Sep 28

How to Change

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: change, goal setting, showing up for yourself, taking action, transformation
Do you know what happens when you start acting like the person you wish to be? (This is not a trick question.)
Sep 21

Your Preferences Matter

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: exercise preferences, goal setting, habits, values
The cooler weather is lovely, isn’t it? I hope you’ve been getting outside to walk, run, or engage in another activity of your choice if doing so strikes your fancy this time of year.
Sep 14

Taking Your Health for Granted… Or?

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals, Self-Care 0 comments tags: change, decisions, empower yourself through action, fitness approach, habits, taking action
I’ve been thinking about how we as humans tend to take many things for granted, until a (sometimes shocking) change causes us to adjust our view. Maybe you are 87 and you can’t remember various facts anymore, so your kids take away your car keys to prevent you from getting lost on your way to the store. Maybe you are 46 and you injure your leg, so you have to use crutches and running is impossible until you heal. Maybe you are 19 and set to study abroad when a pandemic occurs, so you cannot travel without risking your safety or potentially losing your ability to travel back home.
Sep 07

Holiday Optimism

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: execution, fitness approach, goal setting, habits, priorities
Reserving time for fitness always seems so much easier on long weekends (and on vacations). At the beginning of any holiday period, I am always eager to fill my calendar with fun things as well as all of the unfinished projects that I’ve been working on.
Aug 31

Changing Seasons, Changing Routines

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 1 comments tags: adaptability, change, seasonal routines, well-being
Wow — September begins tomorrow, and the autumn weather that is sure to be coming will be here in a blink. I love this time of year for many reasons. As a runner, the shift from hot and sticky to cooler temperatures generally makes for faster running times with less effort. As a coach, races at this time of year typically provide an opportunity to celebrate the hard work done throughout the summer training season and create a natural transition into the slower winter training season.
Aug 24

The Power of Incremental Effort

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: direct your energy, energy management, goal setting, habits, incremental effort
Have you ever had the mail pile up? And then the pile is out of control and it keeps growing? You know that if you would just sort through it, you’d feel better because it would be dealt with…but you also know that now it’s going to take you three hours to go through it, and so you keep procrastinating. No? (Just me?) Okay…
Aug 17

Celebrate Milestones

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: celebrate your wins, exercise benefits, goal setting, milestones
In the spirit of celebrating milestones, I’ve put together a list of 15 things K and I learned by taking daily walks together over the past five months. We concluded our walking streak on Saturday with day 150. Hopefully, you’ll appreciate these lessons and can apply those that speak to you to your own fitness routine.
Aug 10

Fitness Commitments and Self-Monitoring

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals, Self-Care 0 comments tags: accountability, habits, keeping commitments, patterns, self-monitoring
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can self-monitor our fitness activities, especially in the absence of group accountability, an exercise partner, or a traditional one-on-one coaching relationship. When I was first aiming to build a consistent exercise habit, I spent time exploring different ways to work out and I was meticulous about logging activities into a paper calendar.
Aug 03

Exercise Streaks and Life

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals, Self-Care 0 comments tags: consistency, exercise streaks, habits, identity, must-do items, non-negotiable standards
Ever wonder how someone keeps going with an exercise streak? For that matter, ever wonder how a person gets started with an exercise streak in the first place? I’m a huge fan of rest days, and I’ve never been one to advocate for exercise streaks. Not because I’m against doing an exercise streak, but because life is more important to me than keeping a streak going — and I know that I’m likely to choose warmth and comfort (and sleep!) over exercise, especially when it’s below zero outside and I would have to go outside again when I’ve already suffered through freezing temps once or twice on a given day.
Jul 27

Choose What Fits

by Erica McClurkin in Exercise, Goals 0 comments tags: adjust the variables, consistency, fitness approach, preferences, values
A week and a half ago, our second freezer decided to give up its fight. It was a good freezer, though I can’t say it had a very long or exciting life. It lived to be 12 and a half years old, which, in the life of a freezer, is probably about average. We can’t complain. It served us well.
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