Greetings to all, and Happy New Year. Here we are again at the start of another year. Take a few minutes to reflect on 2016 and how it was for you. Whatever the outcome, there’s nothing you can do to change it, but you’re in a better position to reset for 2017 and take a serious look at what may lie ahead to be the best you on your fitness journey.

Let me offer the following for your consideration when it comes to physical fitness programs:

In prior updates, I’ve mentioned more about running and walking. Maybe you have no desire to do either one. I was once training a person, and after a month on the track and halfway through the workout, the person stopped and said she didn’t care for running. I failed to ask if she wanted to run, and it turned out walking was the better option, and in doing that, she found happiness.

Shame on me for not asking.

I read a book by Matthew Kelly, and he wrote, “A morning walk makes me happy. It clears my mind, fires up my metabolism, and gets the endorphins moving through my body. There is no comparison between a day with a morning walk and one without it.”

There are numerous activities you can choose which can help improve your overall fitness. You need to do something, as opposed to nothing, and your physician can support this statement. You need not compare yourself to another but only against yourself.

How often do you put others before yourself?

Take an inventory of the variety of fitness programs (yoga, walking, spinning, cycling, and weight training) and select the ones you like and will benefit from the most. Arrange your schedule as to which days you’ll engage. And remember, it’s important to have the consistency for it to be effective.

After 30 days, your routine will be settled.

We’re faced with needing the motivation to move forward. Do what you can do and control what you can control. For any program to be effective you need to be committed.

I can provide workouts and drills, but they won’t be effective unless you’re focused, and it’ll work better when you design your own program. Let this be the year when you make a difference to yourself.

You can be that better person when it comes to your fitness.