Create New Habits

You Won't Have Workout Results Without the Habit of Working Out: Prioritize Your Health

Consistency. It's the key to achieving the workout results you desire. Yet, it's the one aspect that seems to elude many. I often hear the frustration in the voices of those who struggle to maintain a consistent workout routine. What baffles me is the mindset that treats health as a convenient on-and-off switch.

Here's the truth: Taking care of yourself is a form of preventative medicine. It's more than just weight loss or stress relief. It's a comprehensive approach to overall well-being. However, in order for it to truly work for you, you must actively work for it.

Consistency isn't about pushing yourself to the limit with a grueling workout once a week. It's not about taking extended breaks because your schedule is packed. It's not about relegating your workouts to the back burner due to other pressing tasks.

Consistency is a habit—an ingrained part of your daily routine. It's about showing up for yourself, day after day, without excuses or justifications. It's about prioritizing your health and well-being as a non-negotiable.

Remember, no one else can show up for you in this journey. It's up to you to make the commitment, take ownership of your health, and prioritize your workouts consistently. Embrace the responsibility and the rewards that come with it.

Make a conscious effort to carve out time for yourself and your physical fitness. Treat it as a vital appointment in your calendar—one that you cannot afford to miss. Prioritize self-care and recognize that your health and well-being deserve your unwavering commitment.

By developing the habit of consistent workouts, you're investing in a better future for yourself. You're nurturing your body, mind, and soul. So, let go of the excuses, push through the challenges, and show up for yourself day in and day out.

Because when it comes to your health, there's no substitute for consistency. It's the key that unlocks the door to a vibrant, fulfilling life.

Motivation Comes After Discipline

Motivation Finds You After Discipline Gets You There: The Reality About Regular Workouts

Achieving regular workouts is a challenge that many people face. The truth is, most individuals lack the discipline to stay consistent on their own. That's why classes and group fitness options hold such strong appeal. They provide a built-in accountability that working out solo often lacks.

The key to working out regularly lies in the discipline to show up consistently, whether you're exercising alone at home or attending a class. Deep down, you know it's true. Late cancel fees exist in classes precisely because discipline is required to honor your commitment and show up as scheduled.

Establishing a habit is crucial. It's about showing up even when you don't feel like it, pushing through the desire to do something else, and not allowing excuses to dictate your actions.

By developing this discipline, you lay the foundation for sustainable motivation. As the habit becomes ingrained and your discipline is firmly established, motivation naturally follows. It becomes a driving force that propels you forward.

So, don't wait for motivation to strike before taking action. Focus on cultivating discipline and creating a routine. Be consistent in your efforts, even when it's challenging. Over time, you'll find that motivation arises effortlessly because you have built a strong foundation of habits and discipline.

Remember, motivation is not something you can rely on consistently. It fluctuates and can be elusive. However, discipline is within your control. It's the anchor that keeps you grounded and helps you stay committed to your fitness goals.

Embrace the journey of developing discipline, and you'll discover that motivation becomes a natural byproduct. The rewards of regular workouts and the sense of accomplishment will propel you forward on your path to a healthier, happier you.

Start today, prioritize discipline, and watch as motivation finds its way to you.

Do the Work

If you don’t do the work, this isn’t going to work for you. 

Let me be clear: I don’t train idiots.

We all know the power behind eating healthy and working out consistently. We know the positive impact it has not just on our immediate future but also the longevity of our lives.

We know working out needs to be a priority, and yet it’s the first thing to fall down the list of our priorities.

We also know it’s the thing that no one else can do FOR you.

After over 10 years of training people from ALL different backgrounds and with all different goals, this is what I know for sure:

The people who SEE change are the ones who consistently put their health back on their priority list.

They’re the people who get creative with the type of workout they’re doing so they can continue to workout regularly.

They’re also the type of people who are flexible with their workouts. The time, the type, even the day because they know that working out needs to be a regular aspect of their routine.

Ultimately, they know if they don’t do the work, the work isn’t going to happen and then the work won’t work for them.

The Strongest Version of You

I don’t want you to be the strongest person in the world. 

I want you to be the strongest version of yourself.

I’ve been in the fitness industry long enough to know that the mirror results you’re looking for aren’t what matter the most.

I know you think they do. I know they give you your initial motivation to show up because who doesn’t want to feel amazing in a bikini?

But I also know that those mirror results won’t be what keep you coming back. You need more than that after your mirror results are achieved.

I know it’s what you want, I know the frustration of NOT having it is what’s driving you to FINALLY make the change you’ve been thinking about for years.

But I also know, with complete certainty, that the mirror result you want won’t be what keeps you going once you get it.

✔️ strength

✔️ power

✔️ confidence

feeling like a bada$$…that’s what’ll keep you going long after the novelty of the mirror results wear off.

Starting Over Sucks

Starting over feels like starting over. 

People are inconsistent AF with working out. While part of me understands the reasons why someone might neglect their fitness, I have a really hard time accepting it.

I don’t understand why you would neglect yourself like that for so many reasons but mostly because I know how hard it is to start over.

How hard it is to re-establish your routine once it’s lost and to keep your motivation high once you re-start.

But it happens to the best of us…

Now that it’s passed though, you have to let go however you handled it. You have to accept it as you doing the best you could do under the circumstances you were given, and do your best now with the circumstances you currently have.

We can’t focus on what could have been or on how you could’ve handled it differently, or feel badly about it.

You have to stop beating yourself up for whatever did or didn’t happen. To stop talking about the workouts that were lost, the weight that was potentially gained, and to start again.

There’s no sense in being critical towards your actions when you can’t change it. But you can change how you handle things now. You can put those healthy habits back into place so you can move forward.

With realistic expectations of where you’re at, as well as what you need.

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Here’s my Top 3 Tips for Starting Over After Time Off from Your Workouts:

1. Be realistic with your schedule. I don’t care why you took a break, but I do care that your life potentially looks different now than it did before. Don’t bite off more than you can chew by creating a workout 🏋️‍♂️ schedule that is unrealistic for you to maintain.

2. Take it back a notch. When you take a hiatus from working out, you’re going to lose strength. There’s no way around it. Muscle memory will kick in fast and your strength will come back quickly, but don’t think you’ll be starting where you left off. It’s ok to take it back a notch to make sure you don’t injure yourself going forward.

3. Cut yourself some slack. It’s not the time to feel discouraged about all the time that was lost or to kick your own a$$ with some negative self talk about the “bad decisions” you made. Focus on what you can give yourself now.

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