Can Sports Play A Role In Your Weight Loss?

Getting involved with a sport like activity is another way to implement exercise and your heart rate up.  Take the attention off of weight, inches, and body fat percentages and put the focus on MOVING—from dancing, rock climbing, and mountain biking to table tennis.  How about a salsa class or water aerobics?  Sports are fun and help develop balance and coordination—which in turn accelerates your results. Jump, kick, run, spin, throw, skate, shoot, hit, score, compete . . . PLAY!  These are great ways to sweat and burn some calories

I take a few classes at the local YMCA and it is fun and interactive because there are others in the class and we have this friendly, semi competition going.  It is more like a “who can do more reps or we laugh at the person who is falling over from fatigue”.  It is all in love though.  The best thing is that no one is sitting on the couch eating chips.  We are out all shooting for the same goal.  WEIGHT LOSS

To me, there is nothing better than the great outdoors. I love to run outdoors and take in the crisp air.   Sports is a great way to stay in shape.  I encourage you to get involved in SOMETHING athletic—anything that would be fun and enjoyable for you. Try to care a little less about weight loss and more about accomplishment. There are so many different kinds of sports to choose from. Set a goal, take a class, or sign up for a race, anything that gives you a reason to focus on “can do” and not so much “look like.” If you shift to an athletic mind-set, you won’t obsess as much about calories, inches, and your weight. “Can-do” numbers like reps, range of motion, and resistance become more important. Athletes care about improving their games.

If you can find one thing/sport that you really enjoy, then your day-to-day workouts will be less of a chore and more of a means to an end. Sports will also give you the opportunity to connect better and share with a partner. Whether you’re single or partnered with someone, it will give you a chance to meet like-minded folks. The people I know who have a regular sport pursuit are consistently fit over time, are rarely depressed or anxious, and meet tons of amazing people in the process.

For some of you, the excuse of time or money or the fear of looking uncoordinated in front of other people can keep you from trying something athletic. Try it, it is a great way to stay fit and healthy at the same time.

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