Building on the momentum of the previous challenge, take the workout you liked the most (or hated the least!) and plan to do it at least twice a week. For example, if you discovered that you loved the buddy system for accountability purposes, and joining a friend for a walk or run seemed to be the easiest way to follow through on working out regularly, then use that same model in a given month but amp up the frequency. Ask your friend if you can get together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 a.m. for a thirty-minute workout, before you both head to the office.
Actively choosing a form of exercise you don’t hate is the first step in creating a habit of working out. And you’re essentially committing to doing it eight times in the span of a month, which doesn’t feel impossible. You retain your autonomy—you get to choose what form of movement you do this month—and you set the terms, because the length of workout doesn’t matter, either. It can be ten minutes or one hour, on your own or in the mode of a formal class. Your job is to move twice a week.