4 Steps to Plan Your Week for Workout Success

As we’re settling into a new year, we want to give a friendly reminder that doing more is not always better. What’s most important is to do what you can sustain. During this time of year, we often set lofty goals of working out for 1-2 hours a day, 5 days a week, while following a very rigid and specific program. This works great… until it doesn’t. When it comes to exercise, we have been led to believe that MORE is better, or even necessary. If I want to get into shape, the answer MUST be that I simply NEED TO WORK OUT MORE.If I want to lose weight, the obvious solution HAS to be to WORK OUT MORE. Contrary to popular belief, in most cases, this is not true. Here’s why… When we take on the “MORE IS BETTER” philosophy, we aren’t considering what is going to be realistic and sustainable for us in the long-term. We go ALL IN and find ourselves in a slump just a few months (weeks?) down the road. Life caught up with us, things are getting stressful and hard, and the last thing we have mental space for is a very rigid and specific workout routine. We feel helpless and throw our plan out the door. We have nothing to fall back on, and soon we find ourselves back to our old ways… feeling like a failure. Sound familiar?  Here are 4 simple steps that you can use when it comes to planning your weekly workouts in a way that is sustainable and will build consistency.