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Use It, Don’t Lose It This Holiday Season!

November 26, 2010 by Kristin_Anderson Leave a Comment

 






Use it, Don’t Lose It This Holiday Season!

 

The holiday season is officially here! It is my job to make sure that you are prepared with fitness options. The way I see it you can either use your fitness to your advantage this holiday season or lose it and start again in mid January.

 

Let me start by reminding you why most of you workout; it makes you feel good and it helps you deal with stress. And the holidays are nothing but wanting to feel good while having to deal with stress right?

 

So for those of you that want to come out ahead and use your fitness to your advantage this holiday season here you go… These tools will not fail you- I promise.

 

1) Don’t throw your workout away if it can’t have your ideal and usual situation. You don’t need more then 10 or 20 min to get some muscles engaged, blood flowing, breathe going, endorphins humming, and a little stretched out. Aim for 10 min a day and consider any extra as bonus.

 

2) Try not to set yourself up for failure. Be realistic with your schedule and number of commitments per day. Don’t put your 10 or 20 min workout on the back burner for more then 2 days in a row. You are not really saving time by skipping a 10-20 min workout; that workout is going to give you stamina, energy and a clear head.

 

3) Have a lot of handy workout options available. This is the key to your success. The more convenient you make your fitness, the more successful you will be. Workouts on your phone through apps like M-TRAIN or online fitness sites like www.mydailytrainer.com where I give you workouts, meal plans, a progress tracker and help from me to keep you going, workouts in a magazine (a super effective anytime, anywhere workout created by me can be found on page 180 of this December’s issue of Shape Magazine), some $10 DVDs, or even making sure you always have sneakers and fresh clean workout clothes with you are great tools to make sure your workouts are always at your fingertips.

 

From personal experience each year is different and we are all going to do what we feel takes priority. Whether it’s grabbing a workout, making that extra stop or going back out to the store to get that ingredient that was forgotten our goal is to feel ready AND have a good time. So when you are planning and jam packing your day, remember to use your fitness to your advantage and plan that quick workout! It will give you sanity as well as energy-guaranteed!

 

Good Luck! I am always here if you need me.

 

-Kristin  

 

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About Kristin_Anderson

By practicing a wide range of off-ice training methods including ballet, pilates and track & field, former professional figure skater Kristin Anderson discovered that performing a diverse training regime leads to a more well-rounded athlete. She used her mixed method approach in her San Francisco and Los Angeles pilates studios, her M-TRAIN fitness app for the iPhone and iPod touch, and has carried her training philosophy over to her fitness company, My Daily Trainer. Losing and maintaining weight is as easy as 1,2,3 with Kristin's website www.mydailytrainer.com where you will find workouts, meal plans, a progress tracker and a lot of help from Kristin herself.

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