Your guide to enjoying exercise
Are you someone who really wants to get fit but can never stick with anything you try?
Let me tell you something that might just change your life.
Consistency of exercise maps to enjoyment of exercise.
On its own that won't change much for you. But combined with this next thing it might.
Your body doesn't need to do exercises to be fit, it just needs to move through a wide range of different movements regularly. Ideally they should challenge you a bit, but they don't have to be exercises.
That means that you can pick things that you enjoy, so long as they move you in lots of different ways.
Here's an example for a parent with a toddler who likes volleyball. (1) Play on the floor with your toddler every day (that's lower body, lots of different patterns of sitting and crawling). (2) Play some social volleyball once or twice a week (that's for jumping, running and getting arms overhead. (3) Supplement with a brief hang from a doorway a couple of times a day (shoulder health and preventing shoulder pain).
It's just one example, but you see what we did. We picked things they enjoy, re-framed them as exercise and then just did the tiniest little bit extra to supplement for shoulder health. For them it will be enjoyable, and they're way more likely to stick at it!
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