As 2019 gets underway, did you know that most resolutions people make – more than 55% – focus on getting healthier? However, 80% of us end up quitting within six weeks because there’s no fun factor, not enough time and we put too much pressure on ourselves.

Here at Fit20, we know how tough it is to reach your health goals, so we’ve come up with some solutions to help you take action today.

“If you’re one of the people who made a resolution to get healthier in some way in 2019 but you’ve already given up, want to give or are starting to slip, don’t despair,” says managing director of fit20 New Zealand, Catharina Flisijn. “You’re not alone and there is a way to get back on track or stay the course with less effort than you think.

“The research shows that most new year’s resolutions to get fit or lose weight are too arduous and we put too much pressure on ourselves up front.”

A study featured in the Journal of Nature and Science reveals that just a fifth of us get enough exercise, despite the benefits exercise offers like more energy, more strength and a longer, healthier lifespan.

“These are among the compelling reasons why I wanted to introduce fit20 to New Zealand,” says Flisijn. “High-intensity strength training for just 20 minutes once a week solves the problems of time, fun and accountability – and it is scientifically sound.”

Founded in the Netherlands, but taking the world by storm, fit20 offers a high-intensity training method aimed at helping clients reach their health and fitness goals in just 20 minutes of exercise per week.

Accountability without the pressure

At fit20 it is our mission to add strength to people’s lives so that people can improve their quality of life by getting stronger, fitter and healthier.

Accountability is one of the reasons every fit20 session is by appointment and always under the guidance of a personal trainer. Appointments allow us to schedule our time appropriately and they’re also a ‘promise’ to be at a certain place at a certain time. We all like to keep our promises.

The fun factor instead of the fear factor

“The fact that your fit20 session is done with a personal trainer makes exercise more social and fun,” says Flisijn. “You’re also able to bring along a training partner for your appointment.

Fit20 workouts aren’t designed to physically break you, but instead to bring the body safely to a place where it adapts to becoming stronger, healthier and fitter.

“We don't want you to dread the gym, but to look forward to it knowing that you are getting stronger and healthier incrementally, under professional supervision,” Flisijn says.

Fitter, stronger and healthier in less time

It takes only 20 minutes to do six highly effective exercises which strengthen all major muscle groups – the fit20 concept is based on the research-backed High-Intensity Training (HIT) protocol. 

“A lot of people can’t believe it when we say that you can get fit and strong with just 20 minutes of training a week, but it’s the nature and intensity of the training that makes all the difference, not the duration.

“The science involved in High-Intensity Training has been around since the 1970s, so it's nothing new and it operates on the fact that if you push your muscles to maximum capacity – to the point of failure – the whole body is stimulated to adapt to that intensity by getting stronger.”

Ultimately, it's perfectly understandable that you, like 80% of New Zealanders who made new year’s resolutions, may have abandoned your health and fitness goals, but it’s easy to get back on track and stay the course when you put in place the right mix of time, accountability and fun.

“But don't take our word for it,” says Flisijn. “We offer a complimentary training session so you can come in and try it out for yourself at no charge – once you've had the fit20 experience you’ll want to stay and beat those new year’s resolutions once and for all.”

To book your free complimentary training session with Fit20, contact Catharina Flisijn on 021 02652819 or email rosedale@fit20.co.nz

More information at www.fit20.co.nz

Sources:

http://jnsci.org/files/html/2017/e384.htm

https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/31/serious-keeping-new-year-resolutions-ban-word-7193093/

http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ayelet.fishbach/research/Woolley&FishbachPSPB.pdf