Make Your Workouts A Priority: 6 Tips to Stay Motivated!

The hubs joined me in my Plyometrics workout yesterday! Had to chase him upstairs to get a picture with him! 

I hear every day..."I can't find time to workout out!" 3-4 years ago, my workout routine was, get dressed, get my kid strapped in the car. Drive 15 minutes to my gym. Take my kid to the kid zone. Find a locker to stash my stuff. (Try to remember the combo on my lock!) Go out and find a machine or wait for a class to start. And sometimes at the beginning of the year, I would have to wait awhile for a machine to be open. Then exercise on the elliptical or treadmill. Then I would hang out at the gym to reach the 2.5 hour max limit for my kid to be in the kid zone because a) he loved it and would pitch a fit to leave and b) I am paying a lot of money for this gym membership, I need to get my monies worth! Get my stuff, pick up kid. Drive the 15 minutes home and get kid into bed because he was exhausted and then shower for myself. That right there is 3.5 hours. You are right! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE GYM!

If you are having a hard time finding time to exercise. you might want to look at how you exercise first. Sit down and figure out exactly how long it takes you to go exercise. The prep process to actual exercise. Think about if what you are doing is working or if you need to change it. For me, being a busy mom of 3 kids, 2 kids home full time, the gym just wasn't working for me anymore so I switched to home workouts using Beachbody on Demand.

No matter how you want to exercise you have to make it a priority! Check out how I stay motivated to get my workouts in almost every day!

1) Schedule your workouts in to your day. Just like an appointment. Add in travel time too if you have to travel so that you physically see how much time it will take you to do your workout.

2) Remember WHY you wanted to start exercising. That driving force that made you get your gym membership or order that new workout. What brought you to that point that you decided you wanted to exercise every day.

3) Think about how good you feel after you finish your workout. At the end of a workout, especially a HARD one,  I love that BADASS feeling I feel of "WOW! I TOTALLY ROCKED THAT!"

4) Don't get frustrated if you struggle. Too many people go too hard in those first few workouts and they get super sore and then take days off to recover. Allow your time to grow and get used to the workouts you are doing. Trust yourself and the process.

5) Remember that this is a journey. That you will have times and days that you will slip up, or not follow your plan exactly. The goal though, is to get right back to it and keep trying. Never give up because some progress, is still progress!

6) Find a workout partner if you have to too, to help you stay motivated!

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When Your Journey Becomes More Than About You

Yesterday, I was reminded that it just isn't your life that it being changed for the better. It's your whole family. From healthier meals on the table. Less eating out and to your kids doing exercise because they want to. Because it looks fun. Because it is what mom does. THIS is why I LOVE COACHING! I received this message from one of my challengers in my EXCLUSIVE 1:1 coaching group:

This is bigger than just you and your goals in the end. Not only is it life changing for you, but those who admire you, look up to you and learn from you.

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21 Day Fix: What To Expect For Workouts

Now that you are ready to get started with the 21 day fix and you know how the containers work and how to use them. It's time to get a little sneak peek into what the workouts are like!

21 Day Fix comes with 7 main workouts (Total Body Cardio Fix, Upper fix, Lower Fix, Pilates Fix, Cardio Fix, Dirty 30 and Yoga fix), 2 ultimate workouts (Barre Legs and Flat Abs Fix) and now 2 additional workouts that are only available on Beachbody On Demand (Cardio Core Fix and Dirty Dozen). The Daily schedule is:

My favorite workouts: Upper and Lower. Dirty 30 and Dirty Dozen are my next favorite. I STRUGGLE with the cardio workouts still. They challenge me which is GREAT! That's what you want. Something that still makes you work. Each workout has a modifier so it is perfect for beginners or someone coming back after an injury (or having a baby!) And there is plenty of room for growth. Don't think that just because this is good for beginners that advanced people won't get anything out of this because you will. The newer you are the lighter weights and less reps you will do in the minute. The more advanced you are, heavier weights and more reps you should do! But above all, no matter what level you are. Give it your all every time. Each workout is only 30 minutes long. That's it. And you will get a total body workout. You should be sweating by the end!

Want a little peek into some of the moves from the 21 Day Fix Workouts? Check out these videos. Each video is 1 minute or less! You can also view them and MORE at my YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

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Choose What You Sacrifice To Reach Your Goals Or Risk Sacrificing Your Goals

It takes a lot of discipline to stick with a nutrition plan and daily exercise. I personally aim for 5-6 days a week because I know I am not perfect and life happens. It always happens. But there is still some sacrifice involved with deciding to live this lifestyle. But you have to look at the long term results. Are you really sacrificing?

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Beginning Treadmill Interval Training

Some days it is just too cold outside to go running. To keep from getting bored on the treadmill you can do one of two things. First, use the personal TV on the machine, your phone or tablet to watching something or listen to your favorite personal development book so that you are working on yourself from the inside out to keep your brain occupied on something else. 

Secondly, do interval work. This keeps your body guessing and keeps your brain from losing focus. It also will test your endurance as it is a way to spike up your heart rate for short bursts of time then allow yourself to rest a little on the walking sections.

This is also good practice if you want to use this technique in a long distance race. Similar to the Galloway method of speed walking and sprinting for short periods of times. This training below is for beginners! 

You can adjust these speeds based on your current running level but the point it is to push yourself. Remember to listen to your body and if you have to skip an interval, then skip it but do as many as you can! 

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