I have been working on consistency with my workouts and nutrition. I have been working on improving my muscular foundation and cardiovascular endurance. I still struggle with the on-and-off situation but have been on it for the last two months. I am trying to listen to my body, take rest days when needed, and take active rest days. I am more proud of myself and my progress in the last two months than during my fitness journey.

What is a workout split? This workout strategy splits your workouts during the week into different body parts. I like to have my leg days at least two days apart to promote recovery while I work on my upper body. I am also improving my cardiovascular endurance, so I am incorporating cardio into my strength training routine with the Nike Running Club App 18-week program for Training for a Marathon.

I LOVE active wear! Having a cute, comfy outfit to work out in makes it much easier to get into the gym. I am a basic black legging, simple top, and colorful sports bra kind of girl. I do have a couple of matching sets, but nothing too crazy. I like what I like and feel confident in everything I own!

Check out the links below for my favorites if you want some new activewear. I tend to repurchase many of the same things; I don’t have time to return things I don’t like, so I stick to the same things I know that work. Below, I discuss my all-time favorite activewear brand and some Amazon favorites!

GUYS, how are we in MARCH? I am still in awe about how fast time is going. Did you set New Year’s goals back in January? I most definitely did and then failed to achieve any of those goals. I have been struggling with some mental health things and finding the motivation to work out and eat nutritious foods.

I fell into bad habits of skipping workouts, eating many convenience foods, and ordering takeout. I did recognize that I was struggling with my mental health (and still am), so I would run on the treadmill as often as I had the mental energy. In detail, I discussed my previous blog post about my struggles over the past several months and how I can revive my motivation to get back into my workouts.

How do you feel about how you are doing with those goals? Now is a perfect time to revisit those goals and make any necessary changes you need to make to make it easier for you to work towards. I wrote a very detailed blog post about assessing your fitness goals to make sure your goals are achievable.

In this post, I will discuss how I update my fitness goals. I typically use some tips I used in the assessing fitness goals post, but I also look at a few other things. So read on if you’re interested in how I update my fitness goals occasionally.

Motivation comes and goes, and you cannot rely on motivation to keep up with your fitness goals. You will not always be motivated, and that is okay. Discipline and creating healthy habits will keep you going more than motivation.

However, from time to time, you need a little extra motivation. My biggest tip is to remember why you started in the first place. In my previous blog post, I discussed my overall mental health, how things are going right now, and how I am reviving my motivation to work toward my fitness goals.

In this post, I will dive into how remembering why you started can help you when you’re lacking motivation. This is something super personal to each individual, so remember that my reasons may differ from yours. It is okay to have your reasons to do anything, and no one owes anyone an explanation as to why.

I am ready to Get back into my fitness routine. Getting motivation has been minimal for me for the last few months. But I am not going to let that get me down. This post will be more about what I am doing to revive my motivation and create habits to help me work toward my goals. This will be a genuine and honest review of how it has been for the past few months and my plans going forward.

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As January closes, it is time to reassess your fitness goals. It is common to overdo it when making your goals at the beginning of the year. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with the goals you created, now is a perfect time to take a step back and make some adjustments.

Everyone has great intentions when they create health and fitness goals in the New Year. But as January closes, you begin to fall off those new goals and habits you want to work on this year. Trust me; I have been there. ESPECIALLY after the holidays.

In recent years, I have been making my “new year” goals in November. This way I can work toward my goals during the holiday season. This is not to say that I do not indulge in the holidays. I most DEFINITELY do. I LOVE holiday sweets. I haven’t been very consistent with my fitness goals this past couple of years. So this past holiday season, I made my “new year” goal to get back to consistency with my fitness and nutrition. During the final two weeks of December, I was not the most consistent as I had been enjoying the holiday, but those two weeks were not enough to derail all the progress I had been working toward the last two months.

I wrote a couple of different blog posts about goals and habit setting. I’ve also written a post about how to make changes to your fitness goals if you’re struggling. Give those posts a read if you haven’t already. If you want to take baby steps toward your health and fitness goals, read the tips below that you can change today.

As we move through January, it may seem complicated to keep up with your goals at the beginning of the Year. This is the time to reevaluate the barriers you are running into that may keep you from working toward your goals.

I know after a couple of weeks, old habits start to take over, and progress toward new habits starts to slow. It is incredibly hard to break habits and create new ones. This is the time to work on self-discipline.

Discipline > Motivation

You cannot rely on motivation to keep you going. You must work on discipline when you no longer feel that “New Year” motivation. This will help you work toward changing your habits to achieve your goals.

I wrote a post about how to create your goals, as well as this one about how to create new habits. Both posts are all about sustainably creating goals and habits. But, even the best-planned changes run into roadblocks.

