Last modified on Sat 30 Jan 2021 19.18 EST
Well this is the final instalment for Guardian Australia’s burnout recovery journey, but the hope is that you are set up for whatever 2021 throws at us.
We may not know where this year will take us. We may lockdown again. We may be homeschooling again, we may repopulate our cities (and our gyms). Or maybe a combination of all of the above.
The experts consulted by Guardian Australia were asked to provide tips and advice that were pandemic proof. They all advised that modest changes approached consistently can be more effective than big, sweeping resolutions.
Last modified on Fri 22 Jan 2021 14.02 EST
Rarely does any health and fitness journey follow a straight line. Usually by the third week of January, good habits started in the high-motivation, high-energy early days of the new year begin to falter.
There are many reasons for this: going back to work or study, having a disruption to routine and forgetting why we wanted to change in the first place. Add in a pandemic – where we may be cycling in and out of lockdown, or our workplaces may be trying to bring us back after a long absence – and it becomes even harder to bed down a routine.
Getting started
With more energy due to better sleep and no alcohol – it’s time to seriously ramp up the cardio too.
In addition to starting with resistance training, I do a remote consultation with a personal trainer at Vision Fitness in Bondi Junction. Trainer Tania Drahonchuk does a really thorough interview – and puts together a program for me designed for fat loss and endurance. It can be completed in the gym with her, via Zoom or independently.
“We don’t do six pack in six weeks,” says Tania. “We want to design a program that will bring you joy and you don’t get frustrated with unrealistic expectations.”