Find Tools To Help You Stay Active
Sun 8 Apr 2007
I’m often recommending to clients that they find little ways to keep themselves involved or interested in their fitness programs. That they know themselves best and to integrate little hooks to keep them going towards their goals.
I realized last week that one of my clients, Tracy, has done just that. The past few months she has been completing her warm-up for her sessions listening to her ipod. Won’t talk to her trainer until she finishes warming up and has taken the ipod off. She has also started running on her own as well and always listens to that ipod from start to finish… it’s her way of getting through something that once wasn’t enjoyable for her. Congrats Tracy!!!
My tip this month is to find tools or triggers to help you get through your fitness training. Here are some ideas that I see working for clients that might help trigger an idea that works for you.
1. Listen to music
2. Wear new workout gear – runners seem to get people excited the most
3. Read a fitness book
4. A portable cooler to hold your daily meals
5. Keep an extra bag of workout gear in the trunk of your car
6. A water bottle that you carry with you
7. Food and/or exercise journal
8. Watch to monitor heart rate or distance traveled
9. Train with a friend
10. Buy a new outfit… that is in your target size (eg. You are now a size 12 and your target is size 8 )
You know yourself best. Find that tool or hook that works for you!
To your health & fitness!
Ted
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April 15th, 2007 at 6:52 am
Let’s see…
Music - nope
Gear - some (my new watch last year really turned my crank)
Books - yup (gotta love the VPL). Workout DVD’s too.
Cooler - nope
Gear in trunk - nope (transit gal mostly)
Water - yup
Food & exercise journal - yup (sparkpeople.com)
Heart rate - nope but
Distance - yup (mapmyrun.com)
Friend - tried to organize but no luck
Too tight outfit - yup (out of necessity - bought some summer clothes at the thrift store that are too tight otherwise I’d never get in on the summer clothes).
So there you go - thanks for the comprehensive checklist Ted.
I’m off to the Sun Run today - who would have ever thought, eh?
April 15th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Congrats on the Sun Run Michelle! I use your story as inspiration for others all the time.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
That’s very sweet of you to say, Ted.
The Sun Run was great fun - it’s an amazing amount of positive energy, all in motion. I may very well be taking part in other organized runs in the near future! Who knew fitness was so much fun?