That is the place your plan takes form [Nerd Fitness Challenge]

[This is the part 2 in our Nerd Fitness Challenge series – designed to help you build fitness habits that last. You can read part 1 here.

In the last step​, you identified the things that usually get in the way when you try to stay consistent.

Now we’re going to use that information to choose a starting plan – not your “forever” one.

In the video below, I walk you through how to pick:

• One workout focus
• And an optional nutrition focus

That’s it. Two things, max.

Here’s the key idea I want you to keep in mind as you make this decision:

We’re building consistency first.

We can always level up later if things feel too easy.

​VIDEO LINK​

How to decide on (fast recap)

Exercises

• Have a look at your schedule and resolve what number of brief exercises per week are reasonable
• Write: “I’ll work out ___ instances per week”

Vitamin (non-obligatory)

• Choose one focus.
• Goal for 5 instances per week, not day-after-day
• Write: “I’ll give attention to ___ 5x per week”

5 instances per week provides you flexibility and momentum.

Should you’re questioning “what precisely ought to I decide?”

Listed here are the commonest beginning factors we suggest:

For exercises

For diet

• Embody protein with meals
• Embody fruits or veggies with meals
• Or do a brief meals log to get a baseline (written, photographs, app, and so forth.)

You don’t want the “finest” choice – simply the one you’re most probably to stay with.

Your motion step

Fill out Part 2: Core Practices on ​the worksheet​.

Choose your exercise focus. Optionally, decide one diet behavior. Write them down.

From right here, your job is to do the factor. Every time you full a exercise or your diet focus, fill in a single part of the monitoring ring.

Later, we’ll speak about the right way to deal with the times when issues don’t go in line with plan – and the right way to alter as soon as this begins feeling simpler.

– Matt