Consulting with leading fitness experts and celebrity trainers, Gold’s Gym has put together a “Top Ten List of Fail Proof Resolution Tips” to help Americans stay on track.

1. Visualize your end result. Create a strong image in your mind of what you want to look and feel like when you reach your goals. Remember it throughout the process.
2. Get a fitness assessment. It’s critical to know your starting point and learn your strengths and weaknesses. Going forward, continue to get a fitness reassessment every 8-12 weeks to track your progress.
3. A goal without a plan is only a wish. Stop wishing you were in great shape and start mapping out a concrete plan to get there. The Gold’s Gym “Resolution Builder” can help here.
4. Set small achievable goals that build momentum. While long term goals are important, short term goals give you mini successes throughout your journey to get in shape.
5. Create a schedule to reinforce consistency.
6. Keep a journal of your exercise and dietary intake on a daily basis to be present with the day-to-day process.
7. Change up your workout routine every 4-6 weeks. Over time, your muscles will adapt to a fitness routine. This is why it is important to mix up your workout and strive for consistent progression in your program in a way that continues to challenge your body.
8. Troubleshoot your excuses. How would your friends respond to your excuses? Write these excuses down. You will be surprised at how impactful it can be to see your excuses written out!
9. Tell all of your friends your goals. This creates a support system as well as an accountability that will make you less likely to back out on working out.
10. Be patient with seeing results.

Consumers can visit www.goldsgym.com throughout the month of January to use the company’s interactive web based “Resolution Builder” for a personalized success road map.

In addition, Gold’s is offering Americans a free workout by showing up at any participating Gold’s Gym between Friday, January 1st and Sunday, January 3rd.

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The 3-in-one set includes a grip-lock doorway gym for pullups and chinups, rotating pushup stands, and ab straps that can be attached the the pullup bar for core training.

The grip-lock bar attaches to any door frame in seconds without the need for brackets or screws. It can also be used for situps by anchoring the bar at the bottom of the doorway. Tricep dips can be performed by placing the bar flat on the ground.

Emulating the trend that started with The Perfect Pushup, the Gold’s pushup stands rotate to accommodate a more natural exercise motion, but take it step further by including adjustable resistance.

The ab straps help you work the core and abdominals by performing body weight exercises while hanging from the pullup bar.

The compact kit weighs 8 pounds and is easy to pack up and store in a closet or under a bed.

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The primary  emphasis of this game is cardio boxing. If you’re looking for more traditional exercises for the Wii, check out our reviews of EA Sports Active or My Fitness Coach. Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout does include some short non-boxing routines that are unlocked as you progress through the boxing exercises.

The game follows your progress with an activity calendar and tracks calories burned, body weight and adjusts the workouts as you become more fit.

You can choose between three levels of difficulty: light, regular and hardcore while customizing the experience with a selection of music and background visuals. As you acquire points you can buy items like new exercise outfits at the the gym store.

The graphics are a bit cartoonish and simplistic compared to other Wii fitness games but the motion sensor movements are relatively realistic.

Fitness programs like this are thriving in part because they can actually make you look forward to working out. Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout is an effective game, especially if you like boxing, as an introduction to exercising with the Wii or as supplement to other Wii fitness games.

Purchase includes a free one-week trial membership at a real-life Gold’s Gym for when you’re ready to take your fitness results out of the living room.

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The thee part promotion includes free 7-day passes, free fitness level assessments and a free “how to” guide on starting a successful exercise regimen.

The $22 billion dollar price tag being reported would only be if every American over the age of 18 took advantage of the free passes and fitness audits. The free exercise guide is now available here.

Every year, more than $1 trillion is spent on common diseases that could have been prevented through a healthy nutrition and exercise program. The Fitness Stimulus campaign is an effort to raise awareness for the fact that exercise can play a big part in reducing the nation’s health care costs.

[Source: Gold's Gym]