Overcoming Barriers to Exercise

barriers exercise Feb 21, 2022

Despite the evidence showing that regular exercise is associated with many physical and psychological benefits, barriers to participation are often cited by sedentary or infrequently active individuals.

Barriers to exercise are common for nearly everyone at one time or other due to busy lifestyles that include family responsibilities, work obligations, and social commitments.

A barrier is anything that prevents someone's ability to exercise, whether it is a one-time or regular occurrence, but many barriers can be addressed with better time -management skills and setting a daily priority on health.

Some main barriers to exercise include the following:

Time - when someone is new to exercise, finding time to participate on a regular basis is one of the toughest challenges, especially when other activities may have to be limited.

One way to overcome the perceived barrier of a lack of time is to rearrange schedules so that exercise becomes more of a priority. Committing to exercise as the first activity in the morning or immediately after work is one way to put exercise ahead of competing activities.

Unrealistic Goals - setting goals is important when you begin any exercise program, but you want to ensure that those goals are realistic and have some flexibility so that adjustments can be made based on progress. It may help to set both an outcome goal (focused on the end result) and a process goal (goals set while in the process of getting to the outcome goal).

Convenience - convenience in life is something that nearly everyone prefers, and convenience to exercise is no different. Most people will avoid an inconvenient activity, whether the inconvenience includes the time it will take, the distance to get there, the attire that is required, or the cost to participate.

To overcome convenience barriers, find ways to exercise at home, during a lunch hour, or in between other responsibilities.

The bottom line is that exercise has enormous physical and psychological benefits and there are always options available to make exercise possible. Take some time to identify your barriers that prevent participation in exercise and strategize ways to personally overcome those barriers. If all else fails, find someone to help hold you accountable to your exercise goals so that you don't miss the benefits that exercise provides.

 

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