Never Fail at Fitness Again, 5 Reasons Programs Fail by Michael Stefano

If you are like most Americans, by now the majority of your New Year's resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Unfortunately, sticking to your new exercise program was probably one of the first things to go.

It's not that you don't want to get in shape and reap the rewards of a properly executed fitness plan. You go through the motions as best you can, but it's just NOT working -- and you demand to know why!

Let's take a close look at the top five reasons why exercise programs fail.

Reason # 1: Failure to Clearly Identify Goals

You can’t expect to get anywhere fast if you don’t know where you’re going. Establishing goals early on in the development of your regimen, will help you to pick the right exercises, and routines to deliver those goals.

You might feel that spare tire you’ve been carrying around for the last six or seven years is starting to look like an oversized truck tire. More than anything else, your goal is to just get rid of it, and looking like Arnold is not important to you.

Solution: Sit down with pen and paper and make a list of goals to help you get in touch with what you want from your program.

Because you've clearly identifited fat loss as your main goal, you won't waste hours at the gym hoisting heavy barbells. Instead, you now focus on aerobic exercise as the best way to burn fat. But you don’t skip strength training (weight lifting) altogether, you just modify the way you lift, doing high reps with light weight, while resting only briefly between each set.

Reason # 2: Lack of Proper Instruction, Direction

You might have seen this guy at your local gym. He’s been training for years, spends hours working out, and yet never looks any different. If you ask him about his routine, he hasn’t a clue. He basically just wonders from one station to the next, and hence, his program has little, or no effect. Worse yet, some of the exercises he’s performing are actually having a negative impact on his health, possibly leading to over-training and injury.

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BIO:

Michael Stefano is a 20-year veteran of FDNY, as well as author
of The Firefighter's Workout Book.

His workout routines and articles have been featured on such
internet giants as America Online, Yahoo!, eDiets, and iVillage.

Currently Michael is editor in chief at
http://www.firefightersworkout.com, where you can get more
information about his book and other services, as well as sign
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