Thinking About Exercise in a Different Way

You may have heard me say before that while our body is our vehicle for life, it’s far different from the vehicles we drive every day.

Sure, you could say that, like a car, we can “purchase” replacement parts, but rather than a new engine, transmission, or tires, for example, we can get new hips, knees, and even a new heart.

While both our car parts and most of our body parts are replaceable, one big difference is that we can replace our entire old, worn out, not worth the price of repair, car, but we can’t do that for our body.

The truth of the matter is, whether we like what we got or not, the body we woke up with this morning is essentially the one we’re going to keep for the rest of our lives.

So, when it comes to exercise, here’s what I propose you consider if you haven’t already.

Exercise is something (I hope) you’re going to do for the rest of your life.

Well, before I go on, let’s make sure that you’ve made that commitment.

Sure, you’ll fall of the wagon from time to time (we all do), plateau, get frustrated or disappointed for different reasons, but what I mean is that you’re committed to keeping your body strong, mobile, agile, and fit the best you can for the rest of your life.

Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, since this is your one and only body and you’ve committed to regular physical activity for the rest of your days, for the next five weeks, I’m going to share with you the next step: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life.

But before we get into the 5 Big Tips starting next week, I want to share one more thing when it comes to commitment and action.

I think that it seems like commitment would come before action, but I find that oftentimes it’s action that leads to commitment.

Commitment is easy when you haven’t taken action yet; however, keep in mind that commitment before action can sometimes be weak.

Here’s what I mean.

It’s easy to commit to something when we feel a strong emotional push or pull.

For example, the doctor tells us at our annual check-up that we must start exercising.

Committing to the doctor, even ourselves is easy in the moment, “Yes, doc, I understand. I will make the commitment to start exercising regularly.”

But more often than not, the follow-through is absent in the weeks and months to come.

The reason is usually because we’re trying to figure out the perfect way to exercise – we construct this big plan of attack – what we’ll do, how long we’ll do it, what we’ll wear, what water bottle we’ll use, and so on and so on…

We can end up doing so much planning that we end up not getting going at all because we’re pooped just thinking about what we’re planning to do!

Now what good is a beautiful plan if it never gets executed?

This is why I believe action should go before commitment.

So just do something, anything this week.

A walk around the block is something.

Using the stairs instead of the elevator is something.

Parking in the farthest spot from the entrance, not the closest is something.

You get the idea.

That’s where to start this week.

Next week, we’ll get into the planning as I begin to share my 5 Big Exercise Tips one by one.

But for today, commit to making exercise a part of your life for the rest of your life and then don’t hesitate a minute coming up with a glorious plan.

Instead, take action by just doing something, anything, starting today.

It’s your turn to take care of you,

 

 

 

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