Top 10 Ways to Inspire People

I am posting this because I am a person who wants to inspire people by me doing my exercises and my lifetime diet but then again I want to be inspired. Here is something I read by American Council on Exercise and I wanted to share.


Top 10 ways to Inspire People:

1. Be a role model. Set an example by inviting friends to walk with you or take an exercise class after work.

2. Make fitness fun. Some people prefer to play games rather than exercise. Make the idea of exercising a game in itself and offer rewards for participation or meeting certain goals.

3. Be both active and productive. It's possible to be both active and productive by doing activities that accomplish a task while also using energy, such as walking the dog to the store to buy a newspaper, mowing the lawn, biking to work, or walking to school.

4. Make workouts short and sweet. Who says exercise has to take up a lot of time? Knock out this excuse by showing others how easy it is to exercise in short blocks of time spread throughout the day.

5. Extol the benefits. Research shows that people who exercise live longer, healthier lives than those who don't. In fact, exercise is the closest thing you'll find to the fountain of youth.

6. Train for a charity event together. Get fit and raise money for a good cause. For some, its easier to be motivated to exercise if its done for a larger cause.

7. Set short-term goals. Encourage friends to reward themselves by setting and achieving short-term fitness goals.

8. Offer to be a workout partner. If someone knows you're counting on them, they're more likely to show up for workout.

9. Use inspiration music. Nothing perks up a workout faster than upbeat music. Research shows that listening to one's favorite music while exercising makes it easier to exercise longer and more intensely while making workouts more enjoyable.

10. Don't preach, lecture or nag. The worst thing you can do is shame someone into exercising. Instead, create opportunities to exercise and make it as fun as possible.