Category: Motivation

Help to get you motivated for fitness

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Start with ONE exercise… and build from there

As a coach, the most popular excuse that I hear for not doing a workout is some version of “I didn’t have time.”

It can sound like:

  • “Too busy.”
  • “Crazy day at the office!”
  • “The kids were out of control… couldn’t get them to sleep.”
  • “The in-laws popped in for an unexpected visit.”
  • “My alarm didn’t go off!”
  • “Traffic.”
  • “Kids had soccer, baseball, gymnastics, ballet, hockey,…”

We all make excuses for not having time to fit in a workout.  I’ve done it too.

And I think part of the reason we do this is because we believe that exercise has to take up a BIG CHUNK of time.

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Do you feel disconnected from your body? Here are 4 ways to reconnect…

When I tried Yoga for the first time about 10 years ago, I realized there was a real disconnect between my mind and my body.

The teacher would say “downward dog”, and then show us her “downward dog”.  Then I’d do my version of “downward dog”, which I was convinced looked just like hers.

Nope.  I was WRONG.

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Running away from the grim reaper…

This past weekend my boyfriend, Albert, and I were in Hamilton, Ontario to run the 30K “Around the Bay” event.

It’s actually a pretty big running event.  Behind the start line we were huddled, basking in the body-heat of 4500 other runners on this chilly (but happily not raining!) March morning.

And for me, this event was pretty big for personal reasons too:  It was going to be the longest distance I’ve attempted in about 8 years.

And because of the momentousness of this event (at least in mind), I was noticing clouds of doubt and worry float into my thoughts.

Yes, I DO occasionally go to these dark places where I worry about failing miserably.

I worried about my hips and left foot giving out on me… They’ve all been giving me some pain lately.

I worried about overheating by dressing too warmly, or freezing by not wearing enough.

I worried about not having enough food with me to keep me fueled for the next 3 hours or so.

I worried about not getting up the steep HILL I’d heard about at around kilometer 26.

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