Fitness


How Fit Are You?


Posted By on Feb 3, 2012

The gyms are clearing out and the self esteem of yet another “New Years Resolution-er” is gone down the pipes. If this sounds like the nutty cycle you are on I wanted to help you stop that cycle. I want to see you actually follow through with your goals. I don’t want you to give up on yourself and so I am sharing a simple test that I do weekly to keep me focused on my vision of being as healthy and fit as I possibly can be. I want you do take the fit test too and see how you do!

Here are my scores and improvements within 30 days.

Jan 1
1 Mile Run: 10:40
Push ups: 33 modified
Sit ups: 23
Balance: 30 seconds each leg looking up
Sit & Reach: 7 inches beyond the heels
Right shoulder up: 6 cm away from touching
Left shoulder up: 5 cm away from touching

Jan 31
1 Mile Run: 8:51
Push ups: 44 modified
Sit ups: 29
Balance: 30 seconds each leg eyes closed
Sit & Reach: 8 inches beyond the heels
Right shoulder up: touching!
Left shoulder up: touching!

Improvements
1 Mile Run: 1:49 shaved off my time
Push ups: increased by 11
Sit ups: increased by 6
Balance: I can close my eyes and balance on one leg for 30 seconds!
Sit & Reach: 1 inch
Right shoulder: 6 cm
Left shoulder: 5 cm

I shared mine and this is just the beginning! Now I want to see how fit you are! Do the Fit Test and share your results in the comments below!

Challenge: For you and me both let’s see how good it can get! Let’s dedicate time for daily fitness and see how much we can improve our fitness scores!


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I did it ! I did it!!! Woo hoo I FREAKING DID IT!!!

Original Intention
Establish the healthy habit of daily exercise

Goal
30 min a day X 30 days= 15 hours

Actual Hours Completed
52 1/2 hours

Commitments

  1. Make Your Workouts Fun- DONE!
  2. Incorporate  Variety- DONE!
  3. Incorporate Your Relationships (kids, lovers, friends, family, co-workers, etc..)- WANT TO DO MORE OF THIS!
  4. Work up a Sweat- DONE!
  5. Honor Your Intuition and Your Limitations (know the perfect balance of too much and not enough)- DONE! I feel stronger and am pain/injury free
  6. Get Good Rest (this will really help your workouts)- DONE! My typical sleep pattern is to rest between 10-6
  7. Breathe while working out. (try to keep it in a nice rhythm, even if it’s faster)- DONE!
  8. Hydrate (how else do you expect all the junk in your body to get washed out?)- NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, somedays I was inconsistent
  9. Exercise 30 mins Daily & post it as a comment on my blog- DONE!
  10. Leave Your Workout Spot in Better Condition than When You Showed Up- DONE! My house is spiffy too! 🙂
I have some areas I would like to improve, but overall I FAR surpassed my original goal! As far as my weight, measurements, and body fat go I did not measure those things for this challenge. I feel strongly that being fit and performing daily physical activities are just a natural part of a healthy lifestyle. I focused on enjoying my able body and watching myself grow. I have great momentum on a life long healthy habit and I am sure more physical results will continue to emerge!

 

Results- Physically
  • I feel firmer
  • I am stronger
  • I am more flexible
  • I have more balance and endurance
  • My skin is clearer
  • My rest is richer
Results- Spiritually
  • I am feeling more inspired
Results- Emotionally
  • I am feeling more emotionally stable
Results- Mentally
  • I am feeling mentally clearer
  • I am feeling more confident with my decision making
What’s Next for Fitness For ME!
Life is all about growth and expansion! To keep up the momentum I am doing the following things for myself:
  • Continue daily exercise of 30-60 minutes a day
  • Deepening my yoga, pilates, dance, gymnastics practices
What I Am Doing For YOU!

 

It is my pleasure to be able to support you and your fitness journey. To be of better service to YOU I am creating the following :
     

  • Wrapping up the formatting and editing of the Fitness Guide to hook you up with your fitness journey!
  • More blogs and videos!



I am here for you and I’ve got your back! 😉
 

With love,

 

Lori

 

P.S. – Don’t think I forgot to post my last workout! Here is what I did today

 

Today’s Workout
60 min walk w/ Hailee (the cutest Silky Terrier ever!)
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Today’s Workout
60 min Zumba
60 min Yoga- all seated poses

Tip: Have exercises in your fitness program that eliminate pain and discomfort rather than workouts that make you look good. Note: you can do exercises that allow you to FEEL AMAZING and look amazing too! No need to compromise! 🙂

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Fitness Challengers,

Do you find yourself criticizing people who are healthy and in fantastic shape? If so, you may be sabotaging your own results in your fitness challenge.

Here’s the scoop. If you are criticizing someone else you are sub-consciously rejecting that result for yourself. You are keeping yourself from all the health and beauty that you deserve by hating on someone else who has what you secretly or openly wish you had for yourself. Why?

Because when you are finding fault in someone else you are in a state of resistance and as long as you are resisting you are NOT in alignment to receive those gifts for yourself.

A really simple way to turn things around is to make a list of all the people who have that sexy lean gorgeous body that you want and to bless them. Thank them silently! What you are doing sub-consciously is allowing yourself to have those same things for yourself.

So, when you are out and about and quick to judge someone who is in phenomenal shape, take a moment to look at them and appreciate them for the great reminder that they are for you. You will see that in short time you will effortlessly see your own body becoming more and more beautiful. Which leads me to the next part of this.

If you are not able to see what is going right with your own body and only focus on what is going wrong you will only see where you lack. Seeing that blocks you from improving. As soon as you start to acknowledge the improvements and what is going right you will see more and more results start to show.

Bless that which has yet to show up  as it already has and soon it will be yours! Take time to do a rampage of appreciation for your own beautiful body and for others as well! 🙂

Until tomorrow,

Lori

P.S. Here is my workout for today

Today’s Workout
60 min Pilates Class

 

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