Let me start by explaining what ‘multifaceted’ means. Facet means aspect or side. Faceted means something that has different aspects or sides. Multifaceted means something that has more than one side/aspect/part. Therefore, a multifaceted approach to fitness is one which contains more than one method for achieving fitness Now that I’ve explained what it is, allow me to explain why it’s important. The Multifaceted approach is important because it allows someone to tackle their goals…
At the start of this month I started to feel the weight loss. I had lost a total of 15 pounds at this point and I was noticing how much better/easier everything had become. I could walk up a flight of stairs at school without sweating, I was much more energetic, and I was happier overall. As I was feeling better, I decided to increase the difficulty of my workout. I increased my cardio amount…
Complacency can be a major problem when it comes to a lot of things in life but especially fitness. It’s important to remember that there is always room for improvement. Regardless of what stage of the journey you’re on (and what successes/failures you’ve had), there’s always another milestone. There are five major times during my journey where I’ve felt complacency start to set in. Over the next five articles I’ll attempt to explain each type…
The second month saw no major tweaks to my regimen as it was already working quite well. I continued to eat 2000 calories per day and do 45 minutes of exercise. During this month, I still wasn’t able to do my full 15 minutes of cardio at once, however, each set of 5 minutes was slowly getting easier and easier. This gave me a renewed confidence and allowed me to avoid the classic burnout that…
Goals are vital. Allow me to explain; goals are extremely important because setting and subsequently achieving goals gives the brain an immense sense of satisfaction. This satisfaction is crucial for maintaining a regimen. It’s crucial because completing a task makes us feel good. Achieving goals is a the same as completing a task and so we feel good after doing it. Therefore, having goals allow for an incentive for sticking to a regimen (in addition…
