Exercising And Organizing

When it comes to exercising, we don’t always think that organization is a priority.  
Sometimes we plan things in our head thinking we will follow through with what we promised, but in the end we either forget or push it to the side.   With living a healthy lifestyle you don’t want to do this to yourself.  Make it a priority to organize your physical activities and exercise routines.

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Before I work out I make sure I have a plan. I think about what I need to do and how I am going to do it.  All of my exercises are written down to help me get through the work out.  Once it is written down, I feel as though I have NO EXCUSES. There is no way that I will skip a workout, or lower the intensity level.  When my workouts are written down, it gives me an extra push, an extra strive to get through the entire 30 minutes/hour without any slack. 

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This year organize yourself. Write down your plans for the week. What you need to do and what you want to do. 

• Find out where exercise fits into your schedule.   Write down the open times you have in your schedule for exercise, and decide what works best for you. If your schedule is busy, is there an opening in the morning for exercise before your day begins? What about the evening?  Do you have ten minutes here and there during your day?
  

                 - Get your day started with a workout. 5am-6am-7am isn’t as bad as
                   it sounds.  You’d be surprised with the amount of energy you have
                   that day if you begin it with exercising. 

                -  If the mornings aren’t your thing, end your day with a great work
                   out. It will help relieve any stress that has built up during the day.

                - Your downtime in the evening can be time for your physical activity.
                  Take at least 30 minutes out of this time to workout and you will be
                  glad you did it. 

                - If you have an extremely busy schedule, look to see if there are 
                  scattered times throughout the day to have 10-minute bouts of 
                  exercise- don’t miss that chance.  Write it down in your timetable to
                  remind yourself that you have to get some physical activity in.

• Write down what types of workouts you will be doing in the week. For example, Monday, Wednesday, Friday may be your cardio days, and Tuesday and Thursday may be your resistance training days. 
  

• Write down what exercises you will be doing. Are you running for 30 minutes? Are you doing a superset of exercises?  Write down some specifics to help you follow a routine. 
  

• Don’t back out of what have been written on paper. When writing things down, think of it as signing a contract with yourself.  You can’t break a contract that has been signed, and you shouldn’t cheat yourself out of a workout.   Use this as a tool for motivation. 

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What Do I Do?

I have a fitness journal that I like to write in.  I write down the days I’m exercising, the type of exercises, the weights, the reps, and the sets. Even if I don’t write in my journal, my workouts are still written down somewhere for me to view.

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Get organized, Write things down.  Make sure you schedule your activities, and stay active.