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5 Tips To Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Workout
Hello everyone! If you haven’t visited my blog before I will quickly introduce myself and my family, just so you can get a quick back story on my life. I am a mother of 4 beautiful children, they are now 10, 9, 7 and 3 years old. I had fairly easy pregnancies and gave birth to all 4 of my children via c-section. I was pretty young when I had my first son, I was 15 years old and quickly learned pregnancy was way more intense than the movies made it seem.
Photo from our Kings Dominion Kid’s Point of View Vacation
For the first time in my semi-adult life, I found out how hard it was to hold your bladder with a 7lb person inside of you when you sneezed. Through the lesson’s learned I realized that it was something that wouldn’t go away so quickly after I gave birth to all of my children. I still deal with incontinence on a daily basis but have found simple ways to help myself work through that.
I have found a new love of a healthy lifestyle in visiting my local gym, it has almost everything I need to help keep this mom healthy and fit. I love to take Zumba classes and hit the treadmill for a few miles. I am sad to report that I got out of my fun gym flow a few months ago and sadly all the progress I had made with my physical health backtracked to the very beginning of where I started over a year ago. It’s that easy and can happen so fast you wouldn’t even think those few months would matter, but they do!
So this mom definitely encourages you, mom, to make those right choices and focus on your health. I’m back in the gym and have made tremendous efforts to change the way I eat (again!). My biggest weakness is sweets, I love sweets, so cutting back on those was the hardest thing I had to do, but with the support of my friends and family I am doing just fine. Here are my 5 Tips To Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Workout. Through a few years of trial and errors I am sharing with you my best learned tips!
Stretch. Stretching is a great habit to get into since most of us (myself included sometimes) forget to have that good stretch before the class starts. Trust me your body will thank you when the hour-long class is over.
Keep a Water Bottle Handy. Keep a large water bottle handy, for an extra boost in the gym I like to add fresh squeezed lemon juice, and lemon slices into my water bottle. Piled high with ice cubes and filtered water, and you have one of the most delicious and refreshing drink. Not to mention lemon is a fat blaster!
Wear Comfortable Shoes. There is nothing in the world that can bring you down as quickly as a horrible pair of shoes when you are working out. No, I am not saying get the most expensive pair of shoes humanly possible to become healthy, but I am saying pay attention to labels and descriptions of shoes. Most shoes are labeled for their specific uses, I had a favorite pair of running shoes that lasted me a year, they had tons of small holes around the shoe to help keep you cool as you ran. No sweaty feet with those shoes I tell you!
Wear Comfortable Clothes. Find something comfortable that you would like to workout in, it’s not a fashion show in the gym. You are only required to wear something comfortable that you can sweat in. I have a few favorite outfits I like to wear just because I know when I’m working out, I don’t have to suck in my tummy to make the outfit look appealing. I also make sure to shop for clothes that will keep me cool and will not weigh me down while I sweat.
Pack Your Gym Bag At Night. I like to pack my gym bag at night so I can just grab and go in the morning. With my kid’s schedule, it’s hard to remember key things you need in your bag while you’re at the gym. I always to remember to pack a change of clothes and a bathing suit depending on which gym location I will be visiting, and how much time I have to workout.
My Fully Packed Gym Bag Contains:
Lemon H20
Shampoo and Conditioner
Body Spray (for when I am leaving the gym)
A Hair Brush
Headphones
Workout Gloves
Kick Butt Protection – Poise Liners. Take a peek into my current gym bag, as I grow older the products in my gym bag change, the one thing that has stayed consistent in this bag is that I use Poise liners for extra protection when I’m working out. The workouts and classes can get intense, I don’t want to stop and run to the bathroom in the middle of a class it’s embarrassing. So to make sure I make it through the entire Zumba class, or maybe just a great job on the treadmill, I trust poise liners to keep everything in check.
You can find these amazing thin liners and their whole line of pans and Impressa at your local Rite Aid Store. Located in the incontinence aisle you can find these amazing products right next to each other. The Poise Thin Shape has a Thin-flex design that moves with your body, Absorb-loc core quickly locks away wetness and odor,3-1 protection for light bladder leaks and keeps odor under control. I absolutely love how this pad provides ultra-thin protection without extra bulk, you get all of the absorbency of a regular pad in a shape that is 40% thinner.
