When Is It A Good Time To Start An Exercise Program?

Sadly throughout my career, I often hear various excuses (some legit/some not) why or when people will actually commit to an exercise habit.

Much of what I focus on these days is helping clients realize and develop the habits of training smart and eating healthy. The best time to start working on creating these habits is today…right now. It’s like compounding interest on money saved. It’s much better to start saving when you are young, rather than try to play catch up later. It’s the same with exercise and good eating.

Squash the excuses and get started right now.

Comment below on what you did to start today. You’ll see what I did to maintain my habit today.

HT to Seth Godin’s post on “When?"

From Saturday’s hike in Altadena, CA.

Beach photo from my daughter, Washington.

Getting An Alarm Clock and Waking Up When It Goes Off

- For Morning Clients

I often hear the excuse that clients have problems with hearing, setting, or responding to alarms. Part of your training with me is getting used to or creating the discipline of setting a reliable alarm - and responding to that alarm when it goes off in the morning.

Get yourself a simple, battery-operated, travel-like alarm clock. Set it, along with your phone alarm. Develop the habit of getting up when it goes off.

Knowing that you’ll need to wake up early means that you’ll need to sleep at a reasonable time. This means eating early enough and getting off the computer and phone.

It all goes together. Sleep - proper eating - training.

Keeping things simple

Yesterday I did a couple of long walks.

I wanted to see if I could walk from my house (near the top of Lake Ave) to my barber. Walking to the barber was a little over 6 miles in 1 hr and 36 min, while the return (through Eaton Canyon) was about 6.5 miles and almost 2 hours.

It was a little personal challenge to see if I could just pick up and walk this distance. I’ve often said that my idea of fitness is being able to ask my body to do something and it responds by completing the request. Challenge complete.

So how does this relate to “keeping things simple”?

Needless to say, I had a lot of time to think. And if you know me, I wasn’t browsing social media or listening to music on this walk. I like to take in the present moment. As a matter of fact I had my phone turned off, and never took it out of my backpack.

For some reason, some clarity hit me on Valentine’s Day…and this walk just crystalized my “new” direction.

I want to be the best trainer and coach for my clients, period. I don’t want to spend time learning about the “next social media” platform. My focus is on providing the best results for my clients.

I believe that this relationship is between you (my client) and me. Not Facebook, not Instagram, not advertisers, cookies, or other distractions.

It’s pretty simple.

I hope you’ll join me here in zeroing in on your goals. (Comment below - I’ll see them and reply.)

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Regular classes on Monday FEB 17 President’s Day