Springtime brings in a natural opportunity to create changes in your workouts. When you are starting to exercise again in your fifties, a slow and steady approach to improving fitness is often the best approach. Particularly if your spent most of your menopausal years out of your comfort zone. Gently expanding your comfort zones by tapping into the seasonal changes of spring is a great assessment tool.
What are the changes in your World?
- The clocks change for many; ‘spring forward, fall back’. Does this change have an impact on you personally? I find it takes at least a week for my body to recalibrate the change.
- Where I live the nights are lighter. If you are an evening exerciser or a post work walker. The lighter nights can make the world of difference.
- The UK has many public holidays in April and May. Which can make it a wee bit unpredictable if you attend classes. You will know yourself if you enjoy it when your class has a cover instructor or when you wish to do something else.
- The start of April is the end of the financial year. If you work in the financial sector, it can be a real chokepoint of stress and overtime. How can you normalise that your workouts need to be different rather than forcing the extra stress of a hard workout routine on yourself?
- Do you feel more energetic coming out of your winter hermit mode. For many spring, is a shift in energy and therefore how you workout
What do you notice changing at springtime that can help improve your fitness?
Samantha Valand is a Pilates teacher, Yoga Instructor and Personal Trainer. Who helps over fifties women fall in love with exercising again after the menopause. You can find some inspiration over on the blog If you are interested how coaching can help you can start here. Samatha has a free monthly newsletter to help you live healthy ever after
