Believe in Fitness

Dear Aspen reader,

Have you ever seen a t-shirt, meme or post with a funny statement related to fitness? Some of them give me such a laugh that I’m brought to tears.

I’ll let you in on a few of my favorites:

• “I’m into fitness
  (insert taco graphic here)
  Fitness taco in my mouth.”

• “Burpees? Yeah, no. I thought you said Slurpees.”

• “Apparently macros aren’t short for mac & cheese…who knew?”

And the list goes on….

While each lady’s level of enjoyment for fitness differs, I think we can all find commonality in these small statements. Hidden within, are a few underlying meanings:

“Although I exercise, I still like to eat – and that’s ok!” or “Even if you don’t feel comfortable/don’t fully know what you’re doing/don’t enjoy exercising you aren’t alone!”.

Where you land on the spectrum of all things fitness, whether love or disdain, your preferences are sure to be motivated by your core beliefs about exercise. You may have grown up in a home in which athletics were non-negotiable or maybe your family wasn’t very active at all. It’s possible that winning was everything in your home and the motto was “go big or go home”. But maybe it wasn’t. Possibly your family was really great at working together, which encourages you to join group fitness classes today as you enjoy the company. Or maybe a walk outside signifies an escape in which you appreciate solitude.

This week, I encourage you to explore the values that you hold with regards to exercise. See if you can use those beliefs as motivation to explore a new form of movement this week.

In health,
Alecia

Where you land on the spectrum of all things fitness, whether love or disdain, your preferences are sure to be motivated by your core beliefs about exercise.