Are Big Decisions Really Small?
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Big success doesn't require big decisions. |
Goals
May 8
Improve Your Speed With This “Mental Illusion” Treadmill Workout
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You can fool your brain to get your legs to run faster! |
These buttons can have a huge impact on your workout!
This treadmill workout isn’t fun but it is challenging and it not boring. So 2 outta 3 ain’t bad. Especially when you get results immediately.
New to running? No problem. This workout works for slow joggers or walkers too! Just adjust the speeds to your level. Reduce the length of the warm-up and tempo.
The only difference between the novice and expert is how many times you push one button.
Unfortunately, the workout needs to be on a treadmill. It’s not that you can’t accomplish this workout out on the road, but I haven’t figured out how to get the same training effect. I think I know why.
We have too much control over our mind and not enough control over our terrain outside. The treadmill belt is a mechanical authority. Don’t do what it says and it’ll spit you out. We’ll never out wit a device plugged into a wall. A treadmill is not known for unconditional love:).
There is 1 principle behind this workout. Fool your brain. Read more
The Anatomy of Discipline
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This discipline dissection is designed to help you train your own Gazoo. |
Meet Gazoo! He’s your new best friend!
Gazoo and I became acquainted when I was a child watching the Flintstones cartoon. Gazoo is a little, flying, green martian that lands on my shoulder out of nowhere. Let’s just say I’m ying and he’s yang. He talks to me in my ear. He has a PhD in annoyance. Yet I’m so grateful for the little bugger. If it weren’t for him, well, there wouldn’t be a FITskitz- that’s for sure! Here’s a brief story to show Gazoo at work. Read more
VIPER
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I'm revealing the five key tools I've used to maintain a healthy lifestyle for 25 years. |
In my recent post, The ABCD Method of New Beginnings, I acknowledged the power of fresh starts. Declaring change is like a drug. Blood is flowing, thoughts racing, and energy bounds.
Making a decision to change your life is the first step. The easy step. Signing up for a fitness class, a gym membership or buying your first blender so you can begin your 3 day cleanse? Terrrrrific! Acknowledge you’re in the honeymoon period of lifestyle change.
Want to be married to your change? That’s going to take commitment, willpower, discipline, and re-commitment. Here’s how. Read more
The ABCD Method of New Beginnings
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Follow the ABCD method to turn resolutions into life long habits. |
A new year, a new you? At least for a few weeks, eh? The gyms are packed. Personal trainers are working their own tushies off. Sparks are flying.
Motivation is a beautiful thing. January brings a new oxygen to the planet. As if we require some universal signal that it’s ok to declare a new beginning. Much like the first day of school. The backpack is full of new stuff–tools sharpened and minds eager.
Take full advantage at any time of year to declare a new beginning. If it’s January 1st, that’s great! If it’s your birthday, a Monday, or the first day of class—perfect!
There is extraordinary power in beginning. Read more
★ Words We Should(n’t) Live By
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Proceed with caution when using common clichés. |
Protect yourself from potentially harmful clichés.
Clichés are so popular in America that there’s hardly a day you don’t say or hear one. I read hundreds of clichés in preparing this post and their value is apparent.
Used to validate, encourage, dismiss, or explain behavior, clichés are catchy language crutches that justify intention.
We need them. Their overuse is useful. Everyone knows what we mean without explanation. Listeners accept our word jingle as a condensed proclamation of our current state of affairs.
But watch out. Some clichés can be dicey. Read more
The 7 Deadly Sins at the Gym
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Gym rats learn a lot from observation. |
I’ve seen trainers and members come and go over the years at my gym. I’ve been there so long I’ve secretly given people nicknames because, frankly, I see them more than my best friends. There’s “rooster” and “diva darling” and “tough monkey.” (Please don’t ask for the explanations:)
A gym rat is that person who religiously goes to the gym. Whenever you go, the rat is there so you just want to assume they live there. I know because I was one. Read more
Le Tour de Fitness
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A lifetime of fitness involves many stages. |
The pursuit of fitness has a beginning but no ending. No wonder it’s difficult to stay on the path.
Pursuing a healthy “lifestyle” is a kind way to recruit our minds to accept that we’re in for the long haul.
Recognizing these stages of fitness can ensure the only towel you hang up continues to be a sweaty one:) Read more
★ Learn To Love the Plateau
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The plateau is a valuable part of the process. |
You want to be moving. But you’re not. Stuck in the mud. Pressing against the wind. Melting into the quicksand. You work so hard and seem to be getting all the way to NOWHERE!
Here comes that evil, pulverizing question again. The one that grinds up your dreams and spits them out. Read more
“Toy” with Your Life
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It's all in the shake. |
Who dreams of an Etch-A-Sketch when they’re my age? And why would this game come to the forefront of my mind when I haven’t seen one since I was a kid?
If you believe dreams are hidden messages, this one was sent as a reminder to practice a skill I hold dear. And one I’d forgotten. Read more
Hoo-Rag
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