Physics and Chemistry

An object in motion stays in motion.  An object at rest stays at rest.

It hardly seems fair but there you are.  When you don't move it's easy to not move. When you do get moving it's easy to stay moving.

So, insofar as getting moving, working out, taking care of yourself (and by association your loved ones) The first step is an uphill battle.

That would be the bad news..Darn Physics !!

But here's the good news...

We aren't just objects, we are living, adaptable beings that nature has spent tens of thousands of years designing and redesigning to overcome physics.  In particular..Endorphins.

Often referred to as the "feel good hormone" endorphins kick in during a workout, if we hit a certain intensity, and usher in pain relief and a sense of well being.  This is nature's reward for us fighting the laws of physics.

Nature however is a multitasker.  The endorphins do more than just make you feel better and elevate you mood and outlook.  The cascade effect causes positive physiological changes throughout the body making muscles denser, skin more elastic, brain activity more acute.

The domino effect of the injection of endorphins into the system which in turn releases other hormones helps to regulate blood pressure, sugar, and LDL.  In short it's like a mini tune up.  We all know that cars need regular tune ups to run well and increase their life expectancy.  Imagine how well a car would run if it got a tune up everyday, not just every three thousand miles.

Give yourself a daily tune up.  Come to EXPECT your daily dose of endorphins and let chemistry trump physics

Not Black and White

"If I can't do it right no bother doing it"

"If I can't get at least 20 minutes of cardio in it won't do me any good"

"They didn't have spinach for my salad, just iceberg and everyone knows it's not as nutritious as spinach so I got a corn dog"

There are more I, and every trainer I know has heard.  One had to do with not having THE right shoe for walking.

I hope you don't see yourself in the above quotes, or if you do you do some voodoo magic and exorcise that mindset.

Anything is better than nothing, you aren't doing the perfect lunge or push up, don't not do it.  Feel it, learn from it, ask someone who knows more than you.  Nail it next time.

Can't eat perfect, fine, eat better.  Save perfect for when your parents or kids are visiting.  Make them crazy.

Fitness, heck, even living is not an all or none proposition. Shave away at the habits you don't like, move towards the ones you do.  It's enough to move in the right direction CONSISTENTLY.  Moving at the speed of light can give you a heck of a case of whiplash.