You don’t have enough discipline to stick with exercise because we make exercise so unappealing that it can overcome any amount of discipline you can muster.
Time to Re-Think Fitness
Fitness needs a re-think…some crazy comments from people reflect the species-wide dysfunction we have with fitness. And there is a solution…
Never Force Yourself to Exercise Again
The expectations, beliefs, and perceptions about exercise can ultimately promote – or possibly inhibit – its benefits.
Limited Vocabulary
What if you limited the vocabulary you use to describe exercise? What if the only words you knew were positive and motivating?
A Meditation on Motivation
The endless source of motivation is…I love playing with the world and my body is my game piece. This is what works for me. A better understanding of motivation makes it easier to get for you.
Even Jack Lalanne Got This Wrong
Even Jack Lalanne got this wrong. Hating exercise but doing it anyway will not work. The new science of motivation points the way.
The Goal You Never Knew You Had
There is one goal I have heard more than any other, but… It is almost never the first, or even the second, goal people mention. Every trainer-client relationship begins with some version of “What are your goals?” And now that I have been working in fitness for 20 years, I have reflected on what really […]
Magical Wizard Brain Powers?
Can your mind determine how many calories are in a food? Not quite, but close. The core mission of Funtensity is to transform the emotional response to exercise to change it from something that feels like a chore to something that you want to do more. What we believe and how we feel about what […]
Sundae, Sunday, or Someday?
“I need to make major changes.” I hear this all the time. Usually it’s from someone who is at a low point in fitness and is frustrated/disgusted/tired from wanting to feel and see changes in fitness but never experiencing any. If you’re out-of-shape, unhealthy, or otherwise struggling for fitness, you might think that major changes […]