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Whatever you choose, begin with a shorter workout than you believe you can handle. "Consciously underdo," advises exercise physiologist Carl Foster of the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. "We're all 19 behind our eyes, but if you jogged 10 miles a day when you were in college, that doesn't mean you can do it now." Besides, once you're comfortable with a more modest workout load, you can slowly increase it--about 10% a week, Foster recommends. Government guidelines suggest that if you're having trouble finding the time or energy for a full exercise session...
...little so you can keep up--allow the tennis ball to take an extra bounce, play half-speed hoops on just a portion of the court. Also, don't choose activities that are seasonal, expensive or too solitary--each one a handy excuse for not sticking with your workout program. If you can afford it or if your gym or health club offers it, try to work with a personal trainer at least some of the time--someone who can rein you in when you're doing something wrong, applaud when you're doing something right and, perhaps most important...
Short and frequent. Aim to exercise often, even two or three times a day, but keep the sessions short and sweet (10 to 15 minutes is plenty). If it hurts, stop, and if you dread your workout, change it. The pursuit of fitness should be a pleasure, not a punishment...
RECOVERY The fitter you become, the shorter your recovery time will be. If you feel pain the day after your workout, your body needs a rest. If you?re not too sore, continue with your program. If you don?t feel any discomfort at all, increase the intensity of your training...
Life Time Fitness, a chain of gyms based in Minneapolis, Minn., that has 39 centers in eight states, is joining the trend. Trainers there have chucked the BMI and now tailor workout regimens to clients according to their aerobic capacity, cardiovascular fitness and more...