Category: Goal Setting
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Comfort Zones and Safety Zones
When you make a new commitment to exercise, you get exposed to a lot of motivational sayings and aphorisms that come out of the competitive sports environment. “Obsessed is how the lazy describe the dedicated.” “You can feel sore tomorrow, or you can feel sorry tomorrow.” “Quitting is unacceptable.” It’s common to hear that you…
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Problem Areas
Especially if you’re a woman, you probably have a specific part of your body you wish you could change — it’s an unfortunate consequence of a thousand cultural cues and media representations. The fitness industry and women’s magazines are happy to market to this wish with their thousands of pitches about toning your arms, flattening…
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Strategies and Goals, Tactics and Steps
Some of us excel at seeing the big picture, and others are better prepared to just roll up their sleeves and work. If you’re trying to do something you’ve never done before, you’ll need to be able to do both. Goals: Goals are the end results we want. Examples include “do a pull-up unassisted,” “jog…