Fall Fitness Reset
Are you ready to kickstart your fitness routine and embrace the invigorating energy of fall? As the leaves change colors and the air becomes crisper, it’s the perfect time to reset your approach to staying fit.
Whether you’re a seasoned gym-goer looking for a fresh challenge or someone who has fallen off track with their exercise goals, this article is here to help you regain momentum and make the most of this transformative season.
Get ready to discover new workouts, rejuvenate your motivation, and unlock a healthier version of yourself as we dive into the ultimate Fall Fitness Routine Reset.
Fall is a wonderful time to reset your fitness routine! Whether it’s the change in seasons, the transition in energy from a fast-paced summer, or a different schedule, fall presents a unique opportunity to develop a fitness routine. A new routine can carry you through the holidays and into a new year.
Even if you’re not in a time of transition, everyone can benefit from something new to shake them up.
Revisit Your Goals
When you’re planning your fitness goals and looking back at your previous routine, it’s important to evaluate what worked and what didn’t.
Setting small, measurable goals like lifting weights three times per week is more effective than setting broad or unclear goals like simply “working out more”. This way, you can easily track your progress and stay motivated.
Do you know your Why?
Setting goals is a crucial step toward achieving success in any area of life. However, simply jotting down a list of goals without taking the time to reflect on the underlying reasons behind them can often lead to a lack of motivation and ultimately, failure.
That’s why it’s important to dig deeper and understand the deep-seated motivations behind our goals, as this can provide us with a clearer sense of purpose and help us stay committed to achieving them.
Create a Plan
Developing a workout schedule on paper minimizes the need to overthink your routine and can help keep you going. Think about what days and times you’re going to work out and what activities you’re going to include in each workout session.
We have created a plan and a journal just for you. We know that it is not easy to keep track of your goals and sometimes we get stuck just knowing where to begin. Look no further than How to Crush Your Goals the Smart Way. This is a post you don’t want to miss whether you are started out or just need a little nudge in the right direction.
Find Accountability
Find a partner with whom you can share your goals and workout schedule. Check in with each other and ask for support when you’ve lost sight of your why. Having an accountability partner who is encouraging and cares for your success makes a huge impact.
Having a workout partner can be incredibly beneficial in staying motivated and accountable towards your fitness goals. Not only does it provide a sense of companionship, but it also helps to keep you on track when life gets challenging.
When searching for a workout partner, look for someone who shares similar goals and has a compatible schedule. It’s important to find someone who is as dedicated as you are and committed to achieving their own objectives. This way, both of you can support and encourage each other throughout the journey.
Additionally, finding a workout partner who has similar fitness levels and interests can enhance your overall experience. If you both enjoy the same types of exercises or have similar strengths and weaknesses, you can push each other to improve and reach new milestones together.
This “One Thing” Will Be The Icing On the Cake to Meeting Your Fitness Goals
Consistency
Have you ever missed a day or two of exercise? We know, everyone has. When we get off of a routine, it suddenly gets even harder to get back at it in the following days. This is why intentional consistency is the one key thing to meeting your fitness goals.
Keeping a regular schedule when it comes to exercise matters because when you end up skipping many days in a row, the health benefits start to fade away. At first, there may be only a decrease in the positive metabolic aspects, but skipping exercise eventually affects motivation, endurance, and injury.
Studies have shown that building momentum can be one of the primary reasons that people continue to exercise. Longer periods between exercise sessions could potentially dull that enthusiasm.
When your mind continually thinks it is starting over at square one after many days (or weeks/months) of skipping workouts, motivation will drop off.
The truth is that no matter what we do in life it will be hard to achieve the success we want unless we work at it. The work has to be consistent day after day over the course of months and years. This is no different when it comes to your exercise programs.
The best trainer and fitness tools in the world won’t compare to a consistent routine. A healthy diet is great too, but if you do not stick with it consistently, you may end up spinning your wheels.
Consistency is vital for the beneficial changes of exercise to occur in your body. When you keep at an activity, you perfect your form, build endurance, and become better each time.
Remember, effort and intensity are nothing without consistency!
Gear Up for Your Fall Fitness Reset!
Make sure you have what you need in order to make your workouts safe and effective. Maybe it’s time for new shoes. Maybe it’s time to add a needed piece of equipment to your home gym. Invest in the tools that will help you be successful in your fitness reset.
Your New Go-To Workout for Functional Fitness
The SMART In-Home Gym provides all you need in one system: resistance, core, mobility, and recovery! Self-guided exercises are printed directly on the equipment and a convenient rack stores it all with minimal space!
If you’re looking for a functional fitness workout, the Smart In-Home Gym is your best option. Our gym includes all the essential elements of functional fitness training, such as strength, balance, flexibility, and recovery.
We have carefully selected these essential pieces to ensure that your home gym will last for many years. Regardless of where you prefer to exercise, in your living room, basement, or bedroom, our Smart In-Home Gym can support and enhance your fitness journey.
Best of all, this was designed to keep all your equipment off the floor and organized. This will relieve not only space but also the stress of having your equipment scattered.
Try adding this functional fitness routine to your Fall Fitness Reset!
Squats with Medicine Ball
(10 reps, 3 sets) – Hold a Smart Medicine Ball to your chest, stand with feet shoulder-width apart, sit back into a squat and hold, tighten your glutes, and return to standing.
Planks with arms on a Stability Ball
(hold for 30 seconds, repeat three times) – Rest on top of a Smart Stability Ball with your forearms and extend your legs and body out straight in a plank position.
Lunges with Medicine Ball
(5 on each leg, repeat three times) – Holding a Smart Medicine Ball to your chest, step one leg forward while you bend at the knee into a lunge. Hold and then return to standing.
Bent Over Row with Smart Guard Sleeved Tubing
(10 reps, 3 sets) – With the Smart Guard Sleeved Tubing under your feet and one handle in each hand, bend slightly at your hips. Keeping your arms at your sides, slowly “row” by lifting your arms up and bending at the elbow.
Cool Down Stretches using Smart Mat
Our Studio Line Self-Guided Exercise Mat in Black is the perfect way to cool down.
Choose self-guided poses (10 minutes)
Our Now Is the Time Fitness Journal is the perfect accompaniment to your Fall Reset. Read more about the journal here or sign up to get your copy of the free journal here.