New year, new me?

Are you feeling swamped by the endless talk of New Year’s resolutions? Have you set yourself the task of having a successful dry Jan? Did you embark on Veganuary with dreams of losing weight? We all get overwhelmed with the amount of pressure that changing ourselves at this time of year seems to hold. That’s why it can be helpful to seek support from a personal trainer. Change comes with time and commitment. Sure, starting at the top of the year is an ideal place to begin but don’t be disheartened if your year hasn’t begun the way you intended.

It’s almost impossible at this time of year to open a newspaper, magazine or social media app without being bombarded with the annual ‘New Year, New You’ message. With this comes an overload of conflicting information on diet, exercise and psychology which can be counter productive to helping us re-focus.

For those that want to use a new year to reset exercise and fitness, here are a few of the best ways to stay motivated - for more than just the month of January.

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If you’ve ever wondered what the number one reason is for hiring a personal trainer, it is motivation! (This is followed closely by wishing to lose weight). People often feel that they do not have the time or the know-how how to exercise. However, these reasons fall into the motivation (or lack of) category. This is why we recommend hiring a mobile personal trainer to tackle your motivation issues and get going with an exercise routine.

Happy new year to you all! We at Chelsea Personal Training hope that 2018 has started well and that your new year resolutions continue to be going in the right direction. We thought a few inspirational fitness motivation quotes would be helpful for you if they are in fact spiraling towards negativity instead of rocketing sky high.

The number one reason our clients find our top London Personal Trainers is motivation to exercise! It is closely followed by the desire to lose weight. The quotes we love tackle both and we hope you love them too.

The festivities are behind us and we are all back into our normal, some may say ‘dull’ routines. December is such a magical month with so many Christmas parties that preoccupy us. All of this excitement can certainly give us a million different excuses not to get those gym sessions in and to eat and drink ourselves into a state of oblivion.

With this in mind, it is no wonder that tomorrow is known to be ‘the most depressing day of the year’. Many of us may feel as if we have over indulged with too much food and drink, accompanied by a rather sedentary December. The combination of these lifestyle changes can certainly be the main contributing factors to the January slump and feelings of melancholy.

The New Year is here and already December is a fond memory. Aside from the festive recollections that we like to cherish, some of us may have a few more festive realities clinging on after over indulging.

You may be thinking ‘New Year, New Me – lets do this.’ Many people want to start out the year as they mean to go on, but it isn’t always so easy to maintain when our busy lives start up again after the Christmas break. Work, family and fun all get in the way and provide us with many excuses not to do that planned work out. This is where we must change our thought processes and forget any excuses that may be running through our minds.

Why do some of us find it so difficult to get going with some, any, a little bit of, exercise? Is it your body or your mind that is holding you back? This is the chicken and the egg question that I continue to wonder a lot about.

Personal training is not often associated with mental health, and in particularly with depression. However, exercise is. There are numerous studies that show that taking part in physical activity reduces the symptoms of depression. Some go further to suggest that activity such as running has the power to cure depression. Is there a way to lead those with symptoms or a diagnosis of clinical depression to take up personal training? We share the mental health benefits of exercising with a personal trainer if you are feeling low and advise on taking steps towards working closely with other professionals to help those with depression to take up regular physical activity.