{"id":762222,"date":"2022-01-01T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/?p=762222"},"modified":"2022-01-02T01:05:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T09:05:37","slug":"new-years-resolution-apple-fitness-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/how-to\/new-years-resolution-apple-fitness-plus","title":{"rendered":"How to make your New Year\u2019s resolution stick with Apple Fitness+"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your New Year\u2019s resolution is to get in shape in 2022, Apple Fitness+<\/a> provides the perfect solution. Tightly integrated with Apple Watch, it offers hundreds of excellent video workouts you can do at home right now. But the question is, will you?<\/em><\/p>\n

As the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can\u2019t make it drink. Subscribing to Fitness+ is all very well, but it\u2019ll be a waste of money if you lose interest after a week.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, sticking to a New Year’s resolution isn’t easy. That\u2019s probably why almost 50% of them fail<\/a> in the first year.<\/p>\n

If you want to smash your fitness goals in 2022, you need to start by getting your head in the right place. And that\u2019s where well-formed outcomes<\/a> can help. They are goals that meet certain essential criteria identified by psychologists in the 1980s using a technique called neuro-linguistic programming<\/a>, or NLP.<\/p>\n

Well-formed outcomes provide a framework that can massively increase your chances of achieving your goal. And all you need to do to turn your resolution into a well-formed outcome is ask yourself these six questions.<\/p>\n

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Well-formed outcomes and Apple Fitness+<\/h2>\n

To set realistic goals and achieve them, start by answering these six essential questions. The answers will help you smash your Apple Fitness+ New Year\u2019s resolution.<\/p>\n

1. Is your New Year\u2019s resolution positive?<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s surprising how many people set themselves negative goals. Two of the most common are to lose weight or stop smoking.<\/p>\n

These goals are negative because they focus on the current \u201cproblem state\u201d (smoking or being overweight), whereas a positive goal identifies the \u201cdesired state\u201d you want to achieve.<\/p>\n

Setting a positive goal is known as “outcome thinking” — and it’s key to success in many situations. Imagine trying to plot a route on Apple Maps without knowing your destination. You won\u2019t get very far.<\/p>\n

So, instead of losing weight, a desired state<\/em> would be something like:<\/p>\n