Fitness experts help Bethany Village residents thrive<\/a><\/p>\nImproved health is the number one resolution, according to the Pew Research Center, followed by saving money and improving relationships with family and friends.<\/p>\n
Robert Fleck, a personal trainer with LA Fitness in Washington Twp., said every year after New Year\u2019s Day the gym gets an uptick in new memberships and absent members returning.<\/p>\n
He said having a plan is paramount to success, along with having realistic expectations.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t expect everything to change at once or overnight, Fleck said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTackle things one at a time. Either exercise first or diet first. It could even be sleeping habits. Everybody tries to take on everything at once and they fail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The most important thing, he said, is to just get out there and do it.<\/p>\n
Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Year\u2019s is a really good time to review and realign your financial goals overall,\u201d said Erica Grundza, certified financial planner at Betterment, an investing and savings app.<\/p>\n
When building your goals for 2026, Grundza recommends focusing less on the past and more on an optimistic, yet realistic, vision for the future. She recommends that you focus on reestablishing the why behind your approach to money and how you want to make it work for your life. This can be as simple as saving $10 each week in a savings account, or a bigger goal like saving to buy a house in the coming years. It\u2019s all about your own journey.<\/p>\n
Resolutions can easily turn into unattainable goals that feel more like a dream, said MarieYolaine Toms, a coach and founder of Focused Fire, a financial coaching company. To avoid setting unrealistic expectations, Toms follows a \u201cno resolutions\u201d mindset and instead focuses on making an actionable plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I say every year is that I am not making resolutions, I\u2019m making plans that can be tracked forward, traced back, and tweaked until completion,\u201d Toms said.<\/p>\n
Recently, Toms encouraged her clients to check their credit report with the three credit bureaus and, based on their credit reports, make an attainable plan to start a savings account. For example, adding $25 to their savings account every week.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/p>\n
Top New Year\u2019s resolutions and the percentage of people who make them<\/b><\/p>\n
Improve health, exercise, or diet<\/b>: 79%<\/p>\n
Improve money or finances<\/b>: 61%<\/p>\n
Improve relationships<\/b>: 57%<\/p>\n
Learn a new hobby<\/b>: 55%<\/p>\n
Work or career-related<\/b>: 49%<\/p>\n
Other<\/b>: 42%<\/p>\n
Source: Pew Research Center. Percentage represents people who made at least one New Year\u2019s resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the intent behind the resolutions is good, the execution is typically poor. Multiple studies show that 75%…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":484123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[2871,75716,32720,407,1198,454,210,409,587,3234,80,11645,67,132,4280,68,2058],"class_list":{"0":"post-484122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-college","9":"tag-daca","10":"tag-dc","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-fitness","13":"tag-government","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-immigration","16":"tag-north-america","17":"tag-political","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-school","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-university","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115818403748541464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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