San Diego Boot Camp

You can find fun, fulfillment, solace, and have a bonding experience in any of your exercise programs (including Boot Camp). Exercise is exhilarating whether it is weight lifting, jumping, yoga, pilates, dance, aerobics, walking, or hiking. The key is to find your own medium of exercise where you thrive, feel good, can progress, and use your body to the fullest Practicing on your own can be rewarding and prepare you for your group encounters, but working with a partner has twice the benefits. Through exercising, you can become more familiar with your limits and endurance levels and your plus one (partner) is a perfect guide to assist you. It is a two way partnership—helping, guiding, and encouraging one another.

How do you find the right exercise buddy?

That is easy: Start by bonding in exercise with a family member, relative or friend.  For example, your mate, son, daughter, best friend, sister, brother, mom, dad, etc.  As a team, you can motivate one another, check each other’s progress, set goals, form a more meaningful relationship, and have fun. Especially during the summer, when you are looking for an activity, exercising with a partner or buddy can be the answer.

Enjoy your exercise experience,

lift your spirit, make a friend and start by visiting sparkpeople.com for resources tips and ideas on exercise.  For example, start by reading the article by Nicole Nichols, Make Fitness More Fun.

By adding variety to your exercise program, you will stay motivated, perform better, and maintain your health. Being consistent in your exercise program, doesn’t have to be boring. Your fitness friend can assist you in boosting your spirit when you are discouraged, maintaining your good exercise and eating habits, just being there for you—a good friend. Besides bonding with yourself, take on a buddy.

Several years ago when I was practicing for a public event (dancing), I would practice daily on my routine. I would set up my gear and practice until I mastered the techniques and steps. Of course, some days were better than others and I knew when I missed my mark - my movements weren’t on target.  But I practiced - performed with a smooth precise flow, and I targeted the steps, movements and tempo.  I had a friend who helped me through this period – we helped one another. When I performed in costume or at practice, we both felt extra good when I competed and targeted all of my steps in the routine. It was like soaring through the air--my friend delighted in my achievements as well.

So, in your regular exercise program, make the effort to perform as if you were practicing for a routine performance, the performance for a road map to good health. Some days you might not meet your goals or expectations, but your partner can be in your corner to support you and you can modify an exercise to make it enjoyable and rewarding. Over the course of your program. don’t forget to reward yourself.  Some suggestions: A bouquet of flowers, an aromatherapy or infusion sticks, a small plaque or statue, a free quote by a famous writer or philosopher. If you need morale support (besides your fitness friend), try this: "It is never too late to be what you want to be." - George Elliot.

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