Seven out of 10 italians want to train in December. In the gym after the holidays News

NOT ONLY FOR THE DIET. There is always a good excuse to procrastinate even when it comes to physical activity. Especially now that we are in December, and it is easy to put off the new year, the inscription in the gym. Almost 7 out of 10 italians (71%), in fact, in December they give up the gym, claiming to only want to dispose of the excesses of the throat to which you are giving during the christmas holidays starting in January. In spite of the gym to represent the majority (35%) the best choice for you to get back or stay in shape, and many say they don't follow the dates of the weekly training established with the personal trainer (47%), or easily distracted during training (29%). Are some of the findings from a study of the association NutriMente promoted by GetFIT on the occasion of the publication of the book “50 excuses for not going to the gym,” free, distributed in 15,000 copies to members at the 11 Fitness Club GetFIT. Too tired to do the movement The study was conducted with the methodology WOA (Web Opinion Analysis) is about 2000 people – men and women between 18 and 40 years – through an online monitoring on major social networks, the forum and the community to deepen the relationship between the italians and the physical activity in the gym, and involving a pool of 50 experts of health and fitness to discover what you need to do to stay in shape all year round. At the top of the reasons that lead the italians to postpone the physical activity there is fatigue. 42% say they are exhausted after work, while 25% prefer to spend evenings out with friends. This leads them to find excuses for not going to the gym. The most popular are: lack of time (73%), fatigue (69%), the cost of registration at the dedicated facilities (65%) and even the not wanting to leave too much time just your pet (59%). The 50%, instead, you appiglia to weather and climate, and give up the gym during the winter is too cold and during the warmer months because of the temperatures that are too high to get out of the house. Lazy people (44%) feel the “burden” of carrying around the bag all day, while the sweet tooth (45%) say they have too much hunger to go at the facilities of fitness immediately after the work. In the gym to get in shape If in practice the italians reveal themselves as lazy, on the theory they are better prepared. In fact, the question of “What to do to get back/stay in shape?”, the majority (35%) believe that the gym represents the best choice, followed by soccer with friends (29%) and by running in the open air (21%). Why go to the gym? The majority as a motive for solely aesthetic purposes (43%), while other physical activity to keep fit, health (23%), and to download the stress and toxins of daily (16%). There is even someone who goes there only to make new acquaintances (14%). When you go to the gym? In a few (20%) are likely to devote time to fitness all year, while the majority (41%) is directed to go to the beginning of the year after the christmas binges, or during the months of April/may (36%) in the proximity of the summer season. To train the muscles and the brain, But why is it important to go to the gym? The experts of fitness and well-being involved in the survey agree on the benefits of physical activity regularly related not only to the body, but also to the mind (51%). Also, a workout in the gym or a fitness session for the experts contributing to the increase in the level of personal satisfaction (43%), allow to stop their routine and do something new (36%) as well as from the so-called comfort zones, without forgetting that physical activity helps to cope with all the effects of the hectic life (28%) such as stress, meals, hasty, hours spent at the computer, that negatively impact on the good functioning of the organism. “Doing sports is good for the body and the mind – states Sara Bertelli , president of the Association NutriMente. In adulthood, the body is often forgotten and neglected in a way that is almost unconscious behind the veil of a thousand plausible justifications: why overwhelmed from work, from family, from life. For this I want to emphasize the importance of returning to the gym and physical activity for the sake of themselves. It is wrong to neglect in the winter, the physical activity: a workout in the gym, an aerobics session or an hour of yoga allow us at any time of the year to enjoy the euphoria that you experience after having overcome the laziness and to be able to bring forward something that costs us effort.” We think, after the holidays A few days from the beginning of the holiday season, there is one who is concerned to stay on a diet and sfiancarsi in the gym to eat without gaining too much weight and who, instead, continue to refer concerns for the physical form. From the survey emerges that the great majority (71%) decided this year to let go at the table between lunches and dinners of the end of the year, thinking we remedy this in January with the gym. There are those who, by good health, promises, in these days, to eat with moderation, while the most consistent and far-sighted, albeit in a minority (29%) will continue to perform physical activity in the gym both before and during the holidays.

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