#5 - Maintaining your New Year Fitness Goals

Did you commit to a New Year’s Resolution in 2025? A 2024 survey by Yougov found 27% of Britons have set themself a goal to coincide with the turn of the year. Three of the top five were pertaining to physical wellbeing and performance. Some 17% of respondents wanted to get fitter and exercise more; 16% wanted to lose weight; 7% wanted to be more healthy in general. 

Keeping momentum is difficult. A similar survey conducted in 2017 found one-in-five people that commit to a resolution have slipped up by the 7th January. When we try to change our habits, it’s common for us to aim too high, jeopardising future performance by reaching for a goal that is unsustainable. 

How do you plan an exercise plan that fits around your commitments? What should you do when motivation for healthy eating drops? What role does recovery and sleep play in helping you achieve your goals? 

To answer these questions, we’re joined by Clemence Cleave, an award-winning nutritionist, and one of Pure’s leading strength and conditioning coaches, Tom Williams. 

• How unsustainable or ill-defined goals can undermine lifestyle changes (2:00) 
• The steps medical or fitness professionals may take to help their patients focus on more realistic targets (4:30) 
• Why focussing on enjoyment can help us achieve our goals (9:00) 
• The possible dangers of over-exercising, or embarking on overly-restrictive diets (13:00)
• How Tom and Clem stay motivated in their fitness, and how a clinician may use their own experiences to relate to their patients (17:15)
• How a strength and conditioning coach can help with building a fitness regime that fits around a busy schedule (21:00)
• The importance of maintaining a balanced diet, rather than demonising or completely removing certain food groups to stimulate weight loss (23:30)
• Whether meal planning is an effective strategy for maintaining a healthy diet (29:00)
• How nutritionists and strength and conditioning coaches work within a wider MDT to support a client’s fitness goals (32:30) 
• The vital role of sleep and recovery in making healthier lifestyle choices (37:00)
• Our New Year’s resolutions for 2025 (40:00) 
• One final tip for those struggling with their fitness goals (43:00) 

Guest bios 

https://puresportsmed.com/team/tom-tom-williams

https://puresportsmed.com/team/clemence-cleave 

Pure Sports Medicine is the UK’s leading provider of musculoskeletal, sport and exercise medicine, providing access to the highest standards of non-surgical medical care delivered by our team of world-class specialists working together all under one roof. Our team approach means efficient and effective treatment with same day referrals where needed to ensure you have the exact people around you that you need.

In this podcast we hand the mic to our team of experts including, Physiotherapists, Sport & Exercise Medicine consultants, Nutritionists, Strength & Conditioning Coaches, Soft Tissue Therapists and many more, to bring you the most up-to-date information and advice to help you achieve your sporting or fitness goals. We'll give you tips on avoiding injury and managing new or ongoing conditions with the goal of helping you get back to your best.

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