It is human nature to try to find the easy way to do something. It really is. Humans are lazy creatures by default. It is simply easier to do nothing than to do...It is human nature to try to find the easy way to do something. It really is. Humans are lazy creatures by default. It is simply easier to do nothing than to do something. But people know they should do something. Many times in order to do this something, people attempt to find something easy to do.
“So what do you do for a living?”
“I work in the health and wellness field”.
“So are you like a personal trainer?”
“No, I am more into a holistic approach to health”.
“So you do acupuncture and stuff?”
Too many people, fitness professionals especially, put a short term emphasis on health and wellness. Even when you look at the fitness industry as a whole, most focus on short term fixes rather than life long changes. A new 90 day fitness program. A new 6 week diet. They are great ways to get started, but most people fall into the “whats next” conundrum and have no idea where to go after the initial time frame. This causes most people to go right back to where they started, only to jump into another diet or workout program that will only yield the same results. This creates the yo-yo effect that sadly too many people go through when it comes to their health.
I have told you time and time again that fitness isn’t just in the physical sense. Fitness is being fit in every single area of your life. Sadly, many “experts” in the field only focus on the physical and leave out other aspects that need to be addressed.
Sleeping is an aspect of your health that many people over look. Everyone knows to try to get 8-hours of sleep each night. Knowing that and getting that are two separate things. There are some people who try to get that, but toss and turn all night, or wake up in the middle of the night, or wake up before their alarm and don’t get a full 8 hours of sleep. There are a few other people who just don’t get that much sleep for various reasons (students, workaholics, plain crazy people). Getting a full nights rest is important to your health, and here is why:
I don’t review/endorse many products on this site. This site isn’t a site for me to plaster you with ads of some random product because it will make me a buck. That isn’t how I roll. I focus on quality content, giving you information that will help you toward living a healthier, stronger, happier life. The only things I recommend to you are products I use myself, or books and other information that I have read that are a MUST read. Which is why I bring you….
Resolutions are the biggest waste of time. I HATE seeing people trying to make resolutions only to see them fail.
One of my goals in 2012 is to give you more tools to help you accomplish your goals. One of those avenues is to start podcasting and get my message out to more people. I am pleased to launch my first ever podcast. Please note this is my very first one and is rough around the edges, but I got the new mic yesterday and wanted to get one up ASAP so I did just that.
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