4 Tips to help you Actually Workout

These 4 tips can help you re-focused and get back on track with your workouts!

These tips are a helpful tool to have in your back pockets for those moments when your mind needs convincing and your to-do list is growing by the minute! You know, the times when you feel like you just don’t have time for a workout, or you just don’t feel like exercising. Those are the times when these tips are super effective.

Here are some of the tips I use to help me get my workouts in more consistently.

Tip #1. Done is better than perfect!

While you may think perfection is a helpful tool, it’s actually a huge motivation killer. Waiting for the right moment or the perfect conditions in order for you to get a workout in is a recipe for disaster!

If you wait until you feel like working out, you will spend a lot more time waiting than exercising.

If you wait until you’ve got enough time to do a 60-minute workout, you won’t be nearly as consistent as if you embrace the benefits of a regular 20 or 30-minute workout habit. Less is more!

Doing a workout and getting it DONE is a much better strategy for consistency than waiting for the conditions to be perfect or ideal.

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Tip #2. Something is better than nothing!

You don’t need every workout to be an hour-long with a full-length warm-up and cool down. Yes, it’s great to get in some longer workouts when we can, but let’s build the foundation of our strategy on consistent sweat sessions (like 3-5 times per week) even if they are short in duration.

Little bits add up to great outcomes. Daily walks, taking the stairs, doing 20-minute strength workouts, and bringing exercise bands on your vacations are all helpful ways to feel really good in your body.

Tip #3. Just start.

You will never be ready JUST START!

This is the tip I use most often. On days I have a ton of to-dos it would be easy to just skip my workout for the day (tons to do, don’t have the energy, haven’t completed enough tasks for the day). I just start before my brain talks me out of it!

I always feel better when I’m done with my workout! Afterward, I am more focused, energetic, and motivated. I know that the consistency of my workouts is the thing that helps me achieve my goals and gain all the positive benefits of exercise.

So I tell myself regularly to JUST START!

Tip #4. Meet yourself where you’re at, not where you think you should be!

This can be a challenging one especially if you have been working so hard and think you should be farther along in your journey by now! If you are currently not at your fittest, use this tip! It will help you exercise! You will be much less likely to overdo it, much less likely to injure or re-injure yourself, and much more likely to enjoy your workout. Then you’ll be able to build upon where you are at and grow into greater strength and fitness in your future.

I hope you’ll use these tips as much as I do. They truly help me to exercise more consistently, have better energy and prioritize my self-care.

Happy and Healthy,

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