A common New Year’s resolution is to work on improving our health and fitness.

But many of our good intentions can fall by the wayside if we’re not mindful of how we approach our fitness goals.

Dr. Scott Leith, a behavioural psychologist with Good Life Fitness, has some advice for those who are making fitness resolutions for 2024.

“Do what you want to do. You can explore around, try things and say “You know what, this feels good, I like this but I don’t like that.” Then you build your program based off of what you enjoy, what feels right and what’s good for your own limitations. That is much more successful in the long run then thinking “I want to lose weight so I have to do these intense fat burning workouts.””

Leith says that by going too hard at the beginning of a fitness journey, we can cause injuries that derail our overall progress.

He says the “all or nothing” mentality where we feel we have to do it all perfectly or do nothing at all is one way we sabotage ourselves.

For more advice on how to approach your next workout program, catch Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.