Consistency is Key

By Coach Ben

“Change is the only constant in life” -Heraclitus-

The last 15 months we have seen huge changes in all our lifestyles and we are about to change again. Now that the world has begun to reopened we are re-acclimating to busy schedules and shedding our pajama pants for real pants appropriate for real world interactions. Vacations are being planned, home improvements made, and old stresses are being reintroduced to our lives. With all this change it can be difficult to maintain our consistency when it comes to our fitness habits. Just because we are busy or going on vacation we shouldn't give up on our fitness routine but we should be realistic about our level of intensity as well as how much we can do under current circumstances. I want to provide some ideas for everyone to maintain during this transition period.

Three large categories of distractions that may derail our healthy habits are:

1. Vacations

2. Job stress

3. Busy schedules

Maintain your routine while on vacation:

1. Reset expectations:

   • You may not get the same intense workout in but doing a short 5 to 10min. Workout 2 to 3 times a week can maintain the fitness habit you have worked so hard to build

2. Utilize resources:

   • Talk to your coach about simple body weight workouts you can do while you are out.

   • Wodwell is a great resource for body weight WOD’s

Maintain your routine through high job stress:

Work can be overwhelming at times so RSVP for class at least a week in advance and if that class is during the work day put it on your work calendar as a meeting. Treating it like a meeting is a way to prioritize your fitness.

Working long hours is exhausting, scale for that.

• Just because you are able to do a movement or weight when you are feeling rested doesn’t mean it’s a good idea when you are wiped out. We don’t have to be at a 10 every day to gain fitness, if your exhausted 60% effort can be a high intensity workout.

• Don’t let the work exhaustion stop you from coming to class, just communicate with your coach and let them know that you are not feeling great and that you are just moving today.

• Another strategy is to treat the workout like an easy AMRAP just move through the reps and rounds at a comfortable pace until others in class are finished then call it done.

Maintain your routine with a busy schedule:

• Rethinking the classes we attend can be helpful.

• Try a different time of day

• Become a weekend warrior: Come in on Saturday and Sunday as well as 1 or 2 days during the week.

Communication with your coach is always a good idea! All of us are here to help so if you've been struggling with consistency talk to your coach.