After years of saying “heck NO” to the idea of marathon running, I’ve come around. It wasn’t a quick change-of-mind; in fact, I’ve been mulling it over for quite a while. Too long, for someone who believes that successful people make decisions quickly and decisively. What set me over the edge was something my boyfriend […]
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Terrible Fitness Goals
Sometimes people fail at their fitness goals because their fitness goals are crap. You can’t achieve something that’s vague, too difficult, or not worth achieving. Please, do yourself a favor and avoid craptastic goals like these: “Lose Weight” Oh, like five pounds? Or 50? And is it really weight you want to lose, or is […]
Why Your Weight Loss Plan is Failing
The sad truth is that most of us have been unhappy with our bodies at one point or another, and most of us have wanted to lose five or 25 pounds. Did you succeed? AWESOME. If not, this could be why your weight loss plan is letting you down. You’re overestimating the effectiveness of your […]
Two Reasons I’m Not Into Triathlons
When it comes to my own workouts and challenges, I’m not really into the triathlon. Here’s why: Swimming Biking My past is sprinkled with moments wherein I, ever the athlete, entertained thoughts of becoming a TRIathlete. I admire triathletes. They’re fit and ridiculously tough. (You know that in triathlons you swim then bike then run […]
7 Surefire Ways to Make Yourself Hate Exercise
A lot of people say they hate exercise, and that’s their whole excuse for not doing it. Lame. First of all, I’m pretty sure my mom taught me that sometimes we have to do things we don’t like. Two, you can learn to love it. Three, actually, you don’t hate exercise at all. Movement is […]
How to Lift Out of an Exercise Rut
If you follow an exercise program for long enough, this is going to happen to you: you’re going to dig yourself a sweaty ditch and get stuck in it. And you will hate it. You’ll know you’re there because you’re going to dread your workouts — not just occasionally, but every day. You’ll get mad […]
5 Fitness New Year’s Resolution Mistakes
According to this, the number one new year’s resolution last year was to “lose weight”, and “staying fit and healthy” came in at number five. Maybe you’re your own personal proof that this is not surprising. It’s probably also not surprising that by mid-month a lot of those resolutions have been set aside (maybe next […]