First day of summer.... first day of early morning cardio. It's been a long long while since I have been up and to the gym at 5:30 but it was time to make my return. You see like many of you my biggest challenge is time and how to create more of it (which is impossible) so again it comes down to priorities and if I am willing to pay the price.
I have worked very hard to make a greater separation between work time and family time which means when I am at work I put my head down and get it done. Not just training clients and talking food but all the paperwork that goes on behind the scenes and is required for running a successful business. Some days the emails are enough to drown in and I have come to realize that as much as I get done the stack of things to do will always replenish itself. I love what I do so I certainly am not complaining just stating the simple fact that day time hours are work hours. Even I am entitled to a break but trying to work out in the studio is very distracting... the computer and all those emails are just a glance away! I prefer to spend my workout time in my own gym where I can just blend in with my other fellow gym goers and just focus on having that 30-40 minutes to myself. This has been working pretty good for me and my goal at this point is to do some form of resistance training a min of 3x per week... anything above this is gravy (this is me setting reasonable goals). Its finding the time to make my heart and lungs pound that has been causing me grief.
When I was competing training and cardio were my JOB. That's right, to be successful on stage I had to treat all area's of competition preparation as work. Food prep was included in that so getting up at 4:30 am was pretty standard to fit everything into my day. You can see how running this type of rigid routine for so many years would cause some serious burnout. I gave up that early morning wake up when I retired from the sport. This is also the cause of my tantrum about returning to this early schedule now to get it all done. I don't want my training to become a job and am very careful that it is only a piece of my life and is kept in balance. Today I decided that I needed to get over this cycle of thought. 5:30 am is still early but it allows me to get my cardio in, have some quiet time to myself while I get my day ready and enjoy the morning routine with my family. It felt good to be at the gym and felt even better to come home knowing that I had checked off one thing on my to do list. It didn't feel like a job at all... but more like a gift. The morning light was beautiful and the world is so peaceful at that time.
So today I changed my thoughts and embraced the morning hours. Don't ever forget that if you want to make something a priority you will, and you always CHOOSE how you think and feel about things. If going to the gym is a grind then you will never truly embrace being there.
Goal this week is min 3 early morning cardio sessions and I have no doubt I will get it done!
What are your goals for the first week of summer? The sun will be making an appearance soon so don't put off working towards loving the skin you are in and feeling ready to embrace tank top season!
L
I have worked very hard to make a greater separation between work time and family time which means when I am at work I put my head down and get it done. Not just training clients and talking food but all the paperwork that goes on behind the scenes and is required for running a successful business. Some days the emails are enough to drown in and I have come to realize that as much as I get done the stack of things to do will always replenish itself. I love what I do so I certainly am not complaining just stating the simple fact that day time hours are work hours. Even I am entitled to a break but trying to work out in the studio is very distracting... the computer and all those emails are just a glance away! I prefer to spend my workout time in my own gym where I can just blend in with my other fellow gym goers and just focus on having that 30-40 minutes to myself. This has been working pretty good for me and my goal at this point is to do some form of resistance training a min of 3x per week... anything above this is gravy (this is me setting reasonable goals). Its finding the time to make my heart and lungs pound that has been causing me grief.
When I was competing training and cardio were my JOB. That's right, to be successful on stage I had to treat all area's of competition preparation as work. Food prep was included in that so getting up at 4:30 am was pretty standard to fit everything into my day. You can see how running this type of rigid routine for so many years would cause some serious burnout. I gave up that early morning wake up when I retired from the sport. This is also the cause of my tantrum about returning to this early schedule now to get it all done. I don't want my training to become a job and am very careful that it is only a piece of my life and is kept in balance. Today I decided that I needed to get over this cycle of thought. 5:30 am is still early but it allows me to get my cardio in, have some quiet time to myself while I get my day ready and enjoy the morning routine with my family. It felt good to be at the gym and felt even better to come home knowing that I had checked off one thing on my to do list. It didn't feel like a job at all... but more like a gift. The morning light was beautiful and the world is so peaceful at that time.
So today I changed my thoughts and embraced the morning hours. Don't ever forget that if you want to make something a priority you will, and you always CHOOSE how you think and feel about things. If going to the gym is a grind then you will never truly embrace being there.
Goal this week is min 3 early morning cardio sessions and I have no doubt I will get it done!
What are your goals for the first week of summer? The sun will be making an appearance soon so don't put off working towards loving the skin you are in and feeling ready to embrace tank top season!
L
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