Posts tagged Physical exercise
Strengthening your Core: Lessons in Goal Setting
Strengthening your Core: Lessons in Goal Setting

I am a strong believer that goals should be written down.  It is easy to set a goal (i.e., have a mental plan), but I think it is more effective to have the goals some place where you can refer back to them in detail.  I find if I have my goals written down somewhere, they provide me with a greater sense of accountability. Therefore, since spring is here and bathing suit season is just around the corner, I thought I would share a plan for getting back in shape.  Since many think their stomach is their problem area, I thought I would focus on strengthening our cores.  Check out the detailed plan below.  You can use this template for detailing any goal you wish to achieve.

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Arianna Merrittabs, core, Fitness, flat stomach, goal setting, Health, Personal Training, Physical exercise, sharing your story, speaking from the heart, stand tall, Stomach Comments
NO MORE EXCUSES: What I learned from my first day of Bootcamp.
NO MORE EXCUSES: What I learned from my first day of Bootcamp.

Do the following sound familiar to you?  These were all statements that I said before or during my first day at a fitness Bootcamp yesterday. It didn’t hit me until after that I use too many excuses.

“I am going a bit slower today BECAUSE I didn’t sleep well last night” – said as I was hiking

“I am taking my time down the hill BECAUSE I sprained my ankle” – on the way down

“I’m nervous to start this program BECAUSE I’ll look like a beginner” – in the car before Bootcamp

Or maybe some of these sound familiar to you....

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Arianna Merrittattitude, community, connection, courage, excuses, Mental Training, motivation, nike, perseverance, Physical exercise, self-worth, Social support, speaking from the heart, Sport psychology, stand tall Comments
"Sitting Disease": How do we prevent it?
"Sitting Disease": How do we prevent it?

Does convenience come with a price? These days you really don't have to do much exercise if you don't want to.  You can have almost anything delivered to your house (i.e. food and supplies).  Also, if you commute to a desk job or are a student there is a lot of sitting involved there too.  Think about it, many individuals get up and take either the bus or drive to school/work, they then sit in lecture or at a computer doing their work. Then they come home.  The setup isn't designed to include much physical activity.  There is so much sitting that researchers have labelled in the "Sitting Disease".

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Arianna Merrittcourage, Education, go be seen, Health, movement, Physical exercise, prevention, Public health, self-worth, sharing your story, sitting, speaking from the heart, stand tall, strategies, Women's Health Comments