Keeping Good Habits

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This Weeks Healthy Discussion

1. Keeping Good Habits

2. Getting Your Sleep In

3. Two of My Favourite Ab Exercises

Keeping Good Habits

Our entire lives are surrounded by habits. From the moment we wake up to the time we go to bed. Habits are what dictate how our days will go and how productive we will be.

These habits are a variety of good and bad, however how do we even begin to filter the bad ones out and start new good habits.

I recently read Atomic Habits by James Clear and would like to share one of the main things I took away from it.

Starting good habits can sometimes be difficult because usually they take up more brain power than the bad ones we fall into. When deciding to take the leap and improve your health it can be easy to overwhelm yourself.

This is when Clear and others will tell you to “just start with 2 minutes of this good habit and you will find it much easier to keep going for more than that, once you get started.”

However once I read this, a thought came into my mind:

“Wouldn’t you know from the start that you are trying to trick yourself into doing this new habit for more than just 2 minutes?”

So why even bother with the 2 minute trick.

This is when I read the next paragraph and realized I should’ve let the author just finish his thought.

James Clear goes on to acknowledge my worry and his advice is:

“Set a timer for exactly 2 minutes, and stop your new good habit once the timer goes off”

I think this is genius.

This goes along with my love for baby steps in life and little things making a huge difference over time.

If you are trying to start a new good habit, but struggling to get going every day. Set a timer for 2 minutes and stop after it goes off. You will start to crave going longer and eventually be able to move away from the timer once the habit sticks and becomes your routine.

Getting Your Sleep In

When looking at all the factors that are involved in a healthy lifestyle, sometimes sleep can be easily neglected.

The amount of sleep you get is vital to your recovery.

It is recommended that the average person gets 7-9 hours of sleep. This can be challenging with a busy lifestyle but it is important to keep in mind.

The benefits of a good nights sleep are:

• Reduced Stress

• Better Mood

• Improved Heart Health

• More Energy

• and Recovery

There are countless benefits but these are the ones that I value the most.

Two of My Favourite Ab Exercises

1. Cable Crunch: Very easy to add weight too and takes two seconds to set up.

2. Hanging Leg Raise: Great if all you have is a pull up bar or a captains chair. This also pairs well as a superset right after cable crunches.