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Excuses, Exercise & Excitement

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When you talk about exercise, chances are you think more in terms of excuses than you do in terms of excitement. For example, you’re more likely to say: I’d work out more if I had more time than you are to say: I can’t wait to get on the treadmill and go for three miles – it’s the best time ever Excuses Excuses are a lot easier to come by. We can come up with a dozen excuses for why we don’t do anything. I didn’t do the dishes last night before bed because I was tired. I didn’t do … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog: Week in Review – Sept 23-29

Fitness Blog’s: The Week in Review Sept 23-29 It’s been a terrifically busy week here in the Fitness blog and you’d think after 10 months of talking about fitness, I’d be tired of it, but I’m far from that date. We’re winding September down and we’re heading into October. Be sure to check out the September End of the Month Fitness Goal Check today and be back here tomorrow to start our run on October fitness. We’re going to talk a lot about Women’s Fitness in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the meanwhile, here’s a review … Continue reading →

The Core of Exercise Excuses

We’ve talked about dropping exercise excuses before and we use the word excuse interchangeably with the word core. In fact, for most of us – when we avoid exercise, we come up with excuses that are plausible to our cause. Our excuses may be we’re too tired. We’re too busy. We’re overworked. We’re over committed. We have allergies. We have a cold. We don’t feel good. We’ll do it tomorrow. There are two ways to solve these types of excuses and to focus on our core problem. The first is to stop making excuses. Don’t validate yourself with the idea … Continue reading →