Trackers don’t stop slackers. If they create a sense of discovery that enhances the experience of being you, wonderful. If they reinforce the notion that you’re never doing “enough” then they suck. It all depends on you.
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.
Gold Medal for Enjoyment
Two brief sections to this post: the conceptual part and the neurobics (practical) part. Conceptual: Norway won the most gold medals at the Olympics. Again. Buried deep in the Olympics coverage was a story about how Norway often wins the most medals at the winter Olympics because they don’t worry about success. There’s a cultural […]
How to Fall in Love with Your Warm-Up
The overfocus on the physical aspect of warming up for exercise misses an opportunity for a multi-sensory experience that shifts mental and emotional states to one of engagement and play.
Why Fitness Isn’t Fun
Some key mistakes when starting fitness have many people stopping before they start. If fitness isn’t fun it won’t get done consistently.
An Ounce is Not Heavy Ehough
Prevention needs a ribbon. An ounce of prevention appears to not be heavy enough for many people with too many waiting to act until they need to carry several pounds of cure.
Summer Fun Your Way to Fitness
Put the *you* in the middle of “fun.” Keep yourself in the mindset of summer fun when pursuing summer fitness. Run…through the sprinklers. Keep fitness in the context of fun stuff and you will enjoy your summer workouts more and get more out of them.
Of Course You Don’t Have Enough Discipline
You don’t have enough discipline to stick with exercise because we make exercise so unappealing that it can overcome any amount of discipline you can muster.
Brain built for wilderness, living in a metropolis
Too Much This; Too Little That. After sitting still all day, we are still somehow too tired to move. Our brains are built for the woods but we live in our ‘hoods.
It’s Against (Our) Nature
We need more connections to nature, not Wi-Fi. More connected fitness devices means less time exercising outside. This goes against our nature.