How to Stick With Your Exercise Goals Even When You Don't Feel Like It

How to Stick With Your Exercise Goals Even When You Don't Feel Like It By Paige Waehner I know that summer sometimes motivates us to be more active, but it can also make structured exercise a little harder.  It sounds like so much more fun to hang out on the deck having a beer, right? Whatever's holding you back, I have some tips for sticking with your exercise goals, even when things get hard. Here's How to Stick to Your Exercise Goals  Beginning or getting back to an exercise routine involves more than just scheduling your workouts and joining a gym. In fact, it's entirely possible to join a gym and never actually go, even as those monthly payments show up on your bank statement. I know this because I've done that a few times in my life.  READ NOW 10 Things to Stop Doing if You Want to Exercise  The key to weight loss comes down to this:  Exercise more, eat less.  Expand on that and you have the specifics - Cardio, strength training and flexibility training. You've heard it so many times, there doesn't seem to be any reason for us to not exercise.  Yet, we regularly spend time not exercising. READ NOW Why You Should Do More Compound Exercises   There are more body parts, muscles and joints involved in compound exercises which allows your body to perform a larger volume of work in the same amount of time.  That means you burn more calories in less time. READ NOW Low Body Strength Training Workout   This intermediate/advanced workout includes exercises targeting the hips, glutes and thighs.  The exercises take you from heavy weights, with a focus on strength, to unilateral moves that focus on stability and balance for a well-rounded lower body routine. READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT Self Test: How Resilient Are You? How Much of a Nutrition Whiz Are You? Why Wives Put up With A "Culture of Adultery" in Professional Sports What's Your Fitness Personality? Do You Have PCOS Symptoms? This Quiz Will Tell You. Does Your Child Have Any Food Allergy Symptoms? Why Homophobia Is Not a True Phobia — It's a Moral or Social Problem How Much Do You Know About Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development? AN ABOUT.COM BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Exercise newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.