Why do we suggest minimum 3 times per week for the challenge and why is a schedule important?

For most healthy adults, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends these exercise guidelines:

Moderate Aerobic activity is suggested minimum 30minutes a day and vigorous aerobic activity 75minutes per week which equates to 10minutes a day. (Not a lot right)

Strength training. Do strength training exercises for all major muscle groups at least two times a week. Aim to do a single set of each exercise, using a weight or resistance level heavy enough to tire your muscles after about 12 to 16 repetitions

The guidelines suggest that you spread out this exercise during the course of a week

My input is...

Any less than 3 times per week all you will be doing is improving on a LOW level fitness, not getting REAL results like increasing muscle mass and dropping body fat and that will show in your scan

You should train no less than 3 times per week if you want to obtain optimal health & fitness results in a sustainable amount of time

Training 4-5 times per week is ideal, but in this day and age time is a huge constraint on that so that’s why we suggest minimum 3. It will expose your body to a large enough training variety through the week which will than enable your body to adapt and get stronger, leaner and fitter

PRIORITIES...at the end of the day, taking appearance out of it, if you don’t have a healthy functioning body you ain’t got nothing! Make your health and fitness a priority and I promise you, you will thank yourself later..

My tips...

• Want it bad enough you’ll make it work

• Get up earlier come to the earlier sessions

• Don’t go home first after work go straight to gym

• Set a plan with your partner and ask them for support through it and tag team parenting time of the kids if need be

• Notice when your making excuses

• Don’t let the excuses talk you out of it

• You will make it more of a priority and enjoy it more IF you see results, but ask yourself are you applying yourself properly and enough to get the results in the first place?

In order to move forward into change you need to sacrifice some things. Not forever. Just temporarily

If you want to make REAL progress stick to aiming for the minimum 3.. and if you aren’t that’s ok, but understand that you need to revaluate your goals to suit what you know you will be able to sustain.

Cheers!

Chantelle xo