Keep Kyle Fit is a health initiative created by Will Caldwell (local coach and instructor @ Dojo Kyle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) for the purpose of encouraging and equipping our community with the necessary tools to live healthy lifestyles. Will is dedicated to this initiative and offers extremely low cost group workouts on Mondays & Wednesdays @ 4:30 PM for only $5! If you’d like more information on Keep Kyle Fit, visit their website by clicking here.

Getting started today is the most important first step you can make in achieving your health and fitness goals. I know that seems almost a little too simple- and it is! Health and fitness doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, you probably already know the changes you’d like to make in your body; why not start making them? Usually the problem isn’t laziness, it’s the desire to have a perfect plan in place before getting started. Let me tell you from experience though- there is no perfect plan!

 We are in an interesting spot in the internet age with information at our fingertips. There is more information available on what to eat and how to workout than ever before- and it’s messing everything up! “Paralysis by analysis” is the biggest stumbling block you face when attempting to make lifestyle changes. If you know you are ready to improve your health and fitness, don’t make the mistake of getting caught up looking for the BEST way. There is no best- only better or worse than yesterday. If you start stringing together enough better days, results will follow. By starting today, you will have taken the first step to success and will begin to lay a foundation in health and fitness that you can build on for the rest of your life.

One important rule to accompany getting started today is to make sure you set yourself up for success tomorrow. I don’t want to get too carried away here because my next article is going to be about goal setting, but just so this is clear: Overdoing it is as bad as not doing it at all! You need to ease in. If you haven’t exercised in five years, don’t try to go out this afternoon and run a half-marathon. If you don’t remember the last time you ate breakfast don’t wake up an extra hour early to make an omelet and fresh squeezed juice before work. Do something easy. Walk around the block for exercise, and eat a piece of fruit with yogurt for breakfast. After a few weeks, these routines will become habit and all you’ll have to do is start making small improvements to what you’re already doing.

Getting started today is the most important thing you can do in the short-term. Remember that the best workout or diet doesn’t exist and instead focus on small changes that will lead to big results. What is something small you could do today? I want to make sure you keep making progress down the line so keep an eye out for my next article about having well defined health and fitness goals.