Weekend-proof Your Workout Plan

Posted on February 21, 2014

Overcoming Nerves Before A Big Workout

While taking a rest day can be good for you, falling into a pattern of always skipping workouts on the weekends can impede your progress, slow your fitness gains and even throw you off your workout mojo. (Ever notice how much more difficult that Monday morning workout can be after a weekend of not-so-healthy eats and leisure activity?) Follow the seven tips below to make exercise a priority all week longnot just during the work week! 7 Tips for Fitting in Weekend Workouts Turn workout time into play time. Think working out on the weekend has to be at the gym? Think again!
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Music: Your best workout buddy

If you spend most of your day dreading your next big workout, youre not alone. Most of the runners I coach, along with myself, have a tendency to fixate on the impending pain and struggle the next workout will bring. Fretting over one or two important workouts in a training segment isnt a problem its normal and an important part of preparing yourself mentally for race day. However, when you begin to dread and fixate on every single workout, it can become an emotional drain that causes mental burnout and saps the fun out of running.
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It entertains and educates. A holistic experience Rachel Goldberg, co-owner and instructor at Washington cycle studio Ride D.C., says her music choices go beyond BPM, style and genre. She uses the phrasing of the music p90X3 review to get the most out of her rides. When you marry your bodys movements with the music its http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/p90x3-reviews/sbwire-455028.htm a more holistic experience, she says. You start flowing with the music. If there is a chorus or other recurring crescendos in the music, Goldberg might use those to increase the intensity. The music becomes your North Star it guides you. It also distracts you something many of us have relied on during a long treadmill workout.
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