Plan on setting a health or fitness goal for 2024? You’re in very good company. Making a New Year’s resolution is something a casual 35 million people in the UK intend to do, according to a recent survey, with the most popular aspiration in 2024 expected to centre around health.
First off: goal setting is pretty great. Along with helping you achieve your ambitions, drive motivation and facilitate growth, fitness app Strava found that 94% of athletes who practise goal setting remain active nine months later.
And while that’s all well and good for athletes, what does the research say for the likes of you and I? Well, a study found that New Year’s resolutions can have “lasting effects” – participants with approach-oriented goals were “significantly more successful” than those with avoidance-oriented goals.
Keen to set some fitness goals but not sure where to start? First things first – we’re not about 101 unattainable goals that you’ll never stick to here at Marie Claire UK. Rather, small, sustainable changes that add up to a bigger whole. Whether 2024 nthe year you give
