Excuses hurt you more

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I’ve heard thousands of excuses over the years of why people can’t exercise and most of them boil down to a handful of concerns. The most common excuse, of course, is that they don’t have time, but I reject that one outright. People will always find the time to do things they consider important. The point of this article isn’t to focus on the mental excuses. I can’t talk you out of those. Either you’ll decide exercise is important enough to add into your schedule or you won’t. What I want to focus on are some legitimate physical concerns that keep people from exercising, and why avoiding exercise over those concerns is far more likely to harm you than exercise itself.

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Embrace Discomfort

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I’ve heard lots of experts say that the idea of “no pain, no gain” is an old and unnecessary concept. The belief was that if you didn’t workout hard enough to cause muscle soreness the next day, then you didn’t get an effective workout. While it is true that you can get a great workout without causing delayed onset muscle soreness, you still need to push yourself to get any effects.

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Battle of the BeatBurns

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Choosing the right machine for you

Just as a calorie is not a calorie, one cardio workout is not the same as another. That’s why we built three different BeatBurn apps to give people the options they needed for their individual goals. Any type of cardio will help you burn fat, build endurance, improve your metabolic profile, and ultimately make you healthier, but working on a treadmill, stationary bike, or elliptical trainer will provide different benefits and drawbacks. Learn the differences so you can figure which one is right for you.

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