Looking to lose weight as a New Year’s resolution?

Manager Jeremy Vesely has been employed with Anytime Fitness of Newton for three years. He has seen a lot of members over the years, and New Year’s is one of the busiest seasons at the facility. He wants members to stay fit, but urges them not to do too much at once.

“When you sign up, don’t come every day because then you’re going to get bored with it,” Vesely said. “So come back every two or three days and get used to it and don’t burn yourself out.”

Vesely heard that many people think they need to go to the gym every day, but this is not the case. The rule of thumb is that 1 pound lost equals 3,500 calories expelled, which means exercisers need to burn 500 calories every day, or space it out throughout multiple days.

Many beginning members try to do cardio more than anything else, but Vesely often finds that members get bored with doing the same cardio routine day in and day out.

“I recommend doing cardio every other day,” Vesely said. “Let’s say you come in five days a week. Do cardio maybe three days and do weight training or the machine with weights the other two days. Spread it out.”

Anytime Fitness does offer professional training if needed, for a limited time.

“Our trainer is back from college,” Vesely said. “She will be training until Jan. 10, then she leaves. I do a little bit of a program, too.”

His program includes a full tour of the gym, showing how to properly use the equipment. The gym will give out a program with an in-depth routine workout on how lose weight and be healthy.

When working out, it is important to not eat more because of the workout. A major issue Vesely deals with is customers who are not losing weight because they eat more.