The Day After Labor Day is the traditional start of The Fall Push.  My clients and I have all reflected this year about how important it is to be proactive about taking care of our health.

A once in a generation pandemic will do that to you.

Anyhoo, I decided many of us could use a jumpstart for health during this period because many people are descending into unhealthy coping mechanisms due to this once in a generation pandemic and economic disaster.

Sidebar: I am not here for the COVID-15 nonsense and I’ll blog about that at a later date.

I created a 21 Day Health Reset that you can sign up for at any point during this Fall.  The link will be at the end of this Blog Post.

I give you the choice and freedom to choose what you would like to focus on in regards to your health.  We all have habits that we can improve on and I want you to concentrate on ONE Thing…(Two at Most)

My 21 Day Health Reset

My focus for the 21 Day Health Reset is: Strength Training

I believe strength training is the fountain of youth and seeing as I celebrated another birthday this summer and I like to hang out with young people, I decided I need to step up my training.

I’ve been talking about “The Next Volume” of my Life for the past two years now and it appears that it is well underway and my physical training is indeed part of it.  Low energy, bad posture, and not being able to keep up isn’t going to cut it.

I can’t go for that…no can do.

Nutrition Wise: I’m here for more Salads (No Sad Salads is week 2) and more Vegetables.

 Strategy, and Tips

When I set goals I always have a strategy.  My strategy for this strength training goal is to aim for 3x per week and 10 strength training workouts total.

I’m utilizing the Peloton App and also thinking out of the box when it comes to strength training. It doesn’t always have to be dumbbells and resistance bands.

Sometimes it means just using my body weight. I  have really enjoyed the Blogilates workouts on YouTube.  (This 20-minute workout is STELLAR)

I’ll admit that one positive from Sheltering in Place is that I’ve gotten out of my comfort zone when it comes to working out and utilizing more bodyweight workouts has been a great change.

Best Practices

  • Schedule workouts to my calendar  I’m more likely to follow through on those
  • Plan which workouts I Would like to do  Having a Plan makes it much easier to plug and play. Winging it or figuring it out…makes it much harder to want to get started
  • 15-20 minutes is better than 0 minutes.  Workouts don’t have to be 30-60 minutes to be effective
  • Just get going  On days when I would much rather watch TV, I’ll pick a 10-minute strength workout from Peloton and that usually gets me going, and then I’ll finish up with my own workout.
  • Write it down and Track it: Give yourself credit or a Kick in the Pants. When I am tempted to beat myself up for not doing enough, I can look and see that I’ve done more than I thought.  When I am tempted to believe I’ve done more than I think, I can get a reality check.

It’s a Jumpstart and Not a Quick Fix

Challenges and Resets are a Jumpstart and not quick fixes.  I always come out of Challenges and Resets with some new habits, recipes, and new motivations.

They aren’t quick fixes and shouldn’t be used for quick weight loss. While you may lose weight with a challenge, that shouldn’t be the main focus because that becomes the main driver and not creating healthy lifestyle habits which will lead to sustainable weight loss.

The beauty of this Health Reset is that you can start at any time.  Just get started!

21 Day Health Reset