Welcome to our Wild Workout Wednesday link up! Each week I link up with Annmarie from The Fit Foodie Mama, Angelena Marie from Angelena Marie: Happy, Healthy & Balanced, and Sarah at Creating Better Tomorrow to bring you workout ideas, motivation, inspiration and recipes to try. Join us for a wild workout each week by reading along or grab the button and link up if you have a fitness or healthy living post to share!
Life is busy (I know mine sure is!) and the pressure to get in all the workouts can be daunting. Your workout is only going to be as good as the time and effort you have to commit to it. What I discovered after having kids, is that quality workouts over the quantity of workouts actually resulted in me being in better shape than ever. So I wanted to share this action plan with 3 steps to make the most of your time.
1. Identify Your Priority
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype.
But having a goal can help you prioritize what workouts need to be done, versus what workouts are not exactly necessary at the time.
Ask yourself questions to figure out what your fitness priority is at the moment:
Am I training for a race? Am I trying to lose weight? Is my goal to strengthen my core?
You get the idea. Focus on workouts that will help you reach your number 1 goal, and ignore (for now!) all the rest.
Personally, I have a marathon coming up, so that is my priority. If I can’t fit in HIIT workouts or yoga, I have to accept that right now. As long as I get in my specific marathon training workouts, that is what matters right now at this point in my life.
2. Plan for Quality over Quantity
Some of the best training advise I ever received was that every workout should have a purpose. So with that in mind, just going for a run, or going for a bike is not a quality workout. (Unless of course that’s actually the purpose of your workout!)
Each individual workout should have a specific goal. For example if you are training for a running event, you may want to use a plan that calls for a tempo workout, speed workout, and long run. If you are running 3 days per week, you have to make them count. Be sure to take specific actions to reach your goal in each individual workout. Never leave the door without a goal.
3. Accept Where You Are Right Now
Again, it’s easy to get caught up. Running, HIIT, triathlons, yoga–the list goes on and on. But real life doesn’t always let you do all the workouts, so work on true acceptance of where you are in life right now and know that the situation will change as life evolves.
Fitness should not be pressure, fitness should be fun! So take control back by prioritizing your goals and taking steps to help you reach them.
Do you get caught up trying to do all the workouts?
How many days a week do you workout?
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Ah the dreaded accept where you are now I struggle with that one. I think time gets in my way. I can’t accept that I’m a little softer right now than I want to be. I need to make strength training my top priority….but cardio is so easy to do. LOL!
Renee @ Bendiful Blog recently posted…Wednesday Walks and a Fun Flow Workout
Acceptance is definitely hard! Now that I’m marathon training, I don’t really have a choice!
oh yes it’s so easy to get caught up in signing up for all the races and wanting to do everything. That has gotten me injured in the past. This year I am trying to do the quality over quantity thing. Good reminder. Thanks for hosting
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Ton of Bricks Workout
Thanks Deborah! It’s taken me YEARS to acquire this knowledge!
Hi! First time reader here. Good sound advice, quality should always come first! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much!!
These tips are GOLD and all so true!!! Setting a goal and purposefully doing what you have to do to get there really is what it’s all about.
Annmarie recently posted…Conquer Cancer with the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
Thanks! It helps to refocus every so often!
It’s like you’re speaking to me when you talk about running three times a week! That’s all I get, despite wanting to do more, so I’ve been working really hard to make those runs COUNT. Awesome tips…
Tara @ A Daily Dose of Fit recently posted…Ten 30-Minute Workouts #workoutwednesday
Thanks so much Tara! 3 days a week will do it if it’s done right! You’re never alone! 🙂
Yes! I get caught up trying to do everything and all types of workouts if I don’t write down a schedule and focus on my goals. It’s so easy to get distracted from our goals when we want to do everything at the same time. These tips are great! Focusing on priorities is definitely a must! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thanks for reading! Focus is everything!
This is great Michelle. I wish I would have learned a long time ago quality over quantity. Forever I thought I had to have both. Live and learn 🙂
Have a fantastic weekend friend!
jill conyers recently posted…Lorna Jane INSPIRED
Thanks Jill. We are constantly learning! Have a great weekend as well!
Yeah, I do get up in trying to fit it all in. And I don’t even work, but I sure do stay busy! Fitness should be fun – so easy to lose sight of!
Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy recently posted…Friday Food Porn #1
Thanks for reading Judy!