Girlwithnoname – Fitness at Home

Hey everyone… Happy Hump Day. It’s all downhill to the weekend from here, right?

I gotta tell you, now that the excitement of the Winter Olympics are over here in Vancouver, we seem to be going thru a city-wide case of ‘The Blues’.

Not me.

Sure, it was sad when the fun ended, but I’m not prone to ‘The Blues’ for very long periods of time.

And I’ll tell you why.

When I do find myself feeling down in the dumps, I have a trick to get myself in a better mood FAST.

… and it works EVERY TIME!!

So, what about you?

Do you ever have one of those days where you just don’t feel like getting out of bed?

Feeling kind of blue and down in the dumps and would rather just skip out on life than bother (at least for the day)?

Well, I’m here to tell you that’s exactly what you SHOULD do (and then some) in order to beat that feeling of “having the blues”.

One of the most mood elevating things you can do for yourself when you’re having ‘one of those days‘ is to get up, get out and get a good workout in.

Whether you ‘feel like it‘ or not.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to FORCE myself out the door to my workout during a bad mood … and I mean REALLY FORCE MYSELF.

But I’m telling you, if you do the exact opposite of what you FEEL like doing and you will almost definitely feel BETTER at the end of it.

I sure as hell do!

EVERY TIME! … WITHOUT FAIL!!

It’s been proven time and time again that working out gets your endorphins racing and increases levels of serotonin in your brain, which in turn elevates your mood.

So get outside (or stay inside at the gym if you must, but I highly recommend getting fresh air for getting a good mood on).

Once you’re there, START MOVING.

There are so many ways to get exercise that I can’t even barely begin to list them all here. But here’s a few quick suggestions to get you going:

Go for a quick powerwalk, run or a bicycle ride. Rollerblading or cross-country skiing are also great ideas.

If you can find a beautiful place to do your cardio, like a beach, a wooded trail or a snowy mountaintop, that’s going to help, too.

Who doesn’t feel great at the beach, on a mountain or in the woods?

I even like walking around the city just admiring the architecture and people watching as I go. There’s beauty everywhere if you look for it.

It doesn’t even have to be a very long session to get that mood elevating effect. Even twenty minutes should do the trick.

Or go lift some weights (or do some bodyweight exercises like squats, lunges and pushups if you don’t have any traditional strength training equipment).

You can even combine a cardio component with strength training by doing some supercircuits with cool and fun moves like burpees and mountain climbers that get your heart racing but give your muscles a pump at the same time.

Even swimming can be fun … and gets that body moving and that heart rate up quite nicely, thank you. Do a few laps at the pool or down at the beach.

The trick here is to get breathing hard, get your heart rate up, your blood pumping and your body moving. The harder you can get your body, heart and lungs working the better your mood is going to feel.

Heck, use your imagination and get childish about it.

Find some fun things to do, preferably with kids or animals!!

Run, jump, play fetch with your dog!

Chase a Frisbee or jump through a sprinkler with your kids.

Go to the playground with them and climb the monkey bars, swing on the swings, go down the slide, push the carousel or just run amok.

It doesn’t take long for a downer mood to turn into a fabulous mood once you get that body moving and those endorphins doing their job.

So which one would you rather deal with? A few minutes out of your day for a quick workout? Or a whole day of having “the blues“??

I don’t know about you, but the workout seems like a pretty good deal to me.

Hell, I’d even say it’s a ‘No Brainer‘ wouldn’t you?

So don’t be a victim to the blues anymore.

Get out there and do battle … and feel BETTER!

Have a Fit, FUN, and Fantastic Day!
Girlwithnoname

ps. if you need more cool workout ideas, this guy has a ton of them in his Turbulence Training series of workout manuals. Lots of great weight training programs, lots of great bodyweight workouts and lots of great interval training workouts… Craig Ballantyne is THE guy when you’re looking for LOTS of variety in your fat loss or muscle building programs.

As a matter of fact, I DARE YOU TO GET BORED!

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