It's time to face the facts.
It's now below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the evening. I'm not sure if any of you are fans, but I, however, am not.
The cold seems to affect our region quite drastically. Let's look at it realistically, New England spends more of its time in the cold months than warm, half of the eastern US has a evident deficiency in Vitamin-D due to lack of available sunshine.
What does this cold weather and lack of daylight bowl down to in our industry?
Lack of effort and desire to workout.
Think about it. Most people end up working out after work, say on average, 5pm.
It's Tuesday;5PM;28degrees;Pitch black outside. The typical, non-die hard fan of working out is probably thinking "I wanna go home and sit down by the fire and eat!"
This is not an uncommon response. It's been clearly documented and a struggle to fitness professionals everywhere to motivate their clients in these type of weather conditions. Many people do not enjoy working out inside (for cardiorespiratory health). Other options? Go jogging at 5pm when you can't see your hand in front of your face? Get up in the morning when it's ten below zero out?
It's a tough challenge. Motivation is key in this field. We can prescribe exercise after exercise, routine after routine, but what it all boils down to is client motivation, and that motivation becomes increasingly more difficult during these tough winter months.
What are you ideas? What gets you motivated during these cold, dark days? What do you do to stay fit in the winter months? Please share. Inspire others. We're all hear to build and grow off each other. Good luck.
Onward,
-K
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I can definately relate to not wanting to gym it in the winter months. Especially in Maine. Ive had a membership at planet fitness for awhile, a big part of it is, just staying personally motivated. Its hard when its wet and cold and it seems like you have to wear a snowsuit to go anywhere and then bring a gym outfit and shoes and such. I think one thing I do try to do, if the gym isnt inspiring me, is to get outside and either go snowboarding or ice skating. Some kind of physical activity is better than nothing at all!
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