Female Fitness:Enjoy the Journey

I’m dealing with the current STRESS of modern living by choosing to drive slower, savor each moment,

and breathe with attention and focus as I exercise. If you google Female Fitness you find mostly vanity and

female-fitness models. Where is the intuitive and mind-body side of the Woman who Works Out? Mind you,

there is nothing wrong with looking great from regular exercise, but I see too many people killing

themselveswith exercise that creates injury and stress, all the while focused on what size waist they will

attain, or how great they will feel when they reach XYZ pounds. Here is an important question: When you are

exercising, are you looking forward to when it is finished, and multitasking as you exercise?

I just had a friend who died of a brain tumor at age 48, and it was lovely to meet someone at her memorial

service from a dance class she had enjoyed , as long as she could,… even to make it there to watch the other

dancers.It was standing room only at her service.I share this, not to be morbid, but to help you exercise and

move with passion and intent, and joy and gratitude, for each moment. Jon Kabat Zinn, in his book “Full

Catastrophe Living” reports that when elders are surveyed about their life experiences , they wish they had

“enjoyed the moments more”.

You have an exercise personality that is unique to you. You may be a racer, a competitor, a trekker, a

mind-body enthusiast, or another sort. You may like solo, or social workouts, and indoors, or outdoors.

Make sure your workout is fitting your personality, for an optimum exercise experience. I am a trekker,

nature lover, mind-body enthusiast, and sometimes a racer too. So I have multiple fitness recipes that

depend on my mood. Slow, medium tempo, and fast weight lifting workouts. Speedy bike rides. Slow yoga.

Breath-walking, with skipping, hopping and running mixed in.Female Fitness can follow the male-created

gym model, if that suits you. Strength training on indoor equipment produces benefits. Consider your fitness

personality, and blend and add new exercises that help you savor the moment.Add color and music to your

workout for spice.

What is your reflection on “female fitness?”.

What is your workout personality?

Thanks for commenting,

Maureen@BenchFit.com

ps if you are a blogger lets get some more posts up on Female Fitness, beyond the “models”.

send me your posts please!