The Art of Letting Go: End-of-Year Reflection
Reflecting on the past helps personal growth. Identify successes/failures and let go of what no longer serves us. Make space for new opportunities.
The Importance of Resistance Training
Strength training is good for us! It can help us build stronger muscles and burn more calories, even when not exercising. It's always wise to take care of our bodies and prevent health problems, and it's never too late to start. But before starting a new workout routine, especially if you've had health problems or injuries, it's essential to talk to a doctor. Plus, regular strength training can make our brains work better and improve our mental health.
5 Ways I Stay Motivated
Starting and staying motivated to achieve health and fitness goals can be challenging. Whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, or live a healthier lifestyle, committing to these goals is not easy.
Motivation comes and goes. You cannot always rely on having the motivation to work toward your fitness goals. However, a few things can help you stay on track.
First, get started. Sometimes, the hardest part is taking that first step. Once you do, it becomes easier to keep going.
Another key is to set a routine and stick to it. This can help you build momentum and make progress towards your goals.
Also, remember why you started in the first place. Whether it's to improve your health or feel more confident, keeping this motivation in mind can help you stay on track.
Finally, remember that the effort you put in today will benefit your future self. Make healthy choices a part of your daily routine to consistently achieve your health and fitness goals.
Why Diet Is More Important Than Exercise
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle involves more than just hitting the gym. Your diet plays a crucial role in achieving overall fitness goals. Even if you spend hours at the gym, a poor diet can undo all your hard work. To maintain a healthy weight, boost energy levels, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases, it is crucial to consume a diet rich in nutrients and low in processed foods. Relying on exercise alone to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight can be challenging and unsustainable in the long run. Therefore, prioritizing a balanced and healthy diet over the time spent in the gym is essential for optimal health and fitness.
Fitness Foundation
The issue with the strategy of growing strength right from the start was that I never felt like I was getting stronger. I was just getting fatigued quicker. I still had postural struggles, and my gym sessions just did not feel very effective. I started to lose motivation because I felt like I was doing everything right, but I felt like I was getting nowhere. So I decided to break down what poor postural habits I have, and I realized I have poor muscular endurance. So when I train, I am doing so with the intention to improve muscular endurance before building muscle. Thinking about the posterior chain muscles helped me determine where I needed to start.
How Creating a Workout Schedule Can Help You Lose Weight
What are your fitness goals? There are many kinds of fitness goals that people try to achieve. Whether it’s building muscle, reducing stress or losing weight, having some kind of workout schedule can help you achieve those goals quickly.
HIIT - What is it?
We’ve all heard of HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, right? But what comes to mind when you hear it? Burpees? Anyone? Sweaty quick movements? Yeah, those were my basic thoughts about HIIT. Like, just because you do HIIT workouts you’re going to get quick results, lose all the weight and then you’ll be shredded. Well, let me tell you that is wrong. While HIIT is a great workout to get a great effective workout done in a short amount of time, there is so much more than burpees to this style of training,
Summer 2021 Fitness Goals
Having goals can be very beneficial to staying motivated. I love changing my fitness goals, reevaluating, and continuously updating my fitness goals. Fitness and having a routine are so necessary to me as I THRIVE off of having a routine. I have been setting goals very slowly and strategically so that I can create habits. If I change things simultaneously, I will be less likely to stick to any of them. But setting one at a time and allowing that change to be a habit before adding something else most definitely increases my ability to make new habits. | Click to read my most recent fitness goals!
Spring 2021 Fitness Goals
Having goals can be very beneficial to staying motivated. I love changing my fitness goals, reevaluating and continuously updating my fitness goals. I wrote a previous post about my Fall 2020 Fitness Goals. So I thought I’d write an update on how those fitness goals are going and how my goals have changed. Fitness and having a routine are so important to me. I THRIVE off of having a routine. I NEED my fitness routine for my mental health. Granted, it is not a fix-all, but it most definitely helps me significantly. I have been setting goals very slowly and strategically so that I can create habits. If I change all the things at one time, I will be less likely to stick to any of them. But setting one at a time and allowing that change to be a habit before adding something else most definitely increases my ability to make new habits.
Goals for 2021
2020 was a weird year, no doubt about that. Everyone had their own experience navigating the continuous changes that this past year brought to us. I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on my 2020 experiences before getting into my goals for the year 2021.
Fitness Trackers - Are They Necessary?
Fitness trackers can be helpful tools to track your progress; many apps can work together to collect data such as steps taken, approximate calories burned throughout the day, and even send you reminders to get up and move throughout the day. But are they actually necessary?
Exercise to Relieve Stress
Most of the general population lives their lives in a state of stress. Without an outlet to relieve that stress, your mental and physical health can be at stake. A lot of common stress is caused by work, finances, family, and friends. Having a regular exercise program is not only beneficial to your physical well-being, but also to your mental health. Whether it be a structured program, strength training, running, yoga, HIIT workouts, circuits, or simply getting outside to walk, some form of exercise is better than nothing in most cases.
Active Wear Favorites
Choosing quality active wear, I want my pieces to last. I am picky. So, when I find something I like, I want one in every color! But I am trying to make more conscious purchasing decisions, in general, and only buying anything when I need it. So since I already have so much active wear, I am not buying anything new for a while. Both Under Armour and Fabletics are most definitely my go to brands when I am in need of more active wear.
Reasons to Live a Healthy Lifestyle
Health and fitness are apart of my everyday life, but what motivates me? There are many reasons to be healthy, but most importantly, I’d like to continuously improve my quality of life. Living a healthy and active lifestyle help me achieve just that. Maybe you can find some motivation in my reasons why.
Fitness Goals - Fall 2020
For the past year, I have not had a solid fitness routine. So no time like the present to change that. So I set some goals for the fall of 2020 to implement running, yoga and at home workouts into a new fitness routine.