How to Kickstart Your Fitness for 2024

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How to Kickstart Your Fitness for 2024
Last week I was talking to a patient of mine about his new years goals

He was saying how he wanted to get faster and lose some weight

Pretty vague stuff. Nothing that really inspires action.

Him and I are working on his running form and speed but he doesn’t really have anything to strive for

So I asked him, “Would you sign up for an upcoming 5K? There’s one at Stride Fitness in Wilmette on Saturday January 27th at 11:30am.”

It didn’t take him long to reply with a resounding “Yes! Let’s do it!”

And just like that, he had a whole new energy and intention for our session.

The rest of our conversation and session revolved around getting him fit and ready for that race

Consider the 2024 training season kickstarted

Actually signing up and putting something on the calendar just feels different

It gives you that fire in the belly to get your act together

On days when you don’t feel like running or working out, you think about the looming date only a few weeks ahead and you get going

Whatever distance you want to do, sign up for a race, and train for it

You can do it

If you want an upcoming, convenient, indoor, and free option,
 Stride Fitness in Wilmette will be having a 5K on Saturday January 27th at 11:30 am !
5K will take place on the wonderful Woodway treadmills at the Stride Fitness studio

Indoor on Woodway treadmills = 0% chance of freezing rain
 How to signup for FREE:
1. Click the “First Class Free” button on the Stride Fitness in Wilmette’s website here
2. Complete the contact form
3. Sign up for the 11:30 am Ultra Stride ‘class’ on Saturday January 27th Also I should tell you, I will be the ‘coach’ for the event

Cheering everyone on and giving tips

I hope to see you there!

Dr. Michael
 
Content Corner
YouTube
This year I’m going to start making more workouts on YouTube. I’m going to be making at home cross training workouts that you can follow along with. The intention is to perform the workouts after a short run. This is my first one of the year and if I’m being honest, it’s a little too hard. Don’t do this workout after a long run. Just a short one. 

Equipment needed:
Heavy-ish weight (ex. 30lbs)
Light-ish weight (ex. 15lbs)

Subscribe to the YouTube channel if you wanna see more and if you have any feedback, I would love to hear it!
 Click the image to view!

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