The biggest obstacle to adding more rest and recovery in our routines…? Our minds. We tend to underestimate the importance of rest and recovery in fitness, but it’s hugely important. Make time to take care of yourself. This is how to ensure you stay in the game for the long-run.
Trainer Advice
Become More Flexible – Through Your Surroundings
Edward Stanley is quoted as saying, “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” I’d offer that if you don’t find time for stretching, you will have to make time for injury. It’s that important. Learn how to set your environment up for …
Set Your Environment for Exercise
Use your surroundings to make your road to consistent exercise easier. In this Fit Vid, I present some strategies to get after those improvements in your fitness game as we look at them through the lenses of our environment.
Handling Obstacles
The ability to handle obstacles as they arise is a key to reaching your healthier living goals. I like to take a three-step approach to tackling anticipated obstacles. First, identify it. Next, anticipate it. And finally, plan for it. And when things come up that you didn’t anticipate, or that you had no control over, …
What’s Around You?
Take a look around your house, your place of work, and areas where you spend most of your time. Is your environment conducive to helping you reach your goals for healthier living? It may seem small, but the areas that surround you are parts of your overall environment. It’s been said that we are products …