Your Purpose For Fitness

Your purpose for fitness may have been declared two weeks ago. Did you set a New Year’s resolution to get fit? Whether or not you set a fitness goal, I would like to encourage you to add “learning something new” to your resolution.

Seven years ago, my goal was to learn a new form of fitness by taking up skiing.  Since I didn’t grow up skiing, I decided to take lessons.  It was a very humbling experience. Surrounded by children, while following the ski instructor down the hill for the first time, I felt uncomfortable.   Skiing felt unfamiliar and hard.  I was way out of my comfort zone! But I learned to get over it, humble myself, and keep going.

As we get older, fitness does get harder.  This is why we need to change up our routines and change our training techniques.  Perhaps this means trying a new sport, or adding yoga to our routine.  Changing it up doesn’t mean we have to go harder.  It means we have to go different. When we can be ok with learning a new sport, or a process that we can’t control, we can learn to laugh at ourselves.  In fact, other people may be the ones doing the laughing!   Either way, there’s an important lesson to learn: Let yourself grow and be present to the blessing of being healthy and alive. If you can find a purpose for fitness, get out there and do it!

You may discover that your purpose for fitness goes beyond a certain body aesthetic.  Who doesn’t want increased confidence, views from the mountain top, or fun times with friends? For these benefits, New Year’s fitness resolutions are worth declaring.  Not just for a month, or for a year, but for the rest of our healthy, stylish lives.

What fitness resolutions have you set for yourself?  Inspire us by sharing your goal in the comment section below.