Training with a community or team can be powerfully motivating. Working out with peers of similar or higher fitness level tends to increase your intensity during workouts and provide accountability. There are also interesting mental health benefits to group training, particularly with reducing stress and improving general quality of life.

With that community accountability and magnetism, it becomes easier to tap into the mighty power of consistency in your training.

Having somewhere that you need to be at a certain time, on the regular, with real people expecting you–group classes can encourage you to find a really solid rhythm to your training. The act of getting ready and showing up becomes a ritual, which can further reinforce positive habit change.