At the beginning of the new year, the easiest thing for people to do is to make various "New Year's resolutions" for themselves, such as exercising more or losing weight.
Although the plan is wonderful, most people will never realize it. This is mainly because everyone's self-control is limited and it is difficult to improve.
So, is there any way to stop trying to control yourself and keep your fitness plan for the New Year?
First, it is best to have a fitness card.
For people with poor self-control, it is much more useful to spend money on a fitness card than to run in the outdoor playground. Because you put in the cost, you will exercise more frequently, which is the "sunk cost" effect.
People are used to including all the costs that happened in the past. Spend 3000 yuan on a fitness card, and you will feel that you have invested a lot. If you don't exercise, how can you live up to this 3000 yuan? I set up a fitness card near my work unit, and I'm afraid to organize a team of teammates to do it. Now I am shouting in the group at night: Have you made an appointment for dinner? Let's go.
It will lead to ridicule: take a bite of meat and 500 yuan will be gone. If this coke goes down, 200 yuan is gone again!
It still hurts to think about it.
Second, the monthly card is more effective than the annual card.
Although the "sunk cost" effect will be particularly obvious in the initial stage, it will gradually decrease with the passage of time.
In other words, the frequency of going to exercise in the first month or two is very high, but it is obviously reduced after one or two months, and finally gradually gives up.
Although the monthly card fee multiplied by 12 months is usually more expensive than the annual card fee, the monthly card renewal will increase your frequency of going to the gym, because you will feel distressed when you pay money every month. And when you are worried about money, you are more likely to actively exercise and hope to "earn" the money you paid back.
Third, if you don't need money, please hire a private teacher.
Behavioral research shows that only the existence of others can improve people's self-control, and professional fitness coaches can not only make detailed plans for you, but also play a good supervisory role.
At the same time, hiring a coach also increases the cost and the corresponding "sunk cost". It can be seen that if you spend more money on the supervision of the coach, your fitness plan is unlikely to fail.
Recently, I fell in love with Chen Bailing, a friend of God. He is my pocket tutor, and interested friends can also pay attention to his column-working hard to keep fit.
Fourth, loading B to print pictures can't stop.
Take selfies, legs, bracelets, running shoes, paths. Praise will be your motivation. Show your weight loss plan and progress! When you try to accomplish something, the whole circle of friends will give you strength!
When Wang Nima takes off his socks!
Verb (abbreviation for verb) data monitoring
From 1 1, Shao Fu, the product manager of Alipay, will have a summary of diet, exercise and reading every month. It was interesting, so I followed suit, and the effect was good.
Look at the slowly declining weight curve every few days, which is very fulfilling!
Now the function of wearable devices is not only to install B, but also to connect with the smart phone at home, like the bracelet I use now, and all the data can be reflected on the phone at a glance.
Six, mutual supervision between friends
Now fitness is also socialized. Build a fitness group, bask in the results of fitness, and make boring exercise slowly interesting. Fitness applications and sports bracelets make this particularly easy.