Wrapping Up Fitness Week

Have you noticed here that I have a real love for commercials. Even if I have DVR'ed something, if I see a commercial that I love flying by as I fast forward, I have to stop and watch. I thought this one was especially good. Have a great and healthy weekend!

What motivates you?

Since it is officially Fitness Week here at MPDaily, I have a question for you guys. What motivates you to move?

That dapper dog Pitbull seen here

For me, it is a combination of both music and images When I am at the gym, I keep my Pandora on either Pitbull Radio or DMX Radio (thanks Rach for the tip). I also like when the TV's at the gym are showing E!  I know that attaining a celebrity body isn't realistic nor most likely healthy but it does make me increase the speed of the treadmill.

Can you conjurer up an image that makes you push harder those last 5 minutes? Or is all about the music? What about the scale? Is it all about the weight?

The buddy system

 

When all else fails in the morning, I can totally get behind the buddy system! Thanks Sheree!

Up and out

Eh, probably not going on a sunrise run but crazier things have happened! Seen on FitSugar

As I have noted here on the blog, PB is now in the habit of getting up early in the morning to start his ever busy day. Since I am a fairly light sleeper, I too have been getting up earlier in 2013, only to find myself laying in bed thinking, reading or "resting my eyes" for about an hour. I would like to use this time to be more productive, get going on my day a little earlier and make going to the gym in the morning part of my routine. I did a little online research  and here are some heplful tips that I am going to try to stick to.


From Stephanie Romine Become a Morning Person: 8 Tips from a Former Night Owl

Plan ahead. Each night before I go to bed, I make sure everything I need for the next day is ready to go: breakfast, lunch, and water bottle in the fridge; laptop case and purse by the door; gym bag is stocked with extra clothes, shoes, and toiletries. Even if I oversleep by a few minutes, I don't need to scramble to track down everything I need.

Carry an extra set. There's nothing worse than arriving at work still sweaty from a workout (I shower and get ready at the SparkPeople offices most days) and realizing that you don't have clean clothes. Thankfully, I have never forgotten clean underwear, but I have forgotten clean socks, and, once, I forgot a towel. (I used a clean t-shirt to dry off.) I keep a spare of anything I couldn't live without: socks, undies, bras, towels. That way I don't have to take a 20-minute detour home and back in the morning.

Stick with it, even on weekends. I can't stay out past 10 these days, and that's fine by me.  If I try to sleep in, stay up really late, or deviate from my normal schedule on weekends, Mondays are really hard. I "sleep in" until 7 on weekends, but I stick with my morning yoga practice and other routines. This was key, especially in the beginning, to adjusting to the new morning schedule.

Read the rest of the tips here. 

Do you guys work out? Morning or evening? Weekends too? Weekends only? I hate to sound cheesy but since PB moved in, I sorta hate working out at night since that is our time to hang.