by Janet Huehls | Jun 13, 2020 | Stress
When I was in labor with my first child, I had a visitor: Anxiety. It was a very inconvenient time for her to make an appearance. But there she was, saying things like “how do you know you are ready to be a mom? What if you mess up? This child’s life is in your...
by Janet Huehls | May 27, 2019 | Movement
As we discussed with cardio, we often talk about strength training in terms of the long-term benefits. Yet your brain really cares about the instant rewards of doing something. But what if the instant ‘reward’ you get from lifting weights is muscle soreness and...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 29, 2019 | Movement, Real-time Results of Exercise Series
Years ago, as a ‘green’ exercise physiologist, one of my favorite posters hanging up in the cardiac rehab unit was this one: To me, this was so convincing. Why wouldn’t someone want to exercise? What I know now is that if you are an exerciser, these are great...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 10, 2019 | Motivation, Movement
If we know we should exercise, why do we struggle with it? The answer is complex, but as I said in my last blog series there is one word in that statement that changes everything. ‘Should’ makes exercise an externally-imposed activity with future results. Why does...
by Janet Huehls | Apr 1, 2019 | Motivation
As I wrap up this series on building self-motivation for exercise, I hope you have learned some things about motivation and why you may have struggled in the past to keep exercising. To review: Motivation from external sources, (the scale, activity monitors, trainers,...
