Stressed out? Focus harder on your goals to minimize stress.

So, you are stressed out..

Yes, we all are.

You are stuck home, either laid off or working from home. Your gym is closed for the time being, uncertain when it will reopen. Your routine is thrown to the fire, and you have to create a new one. By the time it takes you to settle into the new routine, the stay at home order will most likely be lifted and a small sense of normalcy will return to a changed world, and you have to find another new routine.

That is stressful. We are creatures of habits, and creating new ones adds stress to the mix of viruses, work uncertainty, gym closures, and people hoarding food.

There is peace in staying the course.

How so?

Doesn’t sticking to an eating plan or training plan require stress since it’s “restrictive”?

No, and allow me to explain why in a few simple answers.

1. Exercise is therapeutic for many of us. Stress relief, fitness, strength, and looking good adds to our well-being. Remove the avenue to create it, temporarily, and you add to your stress. I have an answer for that later in this blog.
2. Eating well helps you stay healthy, fit, and on path towards your own goals. Removing the stress from the guilt of over-indulgence and apathy is critical. Why would you choose to add the stress of knowing you allowed yourself off the hook? Why would you add the stress knowing all the hard word you did to get to this point has been erased?
3. Achieving goals is what humans do. When we have tasks, and the ability to achieve those tasks, we are productive in our own minds. The ultimate satisfaction is being happy with yourself. External motivation and validation cannot hold a candle to the feeling you earn with a job well done. Self-love is holding yourself accountable to doing a good job and being proud of it.
4. Let’s be real. If you have a bad time at work, do you just quit? I don’t mean an abusive environment, horrible boss, or sub-standard work conditions. I am talking about stress, deadlines, pressure, and common work situations. Do you just quit for something easier? When your partner gets into an argument with you, do you walk away? When your kids forget to put their toys away for the 300th time, do you give them up for adoption? Let’s hope the answer is no to all of these. Why give up your personal fitness and health goals? You don’t

You modify and adapt

Your gym is closed? Bodyweight workouts will hold you over for a while. Keep reading and I got something cool for you.

The store is out of chicken breast, again, because people are hoarding it? Ground turkey, pork loin, flank steak, or a round roast are all decently lean enough and easy to cook. Order a crockpot if you don’t have one, add some spices, and throw some roasts in there all day. I make flank steak constantly in our crock pot and it’s one amazing meal.

You can’t find toilet paper? Well, I don’t know what to tell you other than bidets are still available on Amazon from what I see.

We are meant to adapt, our species has survived though war, famine, and pandemic. We have brought cities from stone and flatland, technology from simple substances, and empires from dirt.

You and I are not Alexander the Great, but we are of the same species.

Don’t add stress to stress by allowing yourself an out of your personal goals.

Each day is a new day, every direction can be turned back to the right way, you can find all the cliches in the world, but what it takes is one thing from you.

My goals matter

That’s it. You matter. In a time when all of the world is fearful about what’s to come, what will be changed, and what we will do to prevent it in the future.

The world moves on, and you must move with it.

You matter. Take care of you, control your own outcome, be what makes us human and thrive.

Now…

If you are stuck without a gym and want some FREE BODYWEIGHT WORKOUTS, use the contact form below, and I will email you the first four weeks of them, on PDF, and add you to my personal mailing list to get the next 2-4 weeks as they are finished.

Bodyweight isn’t a gym, but it’s something to keep you busy, and they are not easy workouts by any means. They will challenge you, push you, and make you earn the end of them.

Email me, and I will get your back on at least one thing to take a little stress off of your plate.

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