7 Deadly Fitness Sins: How to Stop Sabotaging Your Workout

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SIN #6: Greed

GREED: You have that proverbial all-or-nothing mentality.

"Some people have to do it 100 percent perfectly or not at all," says Gallagher. If they don't have time to do their usual 90-minute power yoga class, they'll feel like working out isn't going to be worthwhile so they blow off exercising entirely.

REDEMPTION: Be flexible.

Design several backup workouts of varying lengths and activities that you can do whenever time is tight. "You can achieve many more benefits by being flexible," says Gallagher. Try walking to and from work or doing step-ups when you pass a bench outside or a few minutes of a workout DVD.

Next: SIN #7: Sloth

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