Mom Friendly Fitness
Six Fitness Tips
There are those days the alarm goes off, you hop out of bed, grab your workout gear and workout with total exuberance.
And then there’s every single other day.
My friend in High School used to say, “I had a fight with my pillow and my pillow won.” She wasn’t much for working out first thing in the morning. Since I grew up and our family included more than just me being responsible for myself, I found that morning is the only time I may actually have a chance to workout. It’s my time. If I’m lucky.
So, for those days, most days, I have three tips (no, wait, six, but I’m getting ahead of myself) to help get us motivated.
1. Find a buddy
- So yea, it’s easier to walk with a friend. It’s more fun to gab while you get thin. It’s motivating to watch that witch Lindsey Brin smile and say, “I’m doing the ADVANCED section, feel free to go as easy or as hard as you can!” (Is it just me or does everyone want to punch the lights out of fitness video ladies?) So group up, ask around, walk with your stroller and a friend. It’s hard to pass when there’s a person waiting.
2. Get Groovin’
- Music can be a mood changer. Try running to the Shindler’s List CD. Not gonna happen. But, say, put in “HeyYa” and soon you’ll be shakin’ it like a Polaroid picture. There’s even a website to help called (of all things) Workoutmusic.com.
3.Reward Yourself
- It’s always a good idea to include something fun for following through. We do it for our kids, why not employe it for ourselves? Set a small baby step goal and achieve it. “Walk three times this week.” Once you’ve done that? Purchase a song for your ipod, get a skinny latte, take an hour kid-free at Borders to look through magazines: Anything that will keep you going. The real reward comes in the better figure and healthier body, we all know that. But in the mean time, there’s lattes and magazines to be had.
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OK. You are getting me back on my fitness wagon. If I have to sleep in my workout clothes, then that is what I will have to do to get in shape. A shape other than round which I mastered quite some time ago.
I think rewarding yourself is really good. For anything– cleaning, working on a breaking a bad habit, not yelling at your kids…. exercise too. But so much more.
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