Day 9: Stay consistent!

The one main ingredient that keeps people from reaching their goals is consistency!

The 3 Keys to Consistency

There are three main components in any exercise program to build lean muscle and lose unwanted body fat. These components are resistance training, cardiovascular exercise, and proper nutrition. All three are equally important to achieving your goals in fitness and fat loss.

If one is not executed consistently, the other two will suffer and so will your progress. Don't get us wrong; to assume we can be perfect, 100% of the time will just be setting ourselves up for failure.

Our goal should be to follow our programs the best we can day in and day out most of the time. 

1: Resistance Training

The importance of strength resistance training is that it will help increase your lean, tone, body mass, thus giving a better shape to the body and increasing you basal metabolic rate. Muscle is like a 24-hour furnace, so we must be sure we maintain or even increase our lean muscle to keep the metabolism on the rise. All adults should be strength conditioning throughout their lifetime!

2: Cardiovascular Training

Some cardiovascular activity is necessary to keep the metabolism roaring and help you burn some extra calories that will lead to fat loss. Some people who rely on diet alone to lose fat usually find themselves losing weight but also a lot of muscle. Keeping a little bit more food in the diet, but using cardio to burn more calories will end up in retention of lean muscle while losing the fat.

This is why we include Metabolic Concentrated Cardio in our total body workout program at The Exercise Coach. Our High Intensity Interval Cardio is proven to be more effective than an hour of traditional cardio. So, if our clients are looking for an extra metabolic cardio boost in between their two, 20 minute workouts a week, they are welcome to pop-in during business hours and use our Cardio equipment - no appointment required!

3: Nutrition

This is where we find that the biggest inconsistency lies in most people. However, this is where the real magic happens in terms of achieving the greatest health, fitness and fat loss results. Follow our Whole30 food plan and eat healthy, delicious food that positively affects your metabolism, reduces system inflammation, and helps you achieve your health, fitness and fat loss goals!

Remember, Consistency is the KEY ingredient for success!

Keep up the GREAT work!