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Fitness Tip of the Day: Adjust


Tip: Adjust -- "Workouts change, goals change, the givens (yes, even the givens) change." Read more below.





Maybe the streets you run across are finally getting their potholes repaired. Maybe you sprain your ankle in your beloved Zumba class. Maybe the pals you've worked out forEVER move away or lose their oomph. Maybe you decide a marathon is not in your future.


In a word, we adjust.

That's what my running-coach friend did when she missed a recent 16-miler with her group. The reason isn't important (plus it would take too much explaining); what she did with the change is what matters.


"I've decided to go 12 on Monday," she emailed me Sunday night. "We go 12 again next week, so I think I'll be OK. The weather should be great, so it'll be a good way to start my morning."

Which it was. As she said, "The weather was perfect, the fog was dancing ever so lightly on the water and I saw the sun poke its sleepy head out at the top of Winsted Drive.. Went with my chanting playlist and it kept me calm & steady."

Yes, life changes. Just when get used to something, or think we have X, Y and even Z down - a switch flips, an eye blinks, a finger snaps and poof! We look around and think, "Hey, wait a sec. Where did THIS come from?"




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