With the Easter break now over and the warm weather coming, this is the time where people start wishing they had begun doing that new fitness programme they wanted to start when the new year began.

We all have good intentions, but life seems to get in the way, now summer is round the corner some people start worrying what they might look like on the beach on their summer holidays.

Now my experience as a martial arts instructor is this, at this time of year people try to cram a year or six months worth of training into about 12 weeks or less.

What happens?

Pulled muscles, sore muscles, injury that takes six weeks to recover and then summer is upon them.

Then the negative thoughts of why didn't I start training sooner, to lose that weight, to lose that stomach. This process happens so often that some people actually start wishing they weren't going on holiday, why you may ask.

Confidence in how they feel, because they didn't get that weight off, they don't feel comfortable in their bodies, and this leads to this feeling of not wanting to be on holiday.

A negative thought like this can seed in our minds then grow. In some cases to the effect that it could upset their lives dramatically. Leading to depression, lack off self worth, and so on .

We are all different in our believes and thoughts that this simple thought process leads to this.

One thing I have learnt from the martial arts is no matter what, there is always a new starting point.Time is always giving us a chance to start that fitness programme, but we must realise that there are no buttons to fast track our bodies to fitness.

You have to be patient and persevere to achieve that level of fitness you require,people can get hung up about someone Else's abilities or level of fitness this is the wrong way to look at this subject.
In one form or other we are all at different levels of fitness not the same old I am not fit attitude but look at a top athlete ,to a good club athlete a different fitness level why?
Because of time and length in training ie years as to months.
This applies to everyone even you,so never think it is to late to start getting fit,never compare yourself to some else use this idea as a guide to what you want to achieve,and last remember you can always start at anytime not just the new year.