Ok, so getting started!
If I had to tell someone now how to take the first steps from getting off the couch to starting exercise it would be as simple as saying – find something you love!
Again, a cliche, but if you love it, doing more of it and getting better at it will only increase your enjoyment. For me, it’s walking! Not just humdrum walking through the city, but bush walks, hill walks, trekking etc! I have an adventurous mind, I need constant distraction or challenge.
Walking up steep hills and feeling the burn is tough but the end results – particularly if it’s a great view is SOOO rewarding. A totally overwhelming feeling of conquering something and being in control.
I remember I started with small hills and short walks, they were enjoyable but nothing like the day we went on a walk and somehow took the wrong track, we ended up climbing this massive mountain with so many stairs one would think it was leading to heaven, half way up my partner said ‘don’t worry, lets turn back’ but I was hell bound (or heaven) on getting to the top. We carried on for another hour and a half. I remember this overwhelming feeling of happiness, just complete joy for conquering something I didn’t think I would/could have done. I couldn’t stop smiling and I took a picture of me all sweaty and in baggy horrible workout clothes. I can still picture the view and taste the sweet juices of triumph.
So my advice is, find something you love. Walking is a good start because you do it every day anyway! There is so many options, cycling, boxing, swimming, running, do not be bound by your conscious, take control and be the master of your own body.