Hello everyone! Most of the time in my posts I cover a specific topic. I’m always thinking about fitness and training and I like to write about what I’m seeing and thinking about with our members and everyone else, too! Every once in a while my mind gets a little jumbled with lots of thoughts and in those cases I like to ramble a little bit. Today is one of those days, so here are My Top 16 Post-Thanksgiving Fitness Leftovers Thoughts.
- If you have pain and aren’t taking what you’re learning in the gym, movement-wise, and applying it to your life outside the gym you are missing a HUGE AND NECESSARY piece of the puzzle.
- If you have pain and you aren’t learning proper movement patterns inside the gym, you need to find a different gym.
- Without consistency you really don’t really have much of a chance to reach any meaningful goal or achieve any meaningful results.
- No matter your goals, you should have some strength training in your exercise program. That includes all the runners out there!
- If you have shoulder pain you have to address your posture and breathing patterns if you ever want lasting relief.
- When strength training you simply have to push yourself. The last few reps of your set should be challenging. It’s not a punishment to add more weight! It’s the price you pay for being awesome!!!
- You know what you need to do with your diet. You’ve got to honestly and unemotionally look at the reasons you’re not doing it.
- To the Moms out there. If you don’t take some time for yourself you will never be truly happy. P.S. Your husband and kids want that for you, too!!
- If your exercise program includes only pushups, squats, planks and brisk walks you’ll be doing much better than the vast majority of people.
- As hard as it may be sometimes, acting like you think a reasonable adult would act will generally move you in the right direction.
- Most people are much stronger than they think. They have to get a little comfortable with that fact and feeling.
- Don’t overreact to every little tweak you feel. Most of them don’t mean much.
- When it comes to nutrition questions either eating slower, eating more protein and/or eating more vegetables is usually a decent answer.
- Back pain is almost never about your back.
- Being too flexible is just as bad, if not worse, than being too stiff.
- If you properly train for strength you will improve your cardiovascular health and flexibility as a result. Just doing cardio and stretching will not improve your strength, though.
I hope a few of these resonated with you a little bit. If so, I’d love to hear how! Just send me an email, call or text.
Have a great day!
Mitch Rothbardt, CPT, PN Level 2 Lean Eating Coach, FMS
Castro Valley Fitness
2861 Grove Way
510-755-9191
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