While it can be tempting to skip straight to the fun part and decide on a workout plan to try first, as with any new habit, it’s important to lay the groundwork first to ensure you’re successful with your at-home workout plan. Below are the steps you should follow to develop the best at-home workout for you:
Step 1: Set your fitness goals. This step is often overlooked, but it is crucial because determining your workout and overall wellness is as personal as it gets. After all, it’s about deciding what you want for and from your body! Once you get clear on what you want to achieve – whether it’s losing weight, toning your arms for swimsuit season, completing a 5K run, maintaining your strength as you age, or simply moving more – the next steps of this process become much easier.
Step 2: Create a space for your workout. It’s one thing to plan to set up a home gym, it’s quite another to know where you want that gym to be located in your home. If the space you need for a workout area doesn’t match the space you actually have, it may be time to go back to the drawing board – or get creative! For example, want to do yoga in the morning but don’t have enough room for a mat? Try yoga exercises you can do from bed instead.
Step 3: Choose your exercise equipment. This step largely depends on the previous steps, as choosing the best fitness equipment for you at home depends heavily on your particular fitness goal and the space you have to store and use it. If you don’t have the space or money for a variety of fitness equipment, there are also plenty of ways to work out at home without equipment.
Step 4: Get moving. Now that you know what you want to accomplish with your at-home workout, where you will do the workout, and what equipment you will need to do it, it’s time for the main event: the workout!
