5 Mistakes I Made at the Beginning of My Fitness Journey
By Sohee Lee, Oxygen Challenge 8 Coach
I’ve been lifting weights for over 14 years and I’ve been a fitness professional for over 10 years. Throughout this time, I cannot tell you the number of mistakes I’ve made along the way. I like to think of all of them as valuable learning lessons, though, and I’m happy I know better now.
Today, I’m sharing with you five mistakes I made at the beginning of my fitness journey — hopefully so you don’t have to!
1. I thought fitness was all about self-control.
In fitness, we tend to glorify strict, rigid protocols, and we admire those who are able to maintain a robot-like adherence to these rigorous plans. Do 45 minutes of fasted cardio every morning? Check. Lift 6 times a week? Check. Carry around your own meals in Tupperware and never eat out at restaurants? Check.
We typically try to follow programs that necessarily require extremely high levels of self-control due to how demanding they are. Unfortunately, relying primarily on self-control to elicit lasting change is a losing strategy.
Find out why, and read the rest here »
