Can pickup soccer help your new years resolution to loose weight?

You bet it can! Pickup soccer is a great way for you to build endurance and burn calories. Depending on where you live it might not be possible to play soccer every day. But using pickup soccer directory websites like Socster.com and Spoccer.com you can find active pickup soccer games that you can join in and play once or twice a week.

In order to be successful in your weight loss goals you need to exercise at least three times a week and balance your calorie intake. Often times people get discouraged as they don't see the results right away. Loosing weight is a long term goal and by adjusting your diet and exercise schedule slightly you can build a lifestyle around your new fit self.

How can pickup soccer help you ask? If you are anything like me, you get bored easily in the gym, despise treadmills and are a little intimidated by the muscle head regulars. This limits you to working out by yourself outside which can be difficult to stick to because it is too easy to talk yourself out of exercising. You build up excuses and before you know it you are regularly skipping your scheduled exercise time. Playing pickup soccer is a social activity. There are other people expecting you to attend, and it is much harder to say no when others are depending on you to show up.

Another way that playing pickup soccer games helps you is that every game is different. You will be challenged physically in different ways every time you play. It is this variety that keeps you coming back, and before you know it - your waist line will reflect your weight loss success.

Your weight loss success can start today! Take a look at the games listed on Socster.com and join one near you. If you are worried that your soccer skills are a little rusty, you can simply leave a message on the game's comment area and the players will let you know at what level they play.

Best of luck!

Travis Kaufman
CEO - Socster.com
http://www.socster.com/