Becoming more active. Daily, weekly, etc.

Lately, I've been putting together '10 Day Challenge' workouts in the hopes of encouraging habit change. Our daily habits increasingly neglect movement and physical activity. We bathe, we feed ourselves, we make it to our jobs each day, we find time to watch our favorite TV shows or spend time socializing at the local bar. But, more often than not, exercise is the last thing on our minds and the first thing to be dropped from the 'to do' list. We know that regular exercise has numerous health benefits, yet for so many of us it's still not even on the list of priorities.
I want to change that for myself and for my clients. I want you to recognize over and over again how much better you feel when you include exercise into your weeks. I hear it from my clients regularly that they feel better, have more energy, have more stamina and look better after training with me. I know that I'm nothing all that special, I'm simply an avenue for them to exercise regularly. Yet, even with that my clients may only be exercising on the two or sometimes three days of the week that they see me. While I know that's great and I know they get much from it, I also know that they, and all of us, could do much better than that.
So, a few months back I put together a short, easy to do workout that I said must be done each day for 10 days in a row if you choose to participate. The main reason for this is to continue to try to get my clients, my friends and family and myself to get up, get out and get moving everyday. I don't ask for much from these super short workouts, just enough to get your heart rate up, to get a little burn going in your body and most importantly to begin to think about daily exercise a bit differently.
We may think a workout takes up so much time, we have to get to the gym, we have to make sure to have our workout clothes and shoes, we have to decide what to do when you get to the gym. If one or more of these things isn't just right, we may just not go, easy as that. I say it's really just as easy to say yes to exercise as it is to say no. Who says we need to burn out at the gym on some treadmill to exercise, that's nonsense. I say anything is better than nothing.
That's where these 10 Day challenges come in. I've found with these workouts as I do them each day that more often than not I've repeated the exercises multiple times, I've been excited to challenge myself by doing more, or adding on more weight each day. I've felt a sense of accomplishment and success. If your start a 10 Day Plank challenge and are unable to hold a plank for a full minute but can with ease at the end of the 10 days, that's really something to be proud of. I hope with these workouts, my clients with begin to see and feel their potential more and more. Our bodies are not meant to be sedentary, our bodies become riddled with disease from being sedentary and unfortunately our lives in this modern world are more often than not sedentary.
But, we have the control. We have the strength and the power and we can change our lives for the better simply by moving more. It's really that simple. So, move with me 10 days at a time and before you know it the habit of regular exercise will be set in and you will reap the benefits.
The photos here show some of the exercises that I've included in the 10 Day Challenges so far. The rules are simple. If you do the exercises that I've picked, or you modify the workout to better suit you and your needs, all that matters is that you do it every day for 10 days straight. I'm always happy to help you find ways to make these challenges your own. Let's move more, and make it habit!

                                            Train Today to Move Tomorrow!