Some days you feel light as a feather and want to eat fruit all day. Other days your stomach demands a footlong sub. You don’t eat the same thing for every meal every single day of the week. Why do the same workout all the time? Borrrring. Change it up. Make your workout work for you—whatever that may be. Some days you wanna bang out a solid 6 miles while other days you wanna ride your bike around nice and slow taking in the scenery and stopping for ice coffee along the way (invite me please). Your body simply cannot sustain the same routine every single day (especially for those of us who’ve been running for 15-20 years!). Even for the strongest of mind and will, the most exciting workout will get boring at a certain point. And then you’ll stop doing it. Which we want to avoid at all costs. Plus cross training is of utmost importance! It could be as simple as swapping one workout class for another. Or go for the big change. Get crazy. Change it up. But don’t let your workout defeat you. Make it work FOR you.

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MOTIVATION: judging yourself in miles. not inches.

@UAWOMEN is doing a huge push to redefine the way female athletes are portrayed.

Check out their WHAT’S BEAUTIFUL video here. It’s good stuff. 

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MOTIVATION: live in motion.

Look, workouts don’t have to totally suck. It doesn’t have to be some chore that you “have” to do that you hate and dread. There are already enough hate/dread things in life as it is. But the thing is we DO have to do some fort of fitness something—and lucky for us, today’s world offers a never-ending list of workout “somethings” we can do. Try all kinds of workouts, classes and practices! Ask your friends what they do and tag along. Go try something together. Walk home together from work. Go to some class that totally terrifies you all by yourself and no one will ever know how foolish it made you look (and/or how much fun you had!).

Truth is, chances are you’re not going to find a fresh 14 hours in a week to dedicate to fitness. (Unless you fall into the small percentage of ultra athletes and/or total lifeless couch potatoes—it’s a very thin line.) So finding a way to seamlessly incorporate those workouts into your life is important. After all, they don’t make cute workout clothes that can be worn straight to brunch for nothing, people! If we were all thong-leotarded up still that would be a whole other story. You have no excuse. Your life depends on it. The least we can all do is make it fun, right?

#liveinmotion

#moveyourbooty

MOTIVATION: make this your best May ever!

Get serious and get fit. Take on the 20 workout May challenge!

Join the MYB mayMADNESS 20 workout challenge!

Email moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com

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There’s the you that you’re striving for through your workouts. There’s the you that you know you’re capable of unleashing. Take action and get there! It’s there waiting for you. You know the feeling after a kickass workout. You know how you feel after keeping your fruits and veggies in check. You know your potential. Grasp it! The joy in achieving that far outweighs the frustration in doing nothing about it. Chase it! Catch it! Be your own hero!

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WHERE DO YOU WORKOUT? 

MoveYourBooty NATION is collecting the best workout spots, gyms, classes and studios in the country! 

What’s your favorite yoga studio? Cycling class?  Local gym? Running route? Core class? CrossFit gym? Dance class?

We want to shoutout your local towns and all the MYB fitness opportunities they have to offer! Email info and links to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com. All sorts of workouts are welcome!

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Don’t get mad. Get moving.

#moveyourbooty

#MYBmaymadness.

Today you are here. Don’t waste your energy fighting it. Just look forward.

Where will you go from here? What will you achieve in this month of May alone? It rests in your hands.

There’s so much in the rest of life that we cannot control or change. But right now in this moment, you can move your body, strengthen your mind and make your heart race. That you can control. Your fitness is up to you. 

You can make big changes in a single month. What will you do? How will you grow in May?

Don’t get mad. Get moving!

Join the MYB mayMADNESS 20 workout challenge! email moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com to join!

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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

~ Arthur Ashe

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