Staying fit during the holidays is a major problem for most people. Parties and travel increase during this time. When most people have parties to attend, their discipline goes down the drain.
Why Do Most People Fall Off During The Holidays
For many people the holidays becomes a time where workout consistency decreases and food intake increases. What follows is a worse-looking physique staring back at you in the mirror every morning. If you are not training, those gains on the scale will not be muscle.
Human nature makes it easier for us to take our foot off the gas as the year ends. The average person gains about 1 to 2 pounds from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. But that weight is typically not lost after the holiday season is over. If you look 10 years down the line, this could be a 10 to 20 pound gain. If you are not training consistently, this weight will be body fat and your physique will decline.
Motivation Fades, Discipline Rises
Motivation for most people starts to wane as the year comes to an end. Add in seasonal parties and travel and you have the textbook recipe for falling out of shape. When motivation starts to wane, your discipline should take over.
Discipline is what will keep you training even though outside scenarios are telling you to follow the crowd. You don’t have control over outside events. But you have 100 percent control over the choices you make. If you choose to not train and then choose to eat poorly, you’ve got zero room to complain about how you got fat and out of shape.
How To Avoid Falling Off During The Holidays
The first thing that you should do is set some non-negotiables.
One of my non-negotiables is that I lift weights four days per week. If you have been training three days a week, and the holidays makes it harder to get to the gym, drop down to two days a week. Training twice a week in December will ensure you don’t start off the year out of shape in January.
The second thing that you must do is continue to track your progress.
If you stop tracking your progress in the gym and stop staying diligent with your diet, you will lose your progress. The same habits that got you in shape are the same ones that will keep you in shape.
The Last Rep
If you stay consistent during the holiday season, you won’t have to worry about making a lame New Year’s resolution. Because when you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.
If you want to stay ready during the holidays, my 21-Day Fit program is where you start.
I’ll holla at you next time.
The People’s Trainer & Barber
Fitman x Fademan
