.\u00a0 Dualism is the view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities.”<\/span><\/p>\nSo I believe that your mind and your body are two separate competing forces. In my years of exercising and learning how the shift of power occurs, I know by experience that they are separate. <\/span><\/p>\nSo how does this affect us and exercise?<\/span><\/p>\nHere is an example: You make a commitment to get up early in the morning and start exercising. You aren\u2019t a morning person. You set your alarm for 6:30am, the alarm goes off and you are lying in bed.\u00a0The following conversation starts to happen in your head \u201cWow its dark outside. I am tired, I should have never thought I could get up. Maybe I will just work out tonight?\u201d In this situation your body is dictating what is happening with your mind. Your body is sending signals to your mind that you are tired and working out is not an option. To shift the power, use positive self-talk and let your mind take control. \u201cGet up, and let\u2019s go. I want to feel better and exercise will help. Put your shoes on, and let\u2019s get out of this house, I am not tired, I just slept for hours.'”\u00a0This is where your mind starts to take control.<\/span><\/p>\nAnother example is what happens during exercise. You may start your exercise routine and then get mid-way through and your body starts sending messages to your mind \u201cThis is hard! We have to stop? You are getting tired!\u201d This is where those that are strong mentally separate themselves from those that aren\u2019t. They shift the power to their mind. \u201cNo you are not tired, you are using\u00a0muscles, and breath and its normal to feel this way. Of course I should feel\u00a0tired, I\u00a0am working hard. ! But I am NOT exhausted. I am not tired, keep going!\u201d So two things happen at this point: first, if you are REALLY not tired you get a second wind and are able to push through the physical drama you have created. If you are truly physically tired, that feeling of tiredness doesn\u2019t go away. Then you know you have had enough. <\/span><\/p>\nWith exercise I always advise clients to listen to their bodies. You will know the difference with feeling discomfort that is normal and feeling truly exhausted.\u00a0Recognizing both will make you\u00a0mentally stronger. There are plenty of reasons that you could be exhausted: lack of nutrition, dehydration and\/or lack of sleep. Get these 3 basic things right then you know they are not factors in your performance. <\/span><\/p>\nWhen you start to build that mental strength, it permeates through your entire life. You will start to make choices and follow through on decisions based on mental strength – not allowing your physical side to make excuses and take over. <\/span><\/p>\nSo try this exercise: the next time you commit to doing something or maybe you are exercising, shift the power to your mind from your body and notice what happens. Use positive self talk: Yes I can do this, no I am not tired”<\/span><\/p>\nIf you decide to start working out with me, or attend my classes, you will now understand what I am saying when I am yelling \u2018you are not tired’ because 90% of the time you aren’t. <\/span><\/p>\nI would love to hear from you. Let me know how it goes. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You are not tired! For students that attend my Spinning classes or those that personal train with me, this line…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,15,22,11,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhfitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}