It is OK to be a HOT MESS!

With the season change coming and all the fall magazines coming to my door with the "what is in and what is out" and the "Glamour Do's and Dont's", I start to think about my own daily style. By noon I have usually worked out myself and had 2 or 3 other workouts. Some days I actually do a 60 second rinse off shower between workouts and put on new Nike shorts, top and a different color Sweaty Band. Notice I said "some" days. Most days I just wash my face, slop on new deodorant and smell like a combination of sweat and bug spray if we have been working out outdoors.

In my mind, I think this is my job and it is how I am supposed to look. But then I hop in the car and go to Krogers, Target, etc... (exciting life!) without thinking twice about changing clothes. Surely the sunglasses I just put on pulled it all together and I look perfectly fine.

So then the kids come home from school and I look no different (probably worse) than when they left! A real shower may not happen until after dinner and then is it really necessary to wash your hair? Don't be saying "ew...gross" right now. I know you all have been there!

Don't get me wrong...I LOVE my skinny jeans, great tops, and red high heels as much as anyone but that is not happening most days. My fall style would be described "a hot mess" and believe it or not I am OK with that.

So my state of the union is "It is OK to be a HOT MESS"!

FALL SCHEDULE

Hard to believe, but school starts nect week (woohoo!) and time to start thinking about fall schedules. While we love the lazy days of summer, it also feels good to get back into a routine. Sometimes September is a rude awakening of how the summer treated us or... how we treated the summer.  Was it the summer of gluttony or moderation? Either way, jumping back in is never easy - you just have to take the plunge!

FALL SCHEDULE STARTS AUGUST 24th

OPEN WORKOUTS...

EARLY BIRDS: 
Monday, Wednesday & Friday      6:15-7:15am
Monday @ 1 Lexington Circle
Wed & Fri @ TP Elem Gym
**ALL levels welcome - circuit training to burn calories, tone up, increase lean muscle and boost metabolism!

AFTER COFFEE:

POWER CIRCUITS
Monday, Wednesday & Friday       9:00-10:15am
Tuesday & Thursday                       9:00-10:00am
@ 1 Lexington Circle
**This will be a fast paced workout using all the toys...TRX, Bosu, Stability Ball, medicine Balls, etc...  Get ready to sweat!

CIRCUIT WORKOUT IN "RE-ENTRY MODE"
Tuesday & Thursday                      10:15-11:15am
@ 1 Lexington Circle
**This is a new session! Have you taken some time off from exercising and need to get back into the swing of things? Whether it has been 5 years or just a long summer, RE-ENTRY workouts are the perfect way to jump back in. Circuits will be a little slower paced with a big emphasis on learning proper form and technique with the various peices of equipment we use.  Don't let the name fool you though...you will still work hard, burn calories, sculpt lean muscle and feel great before the kids come home for lunch! :)      One favor - if you are not on a regular schedule, please shoot me an email the night before if you are coming so that I can have everything set up.



GENERATION NEXT
Monday 4:00-5:00  (may change when soccer schedules come out)
@1 Lexington Circle
**This is for the younger set.  Ages 10 & up. We will take a little jog and then work on core strength, flexibility, and get them using proper form and technique for strength work while laughing alot along the way!

PRICES:
$12/workout 
Package of 10 for $110
Package of 20 for $199
1 month unlimited - $120

(Packages must be used in 90 days. If you can't workout 10 times in 3 months, we have issues!!

Please call or email getfit4u@me.com if you would like info on private or semi-private group training. Pick your time, pick your group, pick your location and we will make it work!

PRIVATE TRAINING:
45 min - $25
60 min - $30

PRIVATE GROUPS:
$15/hour 2-4 people
(my location)

WORKOUTS BROUGHT TO YOU:
$50 / hour up to 4 people
$10pp after 4 people

summer traveling is no excuse for missing workouts...

Don't let summer vacations be an excuse for slacking on your workouts.  ONLINE BOOTCAMPS are the perfect way to exercise on the go.  A new workout is emailed to you each week with detailed instructions and animations. Now there really are no excuses!

life is short - so what!

So I am in the kitchen the other day feeding 5 kids and they happen to look at my laptop and start reading the no excuses blog. In the intro, I mention that "life is short". This promptly sends my 10 year old daughter (aka- chicken little) into a tizzy.  The world is ending tomorrow and will she be able to take her cell phone with her because she has only had it for a few weeks.  Yes, life is short meant to her that the sky was falling and we were all gonners.

I tried to explain to the kids what the saying meant and told them that although some days seem very long, years somehow seem to fly by.  While yesterday at Kings Island felt like an eternity, it doesn't seem that long ago when chicken little was 4 and in a Princess Fiona costume 24/7. Was she really 10 now with contacts and a cell phone? Life is short.

The kids understood the saying, but put it in a whole new context. They started a conversation of "what happens next". They all agreed they were going to Heaven and were trying to decide which body they would have.  The 10 year olds wanted to stay 10 (because they were cool), my son just wanted to be bigger and stronger so he could hit triples in baseball, a friend wanted to be a baby because she didn't remember what it was like, and my 6 year old daughter wanted to be herself without tangles in her hair. Aaahhh...the simplicity of children.

Next, the kids went on to talk about all the possibilities of life after Earth: Will they see grandparents again?  Will a neighbor in a wheelchair be able to walk? Can they eat as much candy as they want? Will Justin Bieber be there? Can they say goodbye to school and homework and chores? Of course every question was answered with a resounding YES. Life is short was starting to sound good to them, especially as the beginning of school is getting near.

I am not a "preachy" person by nature but had to post this. My kids and their friends taught me something that day - life is short, but so what? Enjoy every day we are here and start picking out what body we want have for the next life!

goals...

We set goals for ourselves and tell our kids to set goals, but do we really know the characterestics of a true "goal"?   Here they are::

• Goals must be put down in writing
• Goals are specific and measurable
• Goals have a specific timeline
• Goals are realistic

So, "tone up, shape up, lose weight, bulk up" are not really goals.  They are great things to work toward, but you need to think of something more concrete and measurable.  ex:  run the bulldog 5K, Columbus or MEMPHIS 1/2 of full marathon (any takers for Memphis?), do a 2 min TRX planking series, lose 5 pounds,  make it to 3 minutes on a wall sit, etc....

Beyond these four characteristics of goals, it is important to also understand that before you can really get motivated to accomlish a specific goal, you must aspire to accomplish something that is personally meaningful. Without some deeper meaning to your goal, it is unllikely to take shape. 

So what are your goals and, more importantly, what are your "whys"? Remember, there are no right or wrong motivations!

I challenge you to write down 3 fitness & nutrition goals this week.  We will work on a plan of action to acheive those goals and I will do my best to help you stay MOTIVATED!

Like the picture a few posts down says...stop wishing & start doing!

got guns...

this is what hard work, a TRX and a little great big sea will do for your guns - NICE!

but pick on someone your own size...

or have all the kids jump in to help!

generation next...on the run

1.5 mile run girls.  way to go!!!

fyi - the girls each had to collect ribbons of their color that were tied onto street signs along they way.  they made them into colorful hair ties :)