By Jessie Bacon Health and wellness both have been a love of mine for the last three years. I’ve gone through so many “lifestyle” phases, and I can finally say that I’m perfectly content with my life- something I thought that I could never say. It has been a long journey with plenty of adversities, but nothing great comes from minimal effort. For the first two years, I only looked for improvement in my physique and based my health off of that. But I truly wasn’t content until I worked to improve my mental state. During the duration of this blog post, you will read my top two personal tips on creating a better version of yourself; mentally and physically. I’m not an expert, but I’ve read enough books/articles and watched enough videos establish my credibility. But what’s greater than having knowledge from all of those sources is that I have experience. So today I am going to share my two "secret" tips on wellness. It’s a long post, and I promise it won’t be like this every week. I’m very sorry. Tip #1: Partake in yoga classes- By no means am I a yogi or relatively even close to that. I’m the type of yoga participant that is always falling over during some pose or aimlessly looks around to see what the hell everyone else is doing. I am proud to say though that I can do the splits and I take pride in that even though it’s not about this subject. I’ve always heard about how yoga affects your mental state but I never actually realized that until I started taking three classes of it a week. Being a college student, I deal with a high amount of pressure. Not only the mental state type of stress but the physical stress on my body from working out. During the duration of the last four weeks, I’ve made it my goal to attend three yoga classes a week. Yoga seriously has improved my flexibility, my overall approach to being present in certain situations, and being conscious of the importance of taking care of myself. Many types of yoga classes tailor to your specific fitness goals and levels:
Tip #2: Set goals that are achievable and that spark your interest- If you set goals that aren’t doable or desirable, you’ll lose the ambition to complete them, and you never will improve your lifestyle. Think about what’s most important to you. Don’t set goals based on the people around you because everyone is different. Some of the best goals to improve your overall lifestyle aren’t always physical related but rather mental related. Improving your mindset will help enhance your lifestyle goals by having a more positive attitude towards fitness. Set small goals rather than large goals that will take years to complete. By doing this, it will keep you motivated because you will see small improvements along the way versus in a couple of years. A couple of examples of small goals that I have implemented in my life include:
Implementing small daily goals will help improve your routine, and they will become so uniform to the point that you won’t even think about them anymore. So for the forthcoming week I challenge you to:
Have an awesome week, happy homecoming, and go Gophers.
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