New Year’s Resolutions are always tough when they include fitness goals, so here are some life hacks to make things easier on you this year!
It doesn’t get much more cliché than a New Year’s Resolution oriented around fitness goals, and losing weight and exercising more are always two of the most popular resolutions every year.
And as we begin the first week of 2025, it’s important to remember that all of us at Rising Legends have your back when it comes to maintaining your fitness New Year’s Resolutions!
But let’s first and foremost be honest with ourselves in that only about 8% of people achieve their New Year’s goals, so there inevitably are a lot of potential pitfalls that you’ll have to navigate through.
Below we’ll be detailing some easy life hacks to help make sure that you stick with your fitness New Year’s Resolutions this year!
1. Being Realistic About Your 2025 Fitness Goals
It’s really easy to say that you’ll be in a calorie deficit and build six-pack abs in 2025, or that you’ll go to the gym at least six days per week.
But one of the first and foremost aspects of maintaining your fitness resolutions is to make your goals attainable. Unattainable fitness goals are one of the top reasons why people get disappointed with their results, and then give up prematurely.
So instead of setting this year’s resolutions up for failure, be sure to establish realistic fitness goals that you know you can reach. This will keep you feeling motivated as you achieve smaller milestones on your way toward broader goals, and you’ll start feeling the benefits of your efforts a lot faster!
2. Planning For Competitions In 2025
At Rising Legends, we’re big fans of making workouts fun—and we know that future competitions are a great way to keep people motivated toward their fitness goals.
When you plan one or multiple competitions throughout the course of 2025, you’ll undoubtedly keep yourself committed and motivated. This is because you won’t be exercising in order to obtain some vague fitness goal, and instead you’ll be striving toward goals that are far more tangible.
So whether it’s a 5K, a Spartan Race, a triathlon or an ultramarathon, the challenge associated with competitions can be a great way to help you stick with your New Year’s Resolutions!
3. Tracking Your New Year’s Resolution Progress On Social Media
By tracking your progress, we don’t necessarily mean hopping on a scale multiple times per day to view your weight changes.
In 2025, you should be tracking your progress by taking pictures of yourself and posting selfies on your social media pages.
A recent study has shown that social media can be a very powerful tool when it comes to keeping people motivated toward their fitness programs and weight loss goals, and this is in comparison toward people who didn’t share their progress online.
So, just remember that you’re not being annoying on your timeline, because you’re simply creating another layer of your commitment and accountability toward making it to the gym!
4. Exercising With A Gym Buddy
And when it comes to improving your workout accountability, another great way to guarantee your consistency is exercising with a gym buddy. This plays into the whole idea of not wanting to let a friend down, and together you’ll make plans that get you to the gym and stay focused on your resolutions.
A good tip is to find a gym buddy that has similar fitness goals and interests, and then make a mutual pact promising that you’ll show up for one another!
5. Rewarding Yourself
Now just because we’re saying that you should reward yourself doesn’t mean that you should be eating fast food after going to the gym.
We’re referring to small celebrations that signify special moments when you’ve achieved a milestone in your fitness resolutions. The trick with these rewards is that you can’t jeopardize all that you’ve been working so hard toward.
Consider things like spa days, massages, or maybe some new fitness clothes as your rewards!
6. Never Stop Trying
Failures are truly inevitable when it comes to tough goals like fitness resolutions, so in 2025, it’s important to remember that you’re going to feel drops in motivation that could lead to a few skip days.
But just because you fall off the wagon for a moment doesn’t meant that you should be embarrassed to restart your fitness journey. Temporary slacking doesn’t equate to a lack of success, so be sure to never stop trying and recommit to your New Year’s Resolutions when you need to get back on track!
7. Hiring A Personal Trainer
Last but certainly not least, hiring a personal trainer is undoubtedly one of the best ways to stay committed toward your New Year’s Resolutions in 2025.
Having an experienced specialist by your side will ultimately combine the six life hacks listed in the above sections together, and personal trainers are the go-to professionals when it comes to reaching fitness goals, maintaining motivation, keeping yourself accountable, and rewarding yourself responsibly.
Reach Out To The Rising Legends Team To Get Started On Your 2025 Fitness Goals!
It’s always exciting when you hit the restart button at the beginning of January and recommit yourself toward your fitness goals, but it’s also no secret how maintaining New Year’s Resolutions is a lot easier said than done.
This is where the Rising Legends team comes in to support you throughout every step of your fitness journey, and our track record of supporting the Nyack community for many years speaks for itself.
All of us at Rising Legends want to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you at the gym!