drink too much alcohol, you get sick. You smoke; you shorten your life and your fitness. You do illegal drugs, you lose control of your fitness and your life. What goes into your mouth is just as important as what goes into your fitness program.

Source - www.examiner.com

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