SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — With Christmas and New Year’s Eve in the rearview mirror and 2025 finally here, it’s time for another annual tradition (of sorts): setting a New Year’s resolution. A fitness goal or resolution can’t come to fruition unless it has a chance, and Vicky Geiman and CJ Wehrkamp point out the value of being realistic.
“When you start breaking things down, say your workouts for example, ‘I want to go five, six days, seven days a week,’ well, usually if we’re just getting into the start of things, that tends to be a little too much,” said Geiman, who is a trainer at Fit Body Boot Camp in Sioux Falls.
“I just think that people set their standards way too high when they have a health or fitness resolution because the truth is we’ve got 365 days here,” said Wehrkamp, who owns two of the gym’s locations in Sioux Falls.
Resolutions do involve looking forward, but Wehrkamp highlights the value of remembering the beginning.
“People, they start to judge [themselves] based off of where they want to be instead of based off of how far they’ve came, so I like to tell people that hey, set a goal, number one, like we said, realistic and that you can do consistent,” Wehrkamp said. “But then, when you’re looking at progress, I want to really challenge you to measure backwards. So don’t measure against where you want to be; measure against where you came from.”
“I always tell people pen and paper are a big thing, so I always say write it down,” Geiman said. “Write down the goals that you would like to achieve, things that you want to work on.”
And what’s more, a resolution can be a shared journey.
“Reach out to peers. Tell people about your goals,” Geiman said. “The more that you make it known, the more accountable you’ll stay to it, so anytime that I make any type of goals or resolution ideas, I always share it with either a friend, my husband, even my kids.”
