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5 fitness strategies
spydergirl65
Posts: 5
Hey....I found these 5 great strategies and wanted to share with you all......they all make sense......we just have to keep these ideas in our awareness because what we hold in our awareness we move toward naturally......
•Get others around you on board with your commitment. You can’t do everything for everyone all the time. Sometimes, you need help. My husband knows exercise is important to me, so he helps me find time for workouts whenever he can. He will watch the kids while I go for a run after he gets home from work, or sometimes he’ll even suggest I do a quick workout when he can tell it’s been a rough day. My dad (a fellow runner) also offers to watch my kids while I run. Having the support of my family makes the commitment so much easier.
•Schedule it as part of your day just like anything else. If you’re like me, your appointment calendar is full of tasks related to work and family. Why shouldn’t you budget time for your workout too? Plan your workouts for the week ahead and write them down on your calendar. You wouldn’t skip a meeting at the office or your child’s school, so treat your exercise appointments with the same importance.
•Accept that some days will be easier than others, but success is just hanging in there. There are days when my run is going really well and I would love to keep going, but I’ve literally run out of time. There are days when the calendar gets turned upside down and my workout doesn’t happen at all, or days when 10 minutes is all I’ve got. As long as most days, things work out as planned, that’s all you can ask for as a busy mom trying to juggle it all.
•Don’t be too hard on yourself. Just because you don’t have an hour to exercise doesn’t mean 10 or 15 minutes aren’t worth the effort. Even small amounts of exercise can add up to big results.
•Get creative. Don’t use “lack of time” as an excuse not to exercise. Involve your kids, break your workout into shorter segments throughout the day, or use time at your child’s soccer practice to get in a workout. If you are willing to make exercise a priority in your life, sometimes you’ll have to do it in less-than-ideal conditions. I’d much rather have an hour to myself to exercise, but if it’s 20 minutes with my kids in the room, at least it’s something!
•Get others around you on board with your commitment. You can’t do everything for everyone all the time. Sometimes, you need help. My husband knows exercise is important to me, so he helps me find time for workouts whenever he can. He will watch the kids while I go for a run after he gets home from work, or sometimes he’ll even suggest I do a quick workout when he can tell it’s been a rough day. My dad (a fellow runner) also offers to watch my kids while I run. Having the support of my family makes the commitment so much easier.
•Schedule it as part of your day just like anything else. If you’re like me, your appointment calendar is full of tasks related to work and family. Why shouldn’t you budget time for your workout too? Plan your workouts for the week ahead and write them down on your calendar. You wouldn’t skip a meeting at the office or your child’s school, so treat your exercise appointments with the same importance.
•Accept that some days will be easier than others, but success is just hanging in there. There are days when my run is going really well and I would love to keep going, but I’ve literally run out of time. There are days when the calendar gets turned upside down and my workout doesn’t happen at all, or days when 10 minutes is all I’ve got. As long as most days, things work out as planned, that’s all you can ask for as a busy mom trying to juggle it all.
•Don’t be too hard on yourself. Just because you don’t have an hour to exercise doesn’t mean 10 or 15 minutes aren’t worth the effort. Even small amounts of exercise can add up to big results.
•Get creative. Don’t use “lack of time” as an excuse not to exercise. Involve your kids, break your workout into shorter segments throughout the day, or use time at your child’s soccer practice to get in a workout. If you are willing to make exercise a priority in your life, sometimes you’ll have to do it in less-than-ideal conditions. I’d much rather have an hour to myself to exercise, but if it’s 20 minutes with my kids in the room, at least it’s something!
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