Fall Fitness Tips

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018
by Smart Fit Womxn

Is fall your favorite season? If so, perhaps you’re getting excited to break out the scarves and boots, spend evenings wrapped in a blanket out by the firepit, or simply surround yourself with pumpkin everything. However you plan to spend fall this year, we’ve got five tips to keep your fitness on point:

Know what you want to achieve and why it matters

Getting a clear picture of what being healthy and fit means to you is the first step toward achieving your health goals. As Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.”¹ Additionally, getting clear on why being healthy is important to you and the good that can come of it is an excellent motivator to make your picture of health a reality.

Reflect on the strengths you bring to the table

Did you know the strengths you bring to other aspects of your life can bring you success on your health journey? Sometimes we forget this and compartmentalize our strengths to certain areas of our lives. But you can leverage your unique skills and talents to overcome challenges and achieve your goals. Have your organizational skills made your family’s lives and schedules simpler? Does your aptitude to dive deep into research and come out with understanding make you an amazing professor? What about your ability to gather friends around you and form a solid community? Organizing meals for the week, diving into nutrition research, and gathering friends for workout classes are just a few ways these strengths could be translated to your health journey. When you know the strengths you bring to the table, you are better able to use those in pursuit of any goal, including your health goals.

Consider potential and probable challenges you’ll face

It can be frustrating when you’re motivated and excited to start new health habits, and you find yourself meeting challenges and setbacks. But, knowing these will come in some form or fashion can help you plan for them beforehand. As we’ve mentioned before, when you’ve planned to fail, you can have a method in place to help you navigate challenges and stick with the habits you’re building.

Leverage support from your surroundings

If you were to pause for a moment and think about the people in your life and the resources you have access to, you may find things in your surroundings that can help you be successful on your health journey. Who in your life can support you if you asked them to? What resources do you have nearby or in your home that you could draw on to help your vision of health become a reality? Simply asking for help and getting a little creative can make a big difference in accomplishing your goals.

Recruit back-up

As mentioned in the first tip, sometimes we experience failure merely because we do not have a vision of what success on our health journey means to us. If you’re interested in determining what your vision is, and having a partner join you on this journey, wellness coaching could be right for you! When you work with our wellness coaches, they’ll help you gain clarity on your vision, and walk you through the tips above (and more!) so that you can look good, feel good, and live the healthy life you long for.

If you’re ready to focus on your fitness this fall, following these five steps is a great start. And don’t forget to add wellness coaching to the list of all the quintessential fall things you’re enjoying!

~Written By Brittni Paris, SFC Wellness Coach and Writer