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Are New Year's Resolutions Made to be Broken?

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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by John Madewell�  The turn of the calendar to a New Year is good for business at local gyms and reason for hope in 2013.Of course, losing weight and getting into shape seems to be the top resolution for many of you.Resolutions
 still seem popular but several people NewsChannel 9 met leaned instead 
toward lifestyle changes. These choices come from people who are 
building on their past success and hoping for a great 20-13. That 
includes an athlete about to embark on a professional journey.Haley
 Millsap spent her morning training at the downtown YMCA. One of her 
routines was lateral bounding. That's an exercise where she jumps from 
one foot to the other and sticks the landing, which improves her balance
 and stability. Millsap just graduated from Ole Miss where she 
played on the women's golf team. And get this, she qualified for the 
LPGA. That brings even more focus to her specific, functional workouts. 
Millsap said, It just really kind of brought in the gap as far as 
errant shots and then I've picked up distance just by breaking down some
 of that muscle that was stopping my body from being able to move 
properly.Speaking of moving properly, Antonio McMath stepped 
his Zumba class into the first day of the year. McMath knows the 
importance of sticking with a workout program. He used to be 65 pounds 
heavier and reached a point of change. McMath said, What worked for me 
was my motivation, looking at my boys and I wanted to run up the hill 
with them. I found myself where I couldn't do that. And another one was 
saying, getting in there and finding a partner. I actually had someone 
to go to the gym with me.On this first day of the year, Megan 
Villegas took her work-out outside. Villegas is training for a 
half-marathon and didn't let the rainy, gray day stand in the way. It 
takes a little more motivation to get started, but once I'm out here, 
I'm fine, Villegas said as she took a brief break from her run to speak
 with us.Back at the downtown Y, Jeremy Weldon's pedals into his
 first hour on a stationary bike. Weldon doesn't make resolutions; 
instead he focuses on progress he's already made. Weldon said, Really 
trying to focus more on watching what I eat and exercising too. I've 
lost about 20 pounds.And aspiring golf pro Millsap said she too
 doesn't make resolutions, but sets goals, high ones. I'm trying not to
 limit myself, so I would like to be the rookie of the year on the LPGA 
tour.As you ring in the new year and set your own fitness 
goals, Zumba fitness instructor McMath offers three tips to keep your 
resolution in tact: Set your workouts by schedule, pick a partner and 
commit for the whole year.�

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