I know it's been a hot minute since I last posted. Just busy being overwhelmed and slightly irresponsible..anywho expect a fitness update soon. T, J, and I are running the half this upcoming Sunday ( yikes!) so I'm sure I'll have lots to say about that..if I can even move my fingers on the keyboard once it's over.
This week, we were asked to blog about social media buzzwords. I had a list and a post all written out when I realized that there had to be a better way to tie in my fitness blog to buzzwords. So Heidi, if you're reading this, I did my homework on the business buzzwords :)! However, I think this post should focus on the fitness buzzwords of 2013. For readers who are interested, feel free to message me and I'd be happy to talk shop on the SoMe buzzwords too! I just want to rein this blog in and focus on its original intent- to explore the wild world of health and fitness.
I've separated the buzzwords into two lists, focusing my favorite and least favorite words. If you can think of more key phrases of 2013, please share! Also, last minute half marathon tips would be deeply appreciated, a duh.
Peace, love, sweat xoxo SR
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- Functional Fitness: You'll be hearing about this one a lot this year, and with good reason! Picture the scene, you've just run six miles and scored a PR. As you head out to the bars for a victory brew,you can't help but notice that you're hobbling like a deer with a broken ankle. Not so fit after all. Functional Fitness focuses on exercises that renew and restore your body so that you can kick ass in and out of the gym. Exercise should compliment your life, not turn it into a world of pain.
- Boredom Blasters: Okay, I made this word up, but not the definition! All kinds of kooky activities were thrown our way in 2012 and continue to flourish in the New Year. Fun Runs no longer mean that there might just be a tee shirt and a beer at the finish line. Make way for a plethora of muddy dashes, tire hopping, colored powder, and more next time you sign up for a race. We've also got a series of yoga festivals to look forward to. Wanderlust Festival is a wonderful four day event that takes place in cities all over the world. It brings together like minded yogis, instructors, musicians and more for a giant yoga celebration. Namaste! SUPing is also on the rise. The stand up board paddling sport now offers new ways to paddle. Personally, I've been dying to try a vinyasa flow class on the board.
- Strong is the new skinny:
This new buzz phrase should successfully demolish Kate Moss's legendary pro-ana comment. If only this mentality had been mainstream when I was growing up.
- Stacking: Twenty minutes cardio, twenty minutes weights, twenty minutes core; sound familiar? Breaking your workout up into sections doesn't benefit you as much as stacking intervals. Expect to see more classes and work with more trainers who tout the idea of interlacing these three areas together. By working in intervals, you'll get better results.
- Social Training: I had to include a social media angle! In 2013, fitness and social media go hand in hand. We can't always workout with our friends in person, but that doesn't mean you have to sweat out your long run on your own! Fitocracy, MapMyRun, and Strava all let you compete and share updates with your social network. Another app I have my eye on is GymPact. This is great for groups of friends who are having trouble getting to the gym. GymPact encourages users to thrown down money each week then logs how many times the user goes to the gym( based on your attendance goal). Every time you skip a day, you forfeit some of your money. At the end of the week, the forfeited money is divided up among those who stuck to their goal and didn't miss any gym days. Social and motivating!
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- Detox: Ugh, what does this even mean? I must admit that when I see shiny, happy juice pictures on Pinterest, I too am momentarily drawn to the idea of a cleansing juice detox diet. Then I close my computer and abruptly remember that humans, especially humans who exercise frequently, are probably not supposed to live off of juice for extended periods of time. The idea of a cleanse or detox is so appealing, however, it's not exactly possible. After a week of snarfing junk food or binge drinking, it's tempting to imagine that you can just "cleanse" the bad stuff out of you. Our bodies are actually quite smart and are constantly "detoxing" so to speak. Remember all those times that you like, pee? Though you'll lose weight on a detox diet, it's because you're drastically cutting calories and as soon as you start eating again you'll obviously go back to your normal weight. Instead of feeling guilty and succumbing to a crazy "detox",alter the way that you eat and exercise. If drinking beer every night makes you feel like your only solution is to survive on carrot juice for a week, then just stop drinking so much beer! It's probably easier to cut back on an indulgence than comfortably survive on a 500 calorie daily intake. Don't trade out exercise and food for a juice diet. Alter your lifestyle in simple ways now and I promise that a wacky detox will never seem logical to you again.
- Shredding: Shred fat, shred muscle, shred tough- I don't think I need to go into detail about why this word sounds douchey- IT JUST DOES.
- Target Fat: The lure of targeting belly fat is pretty strong, however, it's not really possible to just successfully target one area. Your best bet is to create a full body workout plan. Include push ups, cardio, and bench presses into your workouts and you'll see results. Just doing core work does not necessarily guarantee a flat belly- despite what your fancy Gold Coast gym class may suggest.
- Get Certified!: If you belong to a yoga studio or a gym, then you've probably been bombarded with newsletters making call outs for future trainers and teachers. That's all well and good, but an important detail seems to have been left out-not every Flexible Fanny ( or Freddy!) is meant to teach a fitness class. I belong to a studio that is constantly certifying yoga instructors and frankly, not every instructor I've worked with there has been very good. Let's bring the focus back to quality not quantity. Sometimes, it seems like becoming a teacher is the only way to push your practice to the next level- that's not a good enough reason. Become a teacher to pass on the good word to students. If you're trying to reach your next fitness level, sign up for a marathon instead.
- Core Training: We have an obsession with our cores, I get it. I'd love to magically erase my beer belly. However, it takes more than a core training class to do that. A well rounded exercise routine will get you to where you want to be. If you take classes that only focus on the core, try weight lifting or other exercises that target other parts of your body. When it comes to fitness, balance will always be the key to success.
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