Pfft, Who Needs Excuses?

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

15 May 2008 07:43 AM

Do you really need an excuse to skip your exercise today? I don't. Half the time I'm tired and I can easily make the argument for skipping the workout. I'd rather kick back with a cup of coffee and few extra minutes with the book before I get to work rather than hit the treadmill. But the problem with this is that making that choice, skipping that 30 minutes on the treadmill for a cup of coffee will lead to another and then another. By afternoon, I'm beat and want to take a nap. I may even do it. So getting back those 30 minutes for a cup of coffee in the morning will lose me 2 hours in the afternoon. See where I am going with this? You Do Need Excuses

You don't need excuses to skip your workout - no one really needs an excuse to skip it - we can all come up with a dozen reasons to not do something. What you do need an excuse for is to do your workout. In my case, that 2 hour nap in the afternoon sounds great - but it can be costly to getting other things done. So my excuse for my not skipping my morning workout is that I don't want to need that nap in the afternoon.

Other good excuses to work out:

• Writing productivity goes up
• Mental sharpness increases
• I feel better physically
• I feel better about myself

These are just a few of the good excuses I have to work out. What about you?

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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