When it comes to fitness, motivation is often missing the ‘e’ it needs to be successful. When motivation is lacking, you will also find a lack of emotion.
Is it Fun or Fitness? (How you frame it affects you)
How you frame your activity can affect the quantity and quality of food you eat after and how hard you perceive it to be. Hint: framing it as fun makes things better for you.
Go Fun Yourself (or someone you know)
When your exercise is fun, you automatically work harder (without anyone forcing you to). We’ve always known this to be true intuitively, but now research shows it.
May Fun Forever Light Your Way to Fitness
Let’s stop forcibly cramming so much “fun” into every life event (holidays, births, weddings, pets) that life no longer is fun. Let fun movement be an essential part of your life.
Effortless Effort (Human Lily Pad Workout)
My random Human Lily Pad workout was “effortless effort” and somehow burned almost 500 calories while I felt like I was playing. The world is your fitness playground.
Am I Fitter Than This 5th Grader?
Reflections on repeating the Presidential Physical Fitness Test of my youth in my 50’s and what this means for fun fitness.
Belief Creates Opportunity… Not Reality
Belief creates the opportunity – not reality. You can’t manifest things by thinking them, you still have to put in the work. The trick is to make the work feel less like “work.”
From Fear to Fun in Fitness
Die later or enjoy now? Our brains prioritize short-term threats and opportunities and discount long-term ones. What does this mean for motivation and exercise? 3 Key Questions on fear and negative reinforcement answer that question.
Fun is a Feeling, Not an Activity
Fun is a Feeling, Not an Activity. Mic Drop. True Fun is the confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow. Throw in some fitness and you might find it gets easier to stick with it.
Barbells, Babies, & Brain Fitness
Babies, barbells, and brain fitness. What’s the difference between lifting a baby or a barbell? One is squirmy and the other is firm-y. Consider the familiar scene of someone lifting a child in the air overhead. The human connection through physical touch and eye contact plus the sudden higher elevation and movement is very thrilling […]