Now that we’ve hit September with the official first day of Fall just around the corner, it’s common to take stock of where we are with our life and goals and where we want to be before 2023 arrives. I know I am! It’s so easy to let the busy days pass us by, one right after another, a blur …
How to Make Fitness a Doable Habit + 3 Quickie Workouts
It’s easy to think that we just don’t have the time or energy to even think about it right now, but that’s kind of a cop-out. We all have a few minutes each day that we can carve out for the things that recharge us. It’s our all-or-nothing thinking that sabotages us. We think if we don’t have an hour …
5 Ways to Actually Become Someone Who Works Out [Motivation For the Rest of Us]
There’s this misconception that fitness is an all-or-nothing pursuit. We see friends and fitness celebs on social media constantly posting about their workouts and we marvel at their discipline and motivation. But this is deceiving. Just last week, I was talking to a friend and he made a comment about me “working out all the time.” And I’m thinking, …
The Problem With Progress
Do you ever do this? You dial in your diet and start a new workout program, and you’re feeling good. You’re motivated to make a change in your physique and really make it stick this time. You faithfully hit the gym several days a week, and shovel in veggies and protein like it’s your job. Your clothes …
The Pursuit is the Point.
Focusing too much on the desired end result is a surefire way to be miserable and struggling unnecessarily. None of us decides one day to lose X lbs. and then, poof! It’s gone. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of steps in between to accomplish any worthy goal. And it’s those sucky moments of …
Beating Workout Boredom
Let’s face it. Working out can suck, especially at the beginning of your fitness journey. Along the way, you’ll grow to enjoy at least some parts of the process of getting fit. The feeling of accomplishment after a good sweat-fest is second to none. For those times when exercising feels more like a chore, however, change can do you good. …