“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt If you’ve ever watched [easyazon_link identifier=”B009EE0EF4″ locale=”US” tag=”mamaexercises-20″]Night at the Museum[/easyazon_link], you know that Theodore Roosevelt had some great words of wisdom. He became the 26th President of the United States at the age of 42 (I feel so unaccomplished now) and brought to the office …
Exercise
I am not a playground kind of mom. Now that my kids have gotten older, it’s not so much of an issue, but I have never liked taking the kids to the park. My anxiety ramps up to about a bazillion and the only thing I can think of is, “How soon is it until …
You know what stops a lot of people from exercising at home? Analysis paralysis. That’s right, they analyze everything from the padding of their carpet to the equipment that they have on hand to determine whether or not working out at home is feasible. Heaven forbid they start searching for exercise equipment online, because then …
Last week I talked about the pros and cons of working out at home, but this week I want to talk about the gym. That place where most people feel that they absolutely must go in order to get fit and trim. That place that can invoke fear in the hearts of even the most …
I remember being incredibly frustrated that the weight I was trying to lose after I had my third child wasn’t coming off as quickly as I wanted it to. It was disappointing, it was discouraging, and it was disheartening that I wasn’t seeing the immediate results that I longed to see. Immediate as in, “I …
“It takes me three times as long to get ready to workout on days when I’m not feeling it,” a friend recently confessed. “What’s the secret to being enthusiastic about working out every day?” I laughed and tried to put her mind at ease by admitting that even those of us who love to exercise …
Stay active with these exercise hacks while traveling! I always forget how much traveling and flying makes me want to exercise. Maybe it’s because I’m trapped in the small economy seats with leg room that wouldn’t even accommodate my seven year old daughter. Maybe in First Class the desire to run laps in the terminal …
I distinctly remember telling the last gym I joined that the reason I was joining was because I needed to get out of the house. As a work-from-home, homeschooling mom, my life was very much confined to the space where my kids were. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I knew I would …
When I was in high school, I was so bad at sports that I was assigned Ping Pong as my PE class. For two semesters. Looking back now, I have to laugh, because I was equally as bad at Ping Pong as I was at every other thing I tried. Well, except for the semester …
Okay, guys, you’re probably not going to grasp the whole exercise hair thing (unless you’re Fabio), but, ladies, I know you’re going to understand. When you exercise and you have long hair, you toss it up into a ponytail or a bun to get it out of your face. It also keeps it from sticking …
Does muscle weigh more than fat? Nope! Here’s why. Have you ever said or heard, “I don’t like doing resistance training with weights, because muscle weighs more than fat and I’m trying to lose weight”? It’s a common statement that people make when they sit down with a personal trainer for the first time. I …
For about a year now I have been posting my after-workout sweaty selfie pictures in the Mama Exercises Motivation Group. There’s no perfectly done make-up or hair (ha, okay, there’s never that!), but what there is is a lot of sweat and, most days, smiles. In fact, “exercise and post picture” is on my daily …
Need some extra motivation? Need a fitness app to push you to reach your goals? Here are seven must-have apps that will help you track your nutrition, record your exercise, put you in competition with others, and help you get the very best workout you can. Which ones are already on your phone?
Some people are not naturally morning people. Thankfully, I’m perfectly content getting up at 4am these days, but that’s not always been the case. When I realized that, for me, the morning was the most effective time for exercising, I knew I had to change my sleeping-in-until-7am ways. If you want to work out in …
Well, it’s been over two months since I passed my NASM Certified Personal Trainer’s Exam and I am just as excited about having passed today as I was on March 24th. With no background in sports medicine, exercise physiology, or nutrition, I was worried about passing. BUT, I did it and you can too. Here’s …