Make your 2010 New Year's Resolution Stick

Almost 50% of adults make New Year's resolutions. 1 in 4 don't last a week and 1 in 2 don't make it six months.

So you want 2010 to be the year that you really do get healthy, lose weight, get more fit, or get faster?

Tri something new! (pun intended, I mean look at the name of our company). If you've never done a triathlon go to Active or Trifind. Find a local race this summer and sign up. If you have done a triathlon, try (enough of the puns) a new distance. Find an Olympic, Half Iron or Iron distance race and register.

Now what have you gotten yourself into? You're not sure you can finish that race. PERFECT! Fear can be a great motivator. The second week in February when you're tempted to blow off that workout, or have that 3rd piece of pizza and a 2nd beer to wash it down, you might stop and think. "I can't do that I'm training for X and I'm not even sure I can do X."

You will find that there is a difference between working out and training. When you're working out it can be very easy to skip or short change a workout. (What's one spin class, or weight set, or run going to matter?) When you're training you're following a plan and in reality one workout won't matter, but it feels like it does and you won't be as tempted to cheat yourself.

Not coincidentally, if you're not sure you know how to get from January 1 to the finish line, Tri For It! Coaching is here to help. We also know that budgets are tight so we're offering a Resolution Sale - 15% off the monthly fees posted at triforit.com.