KEEP GOALS REALISTIC TO SUSTAIN FITNESS ENTHUSIASM
GOLD Coast gyms are experiencing an inundation of new members as locals attempt to fulfil their New Year’s resolutions of getting fit and healthy.
January and February are peak times for people to take up gym memberships with unrealistic goals or time frames often the reason people cancel their memberships or quit their new goals.
But regular gym goers who are having their machines and weights taken up by inexperienced newbies, have no fear – most gyms experience a slight drop off in members a few months out from the New Year as people fail in their resolution to get buff.
Owner and head coach Thomas Lilley from Ground ZeroW at Arundel said he had already seen an influx of members in the December, January months.
“It’s awesome to see people taking the leap and joining a strength and conditioning powerlifting specific gym,” he said.
“Its quite often the case that people join a gym in January as almost everyone has health and fitness goals they want to achieve and there is no better start to doing so than signing up at a health or fitness centre.”
Mr Lilley said the key to sticking to a New Year’s fitness goal was to make the goals realistically achievable.
“Ensure you’re setting the goal for personal reasons and not for the validation of others,” he said.
“Often people set goals that are unrealistic and with time frames that do not align and lose sight of why they set their goal in the first place.
“We have members as young as 13 years old and as old 70. We really value our members here and want them to feel as comfortable as possible.
Trainer Arielle Chard from Cocos Gym at Molendinar said January and February were the months when they saw some new members join and past members return.
“January is popular to start the gym or fitness journey because people overindulged during December, also they are less stressed about money and upcoming costs at the start of the year and feel motivated to start exercising again,” she said.