Now Is The Time To Attack
"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack."
- Ferdinand Foch, World War I General
Sometimes, whether we like it our not, our schedules can get busier than a one-legged cat in a litter box. Especially now that school's back in session. Maybe you've got a few hours of classes during the day, or you're transporting the kiddos back and forth to school; maybe your office is hitting the busy season.
There's also the mandatory weekend errands, daily homework, cleaning around the house, food shopping, meal prep, catching the latest episode of Shear Genius, and getting a few hours of sleep.
What's missing from that list? I'll give you a sec to re-read it.
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It rhymes with shmecksersize.
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You got it. Exercise is one of the first pieces of calendar cargo to be jettisoned when things get hairy, but it doesn't need to be. I've touched on this in a previous post, but a smart program, regardless of your goal, doesn't have to take more than 30-40 minutes, three times a week.
For example, most of the workouts that Jason Ferruggia recommends revolve around good old hard work, done briefly and intensely. That's all it takes.
My Back to School workout from the other day is another example of this. Run through that 39-minute workout and you'll whoop your own butt in no time.
As the saying goes, you can train hard or you can train long, but you can't train very hard for very long. If your days and nights are filling up fast, grab the opportunity to begin some brief, but seriously intense, workouts.
For extra incentive, remember that numerous studies have shown the stress-relieving and depression-fighting benefits of regular exercise. So, it'll do you even more good to lift that heavy dumbbell in the gym if you have to deal with too many dumbbells during the day. (Wow that pun was too easy, I just couldn't resist.)
- Ferdinand Foch, World War I General
Sometimes, whether we like it our not, our schedules can get busier than a one-legged cat in a litter box. Especially now that school's back in session. Maybe you've got a few hours of classes during the day, or you're transporting the kiddos back and forth to school; maybe your office is hitting the busy season.
There's also the mandatory weekend errands, daily homework, cleaning around the house, food shopping, meal prep, catching the latest episode of Shear Genius, and getting a few hours of sleep.
What's missing from that list? I'll give you a sec to re-read it.
...
...
It rhymes with shmecksersize.
...
...
You got it. Exercise is one of the first pieces of calendar cargo to be jettisoned when things get hairy, but it doesn't need to be. I've touched on this in a previous post, but a smart program, regardless of your goal, doesn't have to take more than 30-40 minutes, three times a week.
For example, most of the workouts that Jason Ferruggia recommends revolve around good old hard work, done briefly and intensely. That's all it takes.
My Back to School workout from the other day is another example of this. Run through that 39-minute workout and you'll whoop your own butt in no time.
As the saying goes, you can train hard or you can train long, but you can't train very hard for very long. If your days and nights are filling up fast, grab the opportunity to begin some brief, but seriously intense, workouts.
For extra incentive, remember that numerous studies have shown the stress-relieving and depression-fighting benefits of regular exercise. So, it'll do you even more good to lift that heavy dumbbell in the gym if you have to deal with too many dumbbells during the day. (Wow that pun was too easy, I just couldn't resist.)
posted by Chris Colucci at 2:19 PM
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