You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Most of the time I look forward to my workouts. Not only do I enjoy the physical challenge they present, but they’re meditative. When I start a workout, I shove everything else out of my mind and focus on the task at hand. It’s a welcoming breath of fresh air that allows me to decompress. And then there …
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Don’t Overthink Things
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Missing a workout, or missing a whole week of workouts. Struggling to select appropriate weights for exercises. Having to perform an abbreviated workout because time is limited. Having to work around an injury. Having to modify your workouts due to equipment limitations, or because someone was hogging the …
How to Get Rid of Diet and Exercise Baggage
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. To progress from using exercise as punishment for overindulging or skipping workouts, to it being a form of self-care and empowerment. The transition from diet hopping, fearing entire food groups, or simply feeling overwhelmed by nutrition, to no longer feeling guilty for eating any food, not spending …
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Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. I’ve been lifting weights long enough that I’m confident knowing when I have another rep or two, or three, left in me (i.e., “reps in reserve” or “reps in the tank,” as it’s known) when performing a set of an exercise. But I can still be wrong. Like that time a few months ago when I got stapled by my …
Why You Need Short- and Long-Term Goals
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Do you have short- and long-term goals you want to achieve? If not, perhaps this will convince you to concoct your own as I discuss why you should have both, and how to go about choosing them. Why Long-Term Goals? Because these take dedication, patience, and commitment to achieve. These are the hard …
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You are Not the Problem
Use the player below to listen to this article, download the MP3, or use iTunes. “What is wrong with me?” Have you ever had that thought? Perhaps it was after you tried a new diet, and it came crashing to an unsuccessful end? Maybe the workout method your friend swore by didn’t produce the same stellar results for you. Similar experiences are had by many, and often they draw the …
How to be More Consistent with Workouts
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. If you want results from your workout program, you must consistently perform your workouts. You know this already, of course. But what if you struggle with consistency? How can you be more consistent with workouts so you achieve the results you desire and deserve? There are many reasons people …
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The Coronavirus Pandemic Isn’t the Time to Get in the Best Shape of Your Life
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. There are exceptions to every rule, this one included. If your life has been minimally affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, then you may be able to devote more effort, time, and attention on your fitness and nutrition regimen. If that’s the case, this article isn’t for you. But if you lost your job, you …
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