Exercise and Your Life
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This past week I had a motivation problem with getting myself psyched up for exercise since I just seemed to be too busy to get on my treadmill. There was an issue at work that I needed to stay a little longer than I anticipated. Then the car had problems where I spent the entire day at the dealership (being promised that it would only take a few more minutes). My daughter needed to be shuttled to the collage campus as well as to the store to buy more stuff. I was trying to get the lawn mowed around the rain drops and my sister called to ask if I could come with her to a local town meeting. 
All of these things were just excuses I thought and I was going to beat myself up over them since I wasn’t getting in the half hour of rigorous exercise that I had originally scheduled. Then I started to rationalize that maybe I was getting in some exercise and I didn’t even pay any attention to it because it wasn’t done on a treadmill. Well I did cut the lawn on Thursday and it took over an hour of my time. On Wednesday, I walked around the dealership lot 3 times which used up a couple of hours and was about a mile and a half. Sunday was the college campus day and I must have walked at least three or four hours that day. I know since my legs started to tighten up.
The reason I mention all of these things is that some days or weeks don’t just workout (no pun intended) for you when it comes to structured exercise. Walking is a good way to get your blood moving and can be listed as exercise for the day. Having sweat pour off your face is not the only way to get your exercise fix. Don’t be so hard on your self as I’ll take the John Lennon quote “life is what happens while your busy making other plans”. Things just happen and for those that have exercise routines, you just need to go with the flow sometimes.
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Natalie Coughlin - Olympic Champion
Hey, remember when I wrote about using the product iTrain to help you get in shape. You remember that this is downloadable MP3 files that give you a personal trainer that brings you through a great workout. Well, one of the trainers that you can use for this is none other than Natalie Coughlin herself. Now I’m not saying that you too can be an Olympic champion, but she did pretty good.
Natalie Coughlin
Here’s her accomplishments for the 2008 Olympics:
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2008 Summer Olympics Events |
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Medal count: 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) |
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| Date | Event | Final Time |
Place |
| August 10 | 4×100 m Freestyle Relay | 3:34.33 |
2nd |
| August 12 | 100 m Backstroke | 58.96 |
1st |
| August 13 | 200 m Individual Medley | 2:10.34 |
3rd |
| August 14 | 4×200 m Freestyle Relay | 7:46.33 |
3rd |
| August 15 | 100 m Freestyle | 53.39 |
3rd |
| August 17 | 4×100 m Medley Relay | 3:53.30 |
2nd |
You can get your own personal trainer to help you with your Olympic dreams too or then again, maybe just lose some weight. Check out iTrain.com for some of the best programs for an MP3 player.
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When a Workout Becomes Boring
What do you do when your workout just isn’t fun any more? You may have a set routine that uses a treadmill or maybe a recumbent bike and you are having trouble getting yourself ready for some more miles. Going to the gym is the last think on your mind and just trying to fit in an aerobics class is the last thing that you’re thinking about these days.
First thing you need to do is not beat yourself up over something like this. All of us, even the most avid athlete, has trouble keeping a routine where he/she pushes their body to sweat. Watching TV is always better than exercising. It’s mindless entertainment that takes a little energy then just hitting buttons on a remote control.
The problem you may be experiencing is that you are too routine. Yep, the same thing each week over and over again can get you in a rut. Varity is the spice of life. I can’t believe I just wrote that, but you get what I mean. You have to switch things up and this may take a little though to help, but here’s some tips:
Whatever you do, just switch it up a little and you’ll find a little excitement again.
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