What's YOUR Internal Dialogue?

This is what Ryan Rannelli asked me today while I was working out at his gym, 'No Excuse Fitness' in downtown Hamilton.

What a great question.

I was doing this one exercise during a boot camp class and he had made me do a harder version, and I was struggling.  He watched me for a bit, and then said, 'What's your internal dialogue right now?'

It made me think.  He was right.  I was saying to myself, 'This is so hard.  I really suck at this.'

I had learned while running that your internal dialogue is important, but some lessons you just need to keep learning.  (Okay, every lesson?)

I needed to change my self-talk from negative to positive.  I said to myself, 'I can do this.'

Honestly, this helped.  It's amazing.  It shows you the power of your mind.

Thank you Ryan!

What's YOUR internal dialogue?

Call Me Crazy - Everyone Else Does

Call me crazy - but I'm sitting on an exercise ball at work instead of my chair.

You know what really started it?  When my friend told me I'd be considered a sedentary person.

I got a little offended.  I mean, I run and I do boot camp.  How could I be considered sedentary?

The problem is that I sit at work all day.  I'm not in my office all day, but if I'm not there, I'm sitting in my car or in someone's home.  However way you look at it, I'm sedentary!

I was crushed.  I'm trying so hard to be healthy and active.

What could I do?

Well, sit on an exercise ball for starters!

Yes, people will look at you funny.  Yes, people who walk by your office will do double-takes.

You'll get comments about people wanting to kick the ball out from under you. (I know who you are.)

You'll also get people secretly trying out your new 'chair' while you're gone.

And you know what?  It works.

I can feel the muscles in my thighs and stomach working as I sit there.

The first day I tried it, I happily texted my friend that my core was strengthening as we spoke!

One day when I was feeling sick, it was almost too hard to sit on it, because you definitely can't slump in it like you can in a chair.  That's the beauty of it! 

Who's with me? (Not many of you, I can tell.)

Why not try it?  If you don't care about core strength, how about this?  You can bounce on it.  That's way more fun than a chair.