A thriver's guide to physical health and wellness
World-class tips, tactics, strategies and serious motivation
Let us learn that not quitting is it’s own reward
Twice in 10 days doesn’t sound extraordinary. Should it? Exercising twice in 10 days almost seems poor.
Setting a personal record in a core exercise and then repeating it 10 days later is extraordinary.
Not quitting rewards us we we least expect it.
Rewards are not the goal.
Not quitting is the goal.
And not quitting is it’s own reward.
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As children we ran wild and free – what are we afraid of now?
Once we realize we are prisoners, we can start planning our escape
Fear is our prison.
We get one chance at this game called life. One.
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Are these for a fashion statement or for a walk or run?
This is insanely, embarrassingly obvious, and we race to look away:
Move it because you can. It will be a sad, sad day the day we no longer can. And that day will arrive at our doorstep faster if we don’t move while we can.
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Time to rethink a lot of things?
The one great and troubling source of our neglect?
Busy-ness.
Being too darn busy.
With things and stuff.
Without clear, simplified priorities, we’re sunk – like the Titanic.
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Find a million ways to stay motivated to stay healthy
Run, people, run. See the people run. From the classic “Dick and Jane” series, right?
When we see TV commercials using starving children and are asked for donations, what are we supposed to feel and do?
What are we supposed to feel when we see adults, starving for a healthy lifestyle, what are we supposed to do?
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we win some, we lose some
Read this for solace in our struggles and successes, as they ebb and flow. It feels like win some lose some doesn’t it?
Dropped below 160 two days in a row. This morning back up to 161.5. Darn it!
And yet, four days ago, set a personal record for parallel bar plank at 40 seconds.
There was a time the plank couldn’t be held for one second.
There was a time when anything over 155.0 felt overweight.
We’re in this for our lifetime right? Setbacks are temporary.
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What’s your motivational carrot?
How long should we be willing to wait for the breakthrough we so desperately want?
As long as it takes.
Weeks. Months. Even years.
Not since last summer have I weighed under 160, and this morning was the breakthrough.
Insight: Good things happen to those who wait and refuse to cave to mediocrity.
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Dumping a truckload of excuses at our doorstep?
One thing excuses are guaranteed to do.
Nothing.
Our body is made strong by exercise, not excuses.
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staying healthy as we age is art
The hardest thing to care about when you’re a busy Baby Boomer?
Everything.
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A classroom full of people ready and willing to talk
Ever hope no one you know will see you here? On the way home from work Disney last night, needed a quick stop at Publix and then dash off to Gold’s Gym.
Secretly hoping I wouldn’t run into anyone I know. Why? In a great hurry actually.
And what if I do bump into a neighbor or colleague. “Sorry, can’t talk, gotta get to the gym”.
Really?
But what if it was, “Sorry, can’t talk, gotta go to…
Why are those acceptable, but the gym seems indulgent and not an urgency?
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America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.