Cold freaking showers…I will admit. The first several times doing this, it feels like the worst idea ever. EVER! It is so uncomfortable that I didn’t know how I could possibly endure more of it. But here’s the thing. I started with 20 seconds immersed in the chilled rain from the shower head. That meant […]
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Imagine with me that you are out on the land with your clan for a hunting expedition. Spear in hand, you enter a clearing, slowly, cautiously, stepping along a line of thickets holding amongst its prickled strands, plump crimson berries. You halt your weary tribe-mates for some much needed nourishment. In short time, you sense a
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I really did not want to go for a run yesterday. I could come up with a plethora of (bad) excuses. Too cold Too wet My usual route had to change Weird week with New Years Slightly out of my routine with the kids out of school BUT, on this chilly, windy, overcast late December
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Why Your Workout Plans Have Failed in the Past Creating a Habit of Lifetime Fitness **For a limited time, subscribe to my Coach.me plan, “Create a Fitness Habit for Life in 24 Days” for only 99¢! An excerpt from Create a Fitness Habit for Life in 24 Days. “Getting fit does not happen overnight, but creating
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Goal setting app provides users with levels of support to make positive life change through coaching If you have read my About Me page, you have seen some of my vehicles for client engagement. One of the most exciting is Coach.Me (@Coachdotme). Formerly goal achieving app Lift, Coach.me has evolved into a personal coaching-centered platform to guide
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Welcome to my Blog at EdAssessSolutions.com. As my friends may know, I started a personal blog several months ago after kicking the idea around for a couple of years. I also had a website URL that I wasn’t sure how to use. Since then, a couple of concepts have come together. First, and in line
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This is a great dynamic stretching routine used as warm-up before working out, especially if you will be primarily using your legs. Based upon Physical Therapist, Gary Gray’s Lunge Matrix, Ren Caldwell demonstrates her variation in the video below.
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Creating a well-being habit for life? Monitor progress with this well-being goal tracker spreadsheet It is a well known fact that we are more likely to reach our goals when we track our progress. I have redeveloped a tracking spreadsheet template for Google Sheets that I have used for several years to document progress toward my
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Backup Workout Plans in a Pinch It is a beautiful day and you have a kick-ass trail run planned after work, but just after lunch, the school calls and you little one is sick! Sure, you could just scrap your plans and TRY to make up another day. The alternative is contingency workout plan. They
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