Most People Quit Their Fitness Resolutions By Now. Here’s How To Stay Motivated.

Posted by author January 15, 2025 Fitness

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You hit the ground running (perhaps literally!) on January 1. You spent the first week of the new year waking up early, working out, and loving every sweaty second. But now, less than a month after setting your 2025 fitness goal, your motivation is MIA. What happened, and how can you get it back?

Luckily, there are a few proven steps you can take to set yourself up for long-term success, and Women’s Health compiled them into ‘Stick To Your Goals: Your 4-Step Plan’—free for Women’s Health+ members. In four simple steps, you’ll learn how to boost your motivation, maximize your workout results and recovery time, and make fitness part of your lifestyle—for good.

While our plan only consists of four overarching steps, each one is broken down into smaller, actionable tips you can easily incorporate into your everyday routine. Women’s Health sourced advice from doctors, trainers, dietitians, and other experts to ensure you’re equipped with tried-and-true strategies that actually work.

What ‘Stick To Your Goals: Your 4-Step Plan’ Offers

With this exclusive WH+ plan, you’ll learn how to:

Set specific and realistic fitness goals
Establish a consistent workout routine
Track your progress
Fuel your workouts effectively
Warm-up to maximize the efficiency of your workouts and prevent injuries
Stay motivated throughout your workout
Recover properly
Maintain healthy habits long-term

Download the plan now

How To Use ‘Stick To Your Goals: Your 4-Step Plan’

Simply download this plan as a PDF, keep it as a file on your phone or computer, and refer back to it on a regular basis to stay motivated. (You can even take screenshots of the tips that resonate most with you or help you get un-stuck, so they’re even easier to access!) The plan also includes guided warm-up and cooldown exercise routines, with detailed descriptions and demonstration photos, that you can use before and after every workout.

Plus, you can print out certain pages, such as the goal-setting prompt page (pg. 6), the wellness tracker (pg. 9), and the healthy habits checklist (pg. 27), so you can fill them in with your personal info. Plus, if you go the paper route, you can use the pages to create a wellness journal and/or post them up around your home to remind you of your goals and help you stay on track.

Ready for your restart? Check out ‘Stick To Your Goals: Your 4-Step Plan’ now.

Lindsay Geller is the Lifestyle Director at Women’s Health, where she oversees the Life, Sex & Love, and Relationships sections on WomensHealthMag.com and the Mind section of Women’s Health magazine. When she’s not writing or editing articles about the latest dating trends and pop culture phenomenons, she’s watching reality TV or playing with her dog, Lucille (Go Fetch That) Ball .