Training for Life

Become Fit! Don't Just Lose Weight

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:18:45 -0800

So what’s the best way to get from here to there? How do you get to fit from fat, to active from lazy, to healthy from hopeless? I suggest you begin with the idea that you would like to become fit, not just lose weight.

There is a very big difference – fitness, unlike when people go on a diet to lose weight, is a lifelong goal. So, you are not going to be looking for immediate and dramatic results, but rather long-term, life-changing benefits. ...

No Time Like Now to Start Fresh

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:56:00 -0800

If you lack motivation, feel overwhelmed; want to change something in your life – think now.

When we think about everything that has happened, could happen, may or may not happen, we are not in the present moment and not able to enjoy the beauty of the present. ...

Tips to Avoid Overindulging During the Holidays

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:33:08 -0800

The holidays are stressful, plain and simple. And how do we cope with stress? We eat! We overindulge and pay for it later in feelings of remorse and discouragement. The weight gain, the discomfort, and the plan to eliminate the weight later only extends the anxiety and provides us with post holiday stress as well.

There are ways to fend off this horrible holiday ritual of overindulging and regretting it later. Here are a few healthy holiday tips:

• Exercise. ...

Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:07:25 -0800

Weight loss is an important component to an overall fitness and health program. Weight maintenance is the companion piece, and it is a much tougher part.

Whether you are training for a marathon, planning a wedding, or putting a fitness program in place, it is helpful to lie out the various elements and focus on each one individually. ...

Burn the Fat, Keep it Off

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:12:37 -0800

We often discuss ways to burn off excess fat and calories, but what we do to take off weight is only a small part of the equation – keeping it off needs just as much attention, probably more.

Why can’t we keep it off?

Here’s my belief: When we desperately want to lose weight we engage in activities that are too darn difficult to maintain. ...

How To Find the Motivation to Exercise

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:19:44 -0800

Summer is gone and so goes play time, summer fun, vacations and the free-feeling attitude that comes with summer. It's back to school (good news for moms, not so much for students), full workweeks with heavier workloads, traffic as usual, and a more regimented schedule all around.

So maybe you're not the “bikini time - get into shape” type. ...

Training for Life's Transitions

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:03:59 -0800

If you have ever taken one of my Spinning classes, or listened to my walking CDs, or seen my workout DVDs, you’ll know that I use the road, our basic training ground, as a metaphor for life. I often talk about training for the long haul, and life being an endurance event, my book is even called Training for Life, because I do believe that we are all athletes, and our event is life. ...

Get Moving: Daily Tips for Staying Fit

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:08:38 -0800

It was not too long ago that obesity was not the raging universal health problem that it is today - partly because we all used to have more physical activity in our lives. ...

Exercise - And Cure These Ailments

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:44:05 -0800

Let’s be real clear, there are things that we all must do (and not do) to live healthfully. We can prevent and cure so many ailments with one very available (do it anytime), very safe (no negative side effects) and very inexpensive (in fact it’s free) prescription – exercise.

Did you know that exercise has proven to be positively related to the prevention and cure of all of these?