I find it amazing how much of getting and staying healthy is mental, not physical.

Thanks for your tip. It has helped me and I’m sure will help others, too!

When you do say 20min of cardio, use a stopwatch that counts backwards!
It’s like NASA counting down lift off - instead of thnking Jeez, huff puff, I’ve already done 15min’s and I’m really beginning to feel it now, mabey I could just rest a bit/ stop now?
You actually see WELL, only 5 min’s left, 4, 3, 2, 1 and DONE!! Same thing, I know, but mentally it just does the trick to help you push a bit harder to get the last minute or two beaten!
Good Luck!

I have never heard of your term, to “crave comfort,” but I sure felt it today.

I just got back from my run, began to crave comfort, and found myslef digging into my bag of cardio tricks for one that would work today.

This trick I call “revolving goals.” While running, I set one goal. When I get close to reaching it, I set a different goal.

Here’s how it works. I set a visual goal that I’m going to run until that light-post. I might not make it a step further, I think, but at least I can make it there.

As I near the lamp-post, I realize that the song on my iPod just started. Now that I’ve made it to the lamp-post, I might not make it a step further, but at least I can make it through this song.

As the song nears an end, I find another landmark in the near distance and encourage myself to make it that far.

Before I know it, the “revolving goals” trick has done its job and I’ve finished the run.

Let me know how this works for you! And if you have another strategy, I’d love to try it.

Thanks, Kyle!

It may not work for ALL things in life, but it certainly gets intensity out of cardio!

Glad you like it.

Tami

Great strategy