You Can Be A Fitness Diva Without Living At The Gym

I am a Fitness Diva. I live, breathe, and dream about exercise. I love starting my days with a run, followed by a weight training session. It makes my body and mind feel great and gives me the strength and motivation to glide through the rest of my day. Do I think everyone should be like me? NO! I think everyone needs to live their lives finding their personal fitness happiness.

What is a Fitness Diva, you ask? A woman that makes the time to take care of her body through exercise and nutrition.

I wake up most mornings, usually after dreams of how to make my workouts more effective, eager to hit the gym. I meet a group of friends to run, then we hit the weights. Some days, I take a class or even just read a magazine on the elliptical machine. Every day is different, and I continually challenge myself to get stronger, run faster or further, and just overall improve my body.

Some people consider my fitness routine fanatical. My workouts are treated with the utmost importance and priority in my life, because of the way they make me feel. I have become addicted to the feeling I receive from pushing myself harder and achieving more every day.

Exercise is an important part of life. When your body feels strong, so does your mind. You are able to make better decisions, you sleep better, you eat healthier, and just overall feel happier. Your body begins looking better and in turn your attitude towards life shifts in a positive direction. It is an overall win-win situation.

Everyone needs to find the level of fitness to fit their lifestyle and improve their overall health. I love working out and I love motivating others to work out. Realistically, you need to find the routine that fits into your current lifestyle to enhance your life, not burden it. We all have enough obligations and do not need to add another. When you can view your fitness routine as an enhancement to your life, not a burden, you will have an easier time to make it a lifestyle.

How do you become a Fitness Diva?

First of all, maximize your workout time. You do not have to spend hours a day exercising to receiving maximum benefits. You do have to strength train. Cardio is great exercise, but it is not enough to see dramatic results and truly change the way your body feels. You need to add weight training to your fitness routine. If you have an hour a day to work-out, spend 30 minutes on cardio and 30 minutes strength training.

Do what you love. If you hate running, don’t run. For the cardio portion of your workout, jump on the Elliptical machine, ride a bike, or dance your way healthy. If you love the activity you're doing, you will naturally want to do it and want to keep doing it. This is the key to making exercise part of your lifestyle.

Change your thinking. If you look at exercise as one more item on your to-do list, it will become a chore and your mind will find excuses to skip it. Change your perception. Remind yourself why you love to exercise, how wonderful you feel after your sweat session, and most importantly how much closer you are to your goals of being a Fitness Diva!

Keeping this tips in mind, you will quickly find your groove and feel better than you thought possible!