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Fitness – The Easier Choice

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I wish I had a magic hat, one that I could pull great choices out of that would make fitness not only easier to do, but easier to grasp. Once upon a time, I thought that there were just fortunate people in the world who were born fit and healthy. I actually know some people who ‘look’ fit and healthy, but just because they don’t gain weight doesn’t mean they are in great shape. It’s important to remember that fitness isn’t just how you look, it’s a state of mind. You can’t just say I want to be fit, you … Continue reading →

Make Life & Fitness Easier for Yourself

Wouldn’t it be great if we had a magic wand that we could just wave that would make fitness easier to attain? I used to think that some people were just born fit and other people, well – we weren’t so lucky. Fitness is a state of mind, it’s who you want to be. It’s not just saying I want to be fit, it’s being active. In the words of a writer, fitness is about show, don’t tell. Lifestyle Choices When you make the choice to be more fit, you are talking about making lifestyle choices. The lifestyle choice could … Continue reading →

10 Reasons to Consider Partner Training

What is partner training? If you’re thinking that it means you and your co-worker, you and your neighbor or just you and a friend working out together every day, you’d be close. Partner training is a system of checks and balances where you both provide and receive validation of your exercise program and someone to keep you on your toes and performing it. There are a lot of good reasons to partner train and we’re going to talk about the 10 best reasons. 10. Partner training doesn’t usually involve financial investment. You can power walk together every day, you can … Continue reading →

How to Plan Like a Pro

It’s one thing to tell people to plan their workout and their exercise programs. It’s another thing to know how to do it. I know this is one of the most common questions I get – how do I make a plan that will work? How do you fit the schedule in with everything else that’s going on? Let’s talk about that so we can learn to plan like a pro. How To Do It Start by making a list of all the things you have to do. Put these things into three categories. The first category is all the … Continue reading →

Fitness & Your Personal Choices

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Your sense of personal choice has more to do with your exercise and fitness program than any other thing. Why, you might ask? Simply put, because fitness is a choice that we make. You can read all the studies and reports in the world that advise you to exercise. You can listen to your doctor tell you that you need to exercise and you can listen to your friends, your family and even me tell you how fun it can be, how great it could be and every other story on the planet. But. Yes, you knew there was a … Continue reading →

Can You Get Fit?

In a word? Absolutely. Getting fit is easy to do, the formulas are out there for everyone. It takes some exercise, some proper nutrition and some sweat. As nice as it would be to be able to take a magic pill to turn you into a fit and slim person, there really isn’t. If you are being realistic about getting fit, then you’ll know it’s not just a couple of days working out here or there and giving up when it does not work out the way you want it to. Fitness Fitness is about more than a good physical … Continue reading →

Every Workout Has A Purpose

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Every single workout you do, whether it’s the hundredth time you’ve gone for your walk or the first time, has a purpose. You have to be sure to give every work out you perform a purpose whether you imagine it’s there or not. Life Has Meaning If you’re thinking that a workout means just that – some physical exercise that stresses your muscles, burns fat and more. This is a valid point of view. But that’s not all there is to a workout. The simple truth is that life has meaning and so does every single workout that you perform. … Continue reading →

How Do You Define Yourself?

I was asked an interesting question the other day. In the due course of a conversation with a friend, we were talking about a number of different things that were going on in our lives and she asked me if what bothered me most about my current medical condition was what it was or what it would do to me if they had to remove an ovary? I thought about this at length because at the time, I couldn’t really answer the question to my own satisfaction. What You Are? When it comes to defining ourselves, do you see yourself … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for February 3 – 9

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Whew, am I glad it’s the end of the week! I’m tired. There are a lot of things going on in my life right now, some good, some great and some that are not as bad as they could be. I found out more about my own health condition this week and I scheduled my surgery. I also started substitute teaching in my school district this week and that was a tremendous lot of fun! We’ve managed to pack so much into this week and next week and the week after, that I am … Continue reading →

Be Your Own Yoda: How to Keep Yourself Going

Star Wars is one of my favorite series of films. In fact, the original Star Wars movie, released in 1977, was one of the first movies I ever saw in a movie theater. In the second movie of that series, Luke is tutored by Yoda in the ways of being a Jedi Knight and during the course of the grueling physical and mental training, he tells look: do or do not, there is no try. Do or Do Not; There is No Try So how can you become your own Yoda? It’s not necessarily about having the motivational tapes or … Continue reading →