The success of any workout program whether it’s going to the gym, working out with a video or DVD or  program that was set up by a personal trainer, they all depend on you actually doing it. You can’t buy a workout DVD and let it sit on the shelf or watch the DVD while you sit on the couch and expect to lose weight or gain muscle.

Getting yourself motivated and actually doing a program depends a lot on if you’re seeing results. If you’re working out for 30 minutes or an hour a day, you want to see how that hard work is actually giving you results. I think part of the success of many of the Beachbody programs is the chart and calendars they send in their packages so you can log your workouts. How much weight, how many reps, how many push-ups, pull-ups, etc… They also stress to take before photos. Every single Beachbody program says you MUST take before photos when you start a program. P90X also has a fitness test you take and record before you start their program. One reason is so you can see if you at the level to even start P90X and another is so at the end of the 90 days you take the fitness test again and can see the improvement you’ve made.

Take your before photos and measurements so you have something to gauge how you’re program is working, besides the scale. Weighing yourself everyday and expecting to see big losses every day is only going to lead to disappointment. Any program should be stressing how important diet is. You can’t workout an hour a day and hit the “all you can eat” buffets everyday or even once a week and expect to lose weight.

Once you start exercising you will want to do better and improving and sometimes overhauling your diet is the best way to complement any exercise routine for better results. Beachbody programs all stress how important diet is most include some sort of diet plan. Once you start see measurable results and start getting compliments and noticed at work, these things will motivate you to keep with your exercise routine and especially your diet.

When that happens and you start to look and feel better you will make time to workout. All of a sudden that hour a day isn’t so much because you will prioritize your day around your workout. Cut out an hour of TV or just hanging out, you will find the exercise will change your lifestyle and your life.