The worst conversation you could possible loop me into, is the one where you tell me why you can't be healthy. "I can't afford a gym" "I have no time to exercise" "It costs too much to eat healthy" "I don't like drinking water" "I have too much to do to get good sleep" "My joints ache" "I have ________, so I can't exercise." "I don't like the taste of healthy food" "My family won't eat that." ..........
You can feed me, or yourself any line you want, but the truth is, You Choose. You Choose.You choose.Every day, you choose.
Age will wear down your joints and body over time, but how you treat your body over all, through out your life, will greatly determine your later years.
We all have challenges. We all have things in our lives that make it hard, really hard, to exercise, eat well, get plenty of sleep, and all the other things that contribute to good health. We choose everyday, how healthy we want to be. Even amongst the aliments, illnesses, disease, aches and pains, hectic schedules, lack of money, and everything else that can possible get in our way, we choose to work around it, triumph over it , or become victim of it. WE CHOOSE.
And if we understood that how we choose to live our lives will greatly affect how many chronic illnesses we acquire, maybe then, we would choose differently, instead of believing that those are things we just randomly fall victim to.
Hi All!! September is almost here, which means back to school for the kiddos and teachers, and unpredictable weather as we transition into Fall. Here is what our Fall schedule looks like.
Shred Fall Schedule:
FITNESS TESTS: We will have our fitness tests every first Thursday of each month. Your fitness test will be followed by a challenging class using Tabatas, pyramids, and timed challenges!!
TUESDAYS: 5:30pm Circuit
We will have access to the full Journey Hall (wall open!). Tuesdays will be our circuit days. Weather permitting, we will enjoy the great outdoors for as long as we can, so dress appropriately for the possibilities of indoor / outdoor classes. When weather is frightful, we will have plenty of space indoors to get a great circuit workout without bumping into each other! YAY!!
THURSDAYS: 5:45pm Body Weight
Thursdays will be our body weight classes! We will be in the South Journey Hall (wall down). DON'T MISS THESE!! These are some of our most intense workouts, and will give us time to workout together as we work on coordination, form, and pushing ourselves to new limits. Dress for indoor/outdoor weather, as we will sometimes enjoy the outdoors for our workouts, warm-ups, or group track work. As always, be sure to grab a locker for your valuables, as we will sometimes leave our room unattended to go outside for part of our workout!
Let's have some Fun Fall Fitness and stay healthy as we come into the Autumn months! ~Shred Fit
Seriously, they are the gateway drug to all other fitness!! From weight lifting to Crazy Fun mud runs, bootcamps inspire a unique passion for fitness and challenging your body!
But when your bootcamp promises unrealistic or unsafe results, it can turn a healthy passion into a very unhealthy relationship with yourself.
Always look for light hearted, fun bootcamps that educate and inspire. Those are the ones you will find the long term success in building great fitness habits, with coaches who do this out of a strong passion for inspiring healthy, fit living.
TOUGH QUESTION: When you struggle with a goal, do you tell yourself it's because of the choices you are making, or are you struggling because other people or situations are making it too difficult? Are your perceptions standing in the way of your success?
Wow!! They don't play!!! Check out my class doing intense resisted bear crawls!! Great bootcamp idea!! These are intense! Totally get the heart rate up and really burn the quads!! Check out the energy!! THEY ROCK!!
CHEAP WORKOUT EQUIPMENT IDEA FOR BOOTCAMP OR BACK YARD!! RESISTED TIRE SPRINTS!!! They slammed this!! Tire weights are 28lbs. , 38lbs, and 45lbs. I used an eye hook on the tire and hooked the rope to the tire with trigger hook!!
I'm really proud of this vlog. Here is why. I am 43 years old, in great shape, lift weights, size 6, muscular, and lean enough to show my hard work. People assume that my 6 pack looks the same.... Nope! It could. But at 43 getting that lean with my build is not my top priority.
News flash people: Even your trainers, coaches, and fitness instructors have imperfect bodies, with stretch marks, fat percentage, and wrinkles.... Who knew!? ALWAYS KEEPIN' IT REAL!
Here in the Pacific NW 85 degrees is HOT!! In this class we had sit up/water balloon toss and Sponge Leap Races to go w/ our heavy bag work!! SO FUN!!! And just in case they weren't getting wet enough, I had a super soaker to finish the job!!!
