Disclaimer: The following post is sponsored by adidas. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. One of my favorite health mantras is, "By being a little less perfect, you'll be more consistent." For years, it's been a reminder to me that a healthy lifestyle means having a positive relationship with yourself, the food you eat, the exercise you do and more. It's all about overall healthy habits that are done consistently, with wiggle room allowed for when life happens and you aren't "perfect." It's the last week of January, which unfortunately means that lots of people have already given up on their healthy living resolutions for the year. This makes me sad because creating real, lasting change means committing to new healthy habits that are not quick fixes. If ... [Read More]
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My Top 5 Workout Motivation Techniques
Hi friends! I'm linking up to the Fit Tip Tuesday party over at Lisa at The Skinny on Health again this week. My topic today is one that I'm confident everyone can relate to: finding that oomph to exercise when you just don't feel like it. I thought I'd share my tips of how I push myself to go workout on the occasion that I'm not in the mood for it, so here we go! 1.) Read motivational quotes - A quick way that I pump myself up to go exercise is to check out some fitness and life quotes like these... 2.) Pump up the music - Sometimes all I need to find my fitness motivation is to change up my gym playlist or download a few new songs that get my body moving. A few of my current favorite tunes include: Colbie Caillat "Hold On" John Newman "Love Me Again" Ellie Goulding ... [Read More]
Some Workout Inspiration
Well, today I am feeling SORE! During my workout yesterday I did a few new weight training exercises, but didn't expect them to make me so achy. It's funny how that happens sometimes. I also changed things up yesterday by hopping on the treadmill for the first time in a long time. Recently, I haven't been running at all and the nagging calf injury I've mentioned in previous posts has ceased to exist. It took 2 1/2 years to feel completely back to normal, but it's been feeling so good lately that I stopped wearing my calf compression band during workouts. It's pretty awesome! Since I determined that running is the only thing that brings my calf soreness to a head, for the time being I've decided to just not run. After all, it's one type of cardio I actually loathe, and there are so many ... [Read More]
Apple Pie Oatmeal Bowl
Random tidbit of the day: According to a study in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity, exercising for at least 2 hours a week makes you 70-85% less likely to be depressed, anxious, or experience burn out. Add that to the laundry list of reasons to workout! That's just a minimum of about 17 minutes a day, so what's your excuse? Speaking of exercise, when I was talking about mountain biking in yesterday's post, I neglected to mention the fact that I always have some sort of injury after biking. This time it's a nice ugly bruise on my calf: Nice right? Totally worth it though! Moving onto eats, my day was full of getting work done and being busy with the usual shenanigans, and I didn't devote a lot of time to prepping my meals. But contrary to what some may think, ... [Read More]
Finding the Motivation to Workout
Last night I celebrated the 4th of July in San Diego's Gaslamp District with my brother Danny and his girlfriend Desiree, who as I previously mentioned, are in town for the week: The combination of booze + little sleep left me feeling sluggish and sleepy today. Going to bed at 4 am when you need to get up the next morning and get work done isn't ideal (well, duh), but it was worth it! I have to admit, I'm pretty good with being diligent about my workouts, as I make it a top priority to get a sweat session in most days. Even though I wasn't feeling like it, I wanted to get a workout in today. There are several things I do to get myself more in the exercise zone when my motivation is lagging. Although the majority of the time I like exercising, there are days like today when I'm not ... [Read More]