Mindset I Addition By Subtraction...

Often times less is more. Let’s take a quick look at how that works with your fitness and well-being...

Identify when to hustle and when to slow down...

A fitness pro can help you manage pace during your training program, but there are other areas that need tending to as well such as your mental and social well-being. 

The Cleveland Clinic (summer of 2021) said 77% of us reported more stress over a 2-year period.

Managing your everyday stress in a healthy way is vital to the synergy of your fitness plan. Fitness is a whole-body experience.

Trust stillness, idleness and unplugging...

Unplugging can create some room for stillness and idleness and can have massive benefits including enhance energy management (toggling energy) and neural recuperation. 

Your brain needs to recharge as well as your body. Screen addiction is a real thing and too much too often can really mess with your creative brain. You best work will involve time in states of relaxation which can stem from stillness, idleness, and unplugging.

Pro tip! 

You can use rest to guide you towards optimizing productivity. Move passed life hacks and develop a larger view that involves some stillness, idleness, and unplugging (it appears to be connected to heightened intelligence...bonus!).

Feel more from less...

Sometimes doing less can have unforeseen benefits (hint: learn to set proper work to rest ratios). One benefit is that you create time to deal with your feelings and emotional quotient (EQ). When you feel more you can connect more with others on deeper levels, the social aspect of health. This can amplify your wellness!

The only way you can learn to set work/rest ratios is to actually do the work and test the rest periods. This is a lifelong journey of development, self-discovery, and much testing (a fair amount of trial and error).

Busy affects priorities...

Look where busyness often leads us. Being busy often keeps us from doing the important things in our lives. Busy can stifle priorities. 

De-prioritizing yourself care (wellness, fitness) can set off a cascade of detrimental events. Remember, self-care is self-worth is self-continuity. 

The 72 hour itch is what many experience when they miss their sweat sessions for 3 consecutive days (assuming they are on a weekly program). 

Look, we all know life happens (life happens through you not to you). Never let busyness get in the way of your most important priorities and that includes much self-care.

“Being busy doesn’t make you important, but it can keep you from doing important things” -unknown 

Recap...

Learn to pace your work/rest ratio, trust stillness, idleness, and unplugging to recharge, use rest as a guide to optimize performance, tap into feelings and EQ, derail busyness by keeping your daily self-care priorities in check.

From the grind up...