Do one thing today that you know you should do, continue that every day until you don’t even have to think about it then add another thing. Let them become habits and watch your life improve. Motivation is fraudulent, discipline is key. We can all achieve our dreams with one constructive choice at a time. Get uncomfortable and get to work.
Tag Archives: wellness
Stay the Course
In his book, “The Power of Habit”, author Charles Duhigg explains that there is a habit cycle. To start a new habit, you must first have three things: a cue, a routine, and a reward.
How to Create a Wellness Plan
Wellness, therefore, is an ongoing process: a journey. A wellness plan is focused on your practices within that process, applying your learning forward and integrating what you’ve learned into a positive and proactive sense of yourself. So think of this as a process of moving towards wholeness as a person, with less self-rejection, shame, and blame. Along your wellness journey, you might discover some goals or inspiration that leads you to a training program, which then becomes part of your wellness journey and is woven into your wellness plan.
The Burn Out
Fatigue, short term memory loss, increased stress, similarities to feeling delirious, forgetfulness, trouble sleeping, unregulated emotions, and brain fog are all symptoms we may experience when we are burnt out. If we were to put it into more simpler terms, that point where you are just sitting there and thinking to yourself, “Fuck man I’ve had enough. I don’t know how much more I can keep doing this”.
Mental Health & the Holidays
There are days when I wake up and I am in my head and can’t make sense of my thoughts and I have no idea what made me feel this way?! Luckily, today I am able to identify my patterns of behavior and I am able to check in with myself and respond in a healthy, productive way.
How to Use Your MyZone for Better Recovery During Your Training Session
So how long should you rest between sets? The answer depends on your goal. Rest periods are based on how the body produces the energy to perform work during training. Specifically, the body uses three different energy systems, phosphagen, glycolytic and oxidative; however, the amount of each energy system’s contribution depends on the intensity and the duration of the event.
If I Could Say One More Thing…
When my plane landed, my mom had a phone full of missed calls and voicemails. He had taken his own life. The one person whom I felt could truly empathize with me was gone. It’s hard to not think of what I could have said or done differently, a weight that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life.
I Will Never Tap
There was a very low point not too long ago where I contemplated punching the time clock. It was dark and seemed inescapable. Suicide is not an option for me. As much as I wanted to quit, there is something there that will not allow me to tap out. I will never tap.
How Stress Affects Our Wellness
One of the most important things we can do to take care of ourselves is to manage stress, even if you can’t control the source of it.
The primary stress hormone is called Cortisol. Cortisol biologically runs through us in many ways. Stress is a part of our make-up and sometimes it isn’t a bad thing. This can motivate us, keep us alert, and challenge us. However, more times than most, it can negatively affect our bodies, our brains, and our wellbeing.
Heart Rate Training
The best part about using your MYZONE is that MEPs don’t have to happen in the gym. Being active in whatever way you love all adds up. The majority of our athletes in fact get their MEPs outdoors – which has even MORE added benefits like boosting mood and alleviating stress. Studies show that people who spend at least 120 minutes in nature a week report higher psychological well-being than those who don’t.