Caucasian woman exercising with a exercise ball. Dorit Thies/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dtphotos000170
It’s that time of year again: time to set goals and get to work. Time to make this year better than last. Time to finally getting around to those things we’ve been meaning to get around to for years. Time to finally, really, honestly set resolutions for this year that I’ll actually keep.
Every January is so full of promise. I love looking ahead to the new year and thinking about how great it’s going to be. It’s especially refreshing after a somewhat depressing December when I realize that the past year has been pretty much the same as the last five years and I didn’t even think about half of the resolutions that I had carefully set. But January is a time of new beginnings. A chance to turn over a new leaf and a time to make everything better, right?
This month on FocalPoint we’re going to feature photos that relate to some of the most common new year resolutions. Today we’re focusing on working out and getting in shape. I think almost everyone - except perhaps the models in these photos – sets that as their resolution. We’re not asking to look like the models in the photos always, but it would be nice to get rid of that little pouch around the belly and perhaps tone up those upper arms a bit. It’s not so much that I want to look great, but I want to feel like I can be healthy and active, which is what I should focus on when making a goal about my body. Focus on what it can do, not just how it looks.
That said. I wouldn’t mind looking as healthy as the lady in the above picture.
See more images of working out and staying in shape back at Newscom. Find all the pictures there that you need to tell your story.
Caucasian lifting heavy weights - serious weight lifting. Dorit Thies/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dtphotos000188
Woman running in the park with dumbbells and listening to her ipod. Dorit Thies/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dtphotos000403
Caucasian man exercising indoors at his home. Dorit Thies/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dtphotos000287
A woman practices yoga in Kimpton's Hotel Palomar in San Francisco, California in this June 2004 handout. Hotel chains are delivering everything from yoga videos to recumbent bicycles to guests who prefer to work out their jet lag, or shape up for that business meeting, in the privacy of their rooms. HO/RTR/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfour783614
Middle aged caucasian male exercising on a yoga mat. Find it on Newscom: dtphotos000488
A man performs the founder pose, from the book "Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence." in this 2011 handout photograph. The exercises illustrated in the book require no machines or equipment and take the spine as the body's center of stability. In the signature, or founder exercise, knees are bent over ankles, the body hinges from the hip joint, and movement originates in the pelvis, hips and hip joints. HO/RTR/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfour609116
People take part in a Bosu Bootcamp class at health club Crunch in New York City, in this December 2009 handout photograph. If the chilly autumn air turns your workout thoughts to skis and snowboards, experts say now is the time to finesse your summer routine to meet the demands of winter fitness. HO/RTR/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfour292676
Trainer Kim Lyons and "The Big Loser" contestant Wylie exercise at a gym in Los Angeles, in this May 21, 2006 handout. Lyons already had a decade of fitness experience behind her but she says the lessons she learned while working on a reality TV show shaped her professional philosophy. Before joining "The Biggest Loser," a TV show in which obese contestants vie to lose the most weight, Lyons considered herself just a trainer, but afterwards she realized she had the power to save lives. Picture taken May 21, 2006. HO/RTR/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfour838267
Athlete Sergey Bazarov from St. Petersburg performs during the third "Strongo Cup" open amateur bodybuilding and body fitness tournament at the Opera and ballet theatre in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 5, 2011. ILYA NAYMUSHIN/RTR/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfour889748
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