How to make fitness

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1. When starting over, ignore the metrics.

One of the best ways to overcome your workout anxiety is to focus on yourself. “Comparing ourselves to others is a major source of anxiety for many individuals,” says Jameca Woody Falconer, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and Peloton Member based in Saint Louis, Missouri. “I remember the first month I had my Bike, feeling very intimidated about how well others were riding. It’s important to train yourself to ignore the metrics of your peers and focus on your own conditioning and personal goals.” The good news? Studies have shown that consistent exercise reduces feelings of anxiety, so the more you stick to your routine, the easier it will be to overcome those starting-over jitters.

2. Schedule your workout.

By setting a specific day and time for your workout, it helps ensure that fitness is a priority, and that you are committed to it. Scheduling your workout can help you overcome procrastination or other inclinations to cancel on yourself last-minute. Whether you prefer early morning sweat sessions, a lunchtime refresher or post-work wind downs, pencil in some time for your workout and make it a nonnegotiable part of your regular routine. 

3. Shift your focus.

“It takes an enormous amount of focus to set up a time to begin a [workout] program, engage and continue to engage in that program,” says Dr. Falconer. This means resuming an activity that will be as easy as possible to stick to, taking into account what’s going on in your life at the present moment. This might mean changing your usual 45-minute rides to 20 minutes in order to squeeze them in or using the Peloton App for on-the-go workouts to stay in shape during a busy month of travel. “Don’t think about what you used to do,” she says, “focus on what you can do now.”

4. Switch up your self-talk.

The biggest hurdle in picking up a workout routine again isn’t overcoming the physical hurdles (sure, those aren’t fun but with time will get easier) – it’s getting a handle on the mental barriers. “Everyone has some type of self-talk consistently playing in their heads, but when that self-talk is negative, it begins to challenge our thinking and our positive behaviors,” says Dr. Falconer. Instead of thinking about how out of shape you may have become or how you barely have time to shower, let alone work out, embrace what you are doing to keep yourself accountable and healthy. “Changing a thought from, ‘I’m not fit enough to do this workout’ to ‘I showed up for this workout and I’m stronger for it,’ are crucial ways you’ll be able to maintain a routine again,” says Dr. Falconer. Bonus: If you need help shifting your thinking, an on-demand meditation session on the Peloton App is a great starting point to keep your headspace positive when it comes to your fitness, your goals and yourself.