{"id":5894,"date":"2018-03-21T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2019-06-04T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:11:29","slug":"how-and-why-to-change-how-you-think-about-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=5894","title":{"rendered":"How (and why) To Change How You Think About Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If fitness lives for you like a chore or something you just really hate doing, then you have to think about it differently. If it is not something you love doing, do something else.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to see where this all comes from. We’re told that you need to “gut it out”. You’ve got to hit the gym. No pain, no gain. But if you would rather chew on a tree than run on a treadmill, then you may think exercise is just not for you.<\/p>\n

That would NOT be because you shouldn’t or couldn’t be active, but because of how we are coached to think about it by our culture. In healthy cultures, they think about it differently. They don’t associate it with heroism, but fun.<\/p>\n

So change how you think. Go against the grain and reject the cultural training. Find something that gets you moving, something you really love doing, and make that your activity. You’ll stick with it longer and get more out of it in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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