Every January the gyms around Covent Garden fill up with good intentions. By February you can walk straight onto a squat rack again. This year, be one of the people still going in March.
- Start smaller than you think. Two sessions a week you keep up beats five you drop by week three.
- Put it in the diary. Treat your training like any other meeting you wouldn’t skip.
- Aim for strong, not just smaller. Crash diets and punishing workouts are why most January plans fall apart. Build strength, eat well and the rest follows.
- Have someone in your corner. A plan built for you and someone checking in make it much easier to keep going when the motivation dips.
And don’t wait for the first of January. Start in December and you’ll already be ahead when everyone else turns up.
The best resolution is the one you’re still doing in June.
Start the year strong.
One-to-one at Fitness First on the Strand, Covent Garden.