There is absolutely nothing easy about what is going on in the world right now. Each and every one of us is affected in some shape or form, yes some way more than others but at the core we are all affected. Every day we are surrounded by the horrific situation that the world is facing and while it is important to realize the terribleness of what is going on because it is very real it seems as though that is all we are inundated with on a daily basis. But today I want to share with you all the good that is still out there.
A lot of us right now are either under “stay home” orders or at a minimum practicing (or at least I sure hope you are) social distancing practices and that means for most of us gyms and pools are closed leaving us with a gap in either our training or just in our health conscious life in general.
So I put together a few of my favorite home gym pieces that can help make your home gym work more fun and efficient!!
Your core is more than just the abdominal muscles (transverse abdominals and rectus abdominals) that create a “six pack” it also includes your obliques, your pelvic floor, even your glutes and muscles in your back. Here is a little core circuit for you to use to help strengthen your core!!
It’s been said a thousand times by all of us, and probably will continue to be said for some time to come. I know that right now there are more questions than answers and it will probably stay that way for a little bit and it is hard to stay positive and hard to stay motivated during times like this, especially when it seems like so much negativity and darkness is surrounding us. I put together my tips for staying motivated when things get tough!!!
Are you new to triathlon and feel ready to try your hand at a 70.3 or even a 140.6? Or maybe you’ve been doing them for a while but just can’t seem to crack it? There are a lot of reasons behind that, so many in fact that you really could go on and on, however I compiled a few of my favorite focal points to help guide you to getting started.
Its no secret, if you follow me and have throughout my postpartum journey that I had a pretty serious issue of peeing myself when I started back up with running. Now I had a slight issue with this previous to getting pregnant and would pee when I would sneeze and often when I would run as well but it was much less severe. After having Skylar it was much much worse to the point where during the first couple of runs it was literally running down my legs…. talk about embarrassing, cold, and just not fun. In this blog I talked about a few things that worked for me in helping me to gain more strength in my pelvic floor.
I love a good energy snack!! These energy cookies are very nutrient dense and great for pre or post workout!!! When it comes to training, especially endurance training, your window for refueling is very important especially when you usually have to get up the next day and do it all over again. I came across these really delicious lactation cookies and what I am re-naming Energy Cookies (because well I’m not breastfeeding and I believe they are a good source or nutrients and fuel for anyone!)
For many of us self love is hard to manifest. I want to challenge you to find self love by incorporating a daily self love challenge. With this self love challenge the goal is to give you a chance each day to pause and reflect on yourself, the acts of self love and compassion you give yourself, and remind yourself of the greatness that is already in you. In today’s blog I offer you a small self love challenge to help guide you in this process!!
Failure really is a terrible word. Here is the thing, failure is important. We need to fail, to mess up, to have things not go the way we planned or wanted because we learn the most during those times. To rise above failure takes a lot of strength because in order for failure to be beneficial you have to do one of two things 1) you can’t wallow in it and 2) you can’t dismiss it. If you dismiss your failure as “oh these things happen” well then you aren’t going to learn anything and if you wallow in it then well the same thing happens, you just spiral deeper into a bad trend.
Positive affirmations are so simple and yet they are so powerful. Simply enough affirmation are statements that help us to change our subconscious brain to believe in ourselves. Often it is that subconscious brain that tells us the negative pieces in ourselves and that is what needs change. They help us to create intention and focus on ourselves, our goals, and the tasks we have throughout each day.
