What advice would you give to someone who is just starting out on their fitness journey?

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Dr. Mitchell Tanner, PT, DPT, CSCS · Answer

What advice would you give to someone who is starting out on their fitness journey? I would say to collect as many small wins as possible. Look at every step in the positive direction as a victory because the more small wins you can develop, the more that you're going to feel positively about the process. And that's what's most important. When you are setting out on a fitness journey, I think a lot of people get focused on their performance and how well they do day to day when the emphasis should be more on the idea of mastering their health and wellness and creating a new lifestyle. And when you're creating a new lifestyle, there are tons of ups and downs and looking at the misses or the shortcomings in your journey, try to look at those as a positive because you learn something new from those shortcomings and it creates opportunities for you to succeed in the future when you learn something new. So if you have little dips, give yourself some grace and focus on the positive things that you learn from that and whenever you do well, really celebrate it and give yourself a pat on the back because any step in the right direction, any step towards activity and health is a positive one.

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