Your method of dressing the part before you start, especially in the morning before anything else, is awesome.
The first rep is the hardest as the resistance to not start is often stronger than the resistance to quit once you do (depending on how difficult the workout is of course).
I have a go-to warmup routine that I do immediately prior to fitness, martial arts training, or competitions of any kind. I’ve easily done it over 1000x now. It’s my body’s wake-up call and reminder it’s time to go.
The Starrett’s have inspired me in a lot of ways and several of their general recommendations for warm-ups regarding neural stimulation in jumping, range of motion/mobility, and slightly getting the heart rate up are all components that were incorporated. Enjoy and keep kicking butt in multiple ways!
We were gifted a full Olympic barbell bench and plates from a good friend so my weights are in my basement. I leave my ruck in my trunk so on rucking days after I drop my son at school I park, throw it on and walk the neighborhood before starting work. I try to ride my bike at least 4 nights a week after dinner as a nice mental health break with added cardio.
Ruck in the trunk is also my go-to. My kids always need to be dropped off and then picked up an hour later depending on the activity so that becomes my de facto ruck time.
I have a chin up bar in my office door. After every sitting session, or just when exiting and entering, I'll hang to elongate my spine and strengthen grip. Still working on the pull-ups. Also, as a former dancer, I have wall to ceiling mirror on one wall in my bedroom and a portable ballet barre that stays up. Dance shoes and resistance bands in a box under my bed. Bluetooth speakers for my favorite dance music.
Great examples of visual cues and accessibility. The mirror is something I didn't think about. Even if someone isn't a dancer, it's a good check on posture and form. Thanks!
I discovered YouTube videos during the pandemic. I like the indoor walking workouts from Get Fit With Rick, and indoor walking workouts from Keoni Tamayo. I additionally like the lady from Australia Gina and her channel Up to the Beat Fit. Grow with Jo is good and consistent too, but it is more "dancy".
Basically in my living room, doing these indoor walking workouts to either help finish my 10,000 steps a day, or combine them with several line dancing YouTube workouts too.
Would like to hear more about what your "indoor walking workout" is like? Is it at a gym, indoor track, home? In terms of my BOSU, I use it for multiple movements: standing balance workouts, push-ups (BOSU makes me work harder to stabilize), lateral movement conditioning where I essentially spring/hop off the BOSU from one foot and land on the other and sit-ups. (This could probably be a full post!)
Gwendolyn, I love the sticky note idea. I particularly like that it’s in your face. When do you decide what goes on that sticky note? How often do you change it daily, weekly, or…?
Once I have a bigger goal - like a particularly arduous race - then I figure out what the "level-up" thing I need to do is (like extra pull-ups) to get me truly ready. That's when it goes on the sticky note. And it stays there until after the goal is completed. I don't keep one up all the time, because then it might lose its impact. But I think it could be useful for just about any habit we need to build, whether short-term or long-term. Key is, no sleep before sticky note accomplished!
Another fantastic post in this great series.
Your method of dressing the part before you start, especially in the morning before anything else, is awesome.
The first rep is the hardest as the resistance to not start is often stronger than the resistance to quit once you do (depending on how difficult the workout is of course).
I have a go-to warmup routine that I do immediately prior to fitness, martial arts training, or competitions of any kind. I’ve easily done it over 1000x now. It’s my body’s wake-up call and reminder it’s time to go.
Video of it at the end of this post:
https://www.resilientmentalstate.com/p/cost-free-solution-to-create-energy?r=1cn3fa
Looking forward to the next post in this series!
Just read this. That's a pretty terrific dynamic warmup/wakeup. I'm going to give it a try later this week. Thanks for sharing it here.
The Starrett’s have inspired me in a lot of ways and several of their general recommendations for warm-ups regarding neural stimulation in jumping, range of motion/mobility, and slightly getting the heart rate up are all components that were incorporated. Enjoy and keep kicking butt in multiple ways!
We were gifted a full Olympic barbell bench and plates from a good friend so my weights are in my basement. I leave my ruck in my trunk so on rucking days after I drop my son at school I park, throw it on and walk the neighborhood before starting work. I try to ride my bike at least 4 nights a week after dinner as a nice mental health break with added cardio.
Riding bike after dinner is also a good way to lower blood glucose levels!
The bike has become one of my favorite things. It's so nice to ride through our sleepy little town in the dark.
Ruck in the trunk is also my go-to. My kids always need to be dropped off and then picked up an hour later depending on the activity so that becomes my de facto ruck time.
Name of your memoir: "Ruck in the Trunk"
😂
When rucking was my main exercise I’d throw it on when I was grocery shopping.
I have a chin up bar in my office door. After every sitting session, or just when exiting and entering, I'll hang to elongate my spine and strengthen grip. Still working on the pull-ups. Also, as a former dancer, I have wall to ceiling mirror on one wall in my bedroom and a portable ballet barre that stays up. Dance shoes and resistance bands in a box under my bed. Bluetooth speakers for my favorite dance music.
Great examples of visual cues and accessibility. The mirror is something I didn't think about. Even if someone isn't a dancer, it's a good check on posture and form. Thanks!
I discovered YouTube videos during the pandemic. I like the indoor walking workouts from Get Fit With Rick, and indoor walking workouts from Keoni Tamayo. I additionally like the lady from Australia Gina and her channel Up to the Beat Fit. Grow with Jo is good and consistent too, but it is more "dancy".
Basically in my living room, doing these indoor walking workouts to either help finish my 10,000 steps a day, or combine them with several line dancing YouTube workouts too.
Walking. Either outside, or doing an indoor walking workout, or "walking" on my rebounder.
I saw that you have a BOSU listed in the article. How do you use yours? Curious. Thanks!
Would like to hear more about what your "indoor walking workout" is like? Is it at a gym, indoor track, home? In terms of my BOSU, I use it for multiple movements: standing balance workouts, push-ups (BOSU makes me work harder to stabilize), lateral movement conditioning where I essentially spring/hop off the BOSU from one foot and land on the other and sit-ups. (This could probably be a full post!)
Gwendolyn, I love the sticky note idea. I particularly like that it’s in your face. When do you decide what goes on that sticky note? How often do you change it daily, weekly, or…?
Once I have a bigger goal - like a particularly arduous race - then I figure out what the "level-up" thing I need to do is (like extra pull-ups) to get me truly ready. That's when it goes on the sticky note. And it stays there until after the goal is completed. I don't keep one up all the time, because then it might lose its impact. But I think it could be useful for just about any habit we need to build, whether short-term or long-term. Key is, no sleep before sticky note accomplished!