Those posts are great places to start if you’re beginning your new goals. Even if you’re beginning to run into roadblocks, you can benefit from the information in those posts. You can evaluate your goals to see if you began in ways that promote habits that will achieve your goals., or if you tried to make too many changes at once.

If you’ve gone through the whole process and feel you’re still losing motivation. Here are some tips to help you keep up with your goals.

Are you looking to form good habits to help you stay fit and healthy? We all know that staying fit is essential for a long and healthy life, and the best way to achieve that is by forming good habits that you can practice regularly. In this blog post, I will discuss some simple habits you can start doing today to stay fit and reach your goals.

Have you ever intended to start a fitness journey? Then not long after you began, you decide to stop because you don’t see results? The first step is to set goals, so knowing how to set healthy fitness goals is extremely important so that you can achieve your goals.

I LOVE setting goals. It helps me stay motivated (as motivation is unreliable) to work towards my goal. By setting mini-goals to achieve that will ultimately achieve my long-term goals, I can have mini-celebrations along the way and enjoy the journey rather than only looking toward the end goal.

A fitness journey isn’t just about your workouts but also includes creating healthy nutrition habits. I cannot stress enough how important nutrition is in creating a healthy lifestyle. Several tips are listed below about setting goals to achieve and MAINTAIN your fitness goals.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by your fitness routine? My blog post, My Fitness Must Haves, can help! From the latest fitness apparel to tips on staying active and healthy, our blog has everything you need to stay fit and motivated.

The holiday season is upon us! This invariably means there are food and family/friends holiday events that you may be juggling to keep up with. You may struggle to keep up with your regular fitness routine to add to those family/friends’ holiday events. You may also find many yummy holiday treats and foods you want to try.

Throughout the years, I have learned several tips and tricks for keeping up with my fitness goals. So if that is something you are interested in, keep reading as I go through my top three tips for keeping up with your fitness goals this holiday season.

My fitness journey began about a decade ago with my discovery of yoga. After going to my local yoga studio every single day, I discovered circuit training, which inspired me to learn more about strength training. I fell in love with pushing my body and those gym endorphins. After I moved to Durango, I fell in love with hiking and backpacking. After all of that, I wanted to learn more. I got my NASM-CPT in 2020 and then got a job at the rec center teaching fitness classes. I am so excited for the future ahead with my career and my current fitness goals.

My fitness journey began about a decade ago with my discovery of yoga. After going to my local yoga studio every single day, I discovered circuit training, which inspired me to learn more about strength training. I fell in love with pushing my body and those gym endorphins. After I moved to Durango, I fell in love with hiking and backpacking. After all of that, I wanted to learn more. I got my NASM-CPT in 2020 and then got a job at the rec center teaching fitness classes. I am so excited for the future ahead with my career and my current fitness goals.

My fitness journey began about a decade ago with my discovery of yoga. After going to my local yoga studio every single day for some time, I discovered circuit training which then inspired me to learn more about strength training. I fell in love with pushing my body and those gym endorphins. After I moved to Durango, I fell in love with hiking and backpacking. After all of that, I wanted to learn more. I got my NASM-CPT in 2020 and then got a job at the rec center teaching fitness classes. I am so excited for the future that is ahead with my career as well as my current fitness goals.

You know that motivation comes and goes if you are on any fitness journey. Now that it is March, are you struggling to maintain that motivation from the new year? You probably are not alone. By now, many people have stopped working toward their goals entirely because they feel like they lack the motivation to keep going.

I know for me, I cannot rely on motivation. I am not motivated all of the time. Honestly, I am hardly ever actually motivated. It is so easy not to go to the gym, sit at home, and order food. But I know that I absolutely cannot do that long-term for me. I have learned over the many years that I feel so heavy and extra lethargic when I don’t eat right and move my body.

There are many many tips to stay motivated all over the internet. But not all of those tips work for everyone. So I thought that I would share the top six tips that work best for me to work toward my fitness goals continuously. These tips are centered around fitness goals but can be applied to other goals in life.

I was going to make these three topics all different blog posts, but I didn’t want to go into full detail about each of these topics. Some of which I am not totally ready to talk about all of the details. So instead, I am going to write about all of these things in this one post.

When it comes to my business goals, my approach is the same. I am starting off slow, steady, and focusing on consistency. Last year, I had some really lofty goals with my business and I did not achieve any of them. So this year I am making my goals very simple as a kind of reoccurring theme for all of my goals this year. I want to focus on one or two aspects of where I want to grow and try to remain consistent with those things.

My health and life goals go together. I am continuing with simplifying and consistency. I want to do so many things in life, but I try to do them all and I get overwhelmed then do none of them. So in order to avoid that burnout feeling I am just prioritizing the things I want to implement into my daily life.