For more info and helpful tips and trick on how to stay active and healthy with Poise, head over here and learn more. What’s in your gym bag? How often do you hit the gym? Do you suffer from incontinence? How do you overcome that with your healthy lifestyle?
Awesome advices, I’m gonna put them in practice on my next work out session
Thanks for the great tips to get in shape. We all need that motivation sometimes! (client)
These are great tips!! Really helpful this post.
It’s hard to get your groove back once you’ve lost it especially when you’ve encountered health issues along the way. These are great tips, it’s important to keep yourself hydrated while working out and to make sure you wear comfy clothes too!
Nice tips, I prefer to get up early when the birds are still chirping and the sun just peeping out and head to the park for my workout.
I like these tips! Made suitable for moms like me, I would like to workout again.
I super love these tips! I need this, sounds easy to follow. You are so brilliant.
Stretching is so important when you’re planning to workout. It’s going to be tough especially if you’ve taken a break for a while and you’re just getting back to your usual routine. These are all very effective though!
I think these are all great tips. I always make sure to stretch out first. That’s so important when working out.
Ahh, that water bottle with fresh lemon slices looks refreshing. Thanks for sharing these tips.
Getting a good workout in feels amazing! These are great tips to those looking to get more out of theirs.
I love that those liners are slim enough that you can feel protected while working out but no one else will be able to tell. That’s awesome.
This is great advice! I know that people who stretch every day are less prone to injury. I’d hate to halt my progress by hurting myself at the gym!
Stretching is everything. I pulled a calf muscle once because I didn’t stretch out first and ended up in a walking boot for 6 weeks.
Great tips for a good workout. I rely on music and water!
I tend to workout at home … on the streets (aka our sidewalks). I am sure to bring the water, comfy shoes, and dress sensibly. Sometimes I forget to stretch and BOY do I pay for it when I don’t. Great post with great pointers!!
Incontinence is one of the biggest symptoms and getting motivated at the gym is a great way of controlling your pelvic floor.
the gym in my apartment is only 1 floor up. so i dont carry much things. i dont exercise when i have my period too as i get cramps. but nice to kmow about this pad and good product i need to try next month!
Great tips – comfy shoes are my absolute must for working out. I love aerobics so I really don’t want to feel like my shoe is going to slip off or go flying! 🙂
Thank you for all of the great tips! I have been looking for ways to keep my workouts going smoothly. This will really help 🙂
I always make sure I have a bottle of water with me all the time, especially when I’m jogging or doing exercises. It’s important to keep your body hydrated, you’ll be sweating so much after all.
These are a great tips for all the moms outhere, Thanks for making me inspired
For me the toughest thing was shoes. I could never find the right size shoe, they would stretch and get loose on my feet. Found a pair now though.
Absolutely a great tips! I need this and I’m so glad that you motivated me
Wow simply amazing! I would try this myself.
I like your tips. I will try to get back on my workout routine. These are all helpful!
Having comfortable shoes and gloves are important for workouts. The gloves really matter if you are lifting weights so it doesn’t tear the skin
These are good tips. Comfortable clothes are important, if they’re not a workout can be ruined in an instant.
Great tips! I always make sure I have leakage protection. It’s a must!
I’m going to have to start making my water bottles up again. That lemon plus ice water looks so refreshing…and it’s so good for you.
Great tips to help you get the most workout. I tend to do it in the morning because if I wait too long, I make a million excuses in my head why not to work out lol.
Great tips for sure. Comfortable shoes and clothes is a must! I always keep pantie liners in my bag.
Great tips but I don’t stretch muscles that have not been warmed up. Typically I will stretch after the workout
Great tips you have there. So true on the water by your side and of course, liners are heaven sent.
Looking good! And I bet you’re happy with your kids, I can see through you. I appreciate the nice tips to maximize my routines, it’s always a great help when someone shares what works.
Thanks for the tips! I always keep a water bottle with me and make sure that my shoes are comfortable.
awesome advice for women out there. The first two are very important without the right shoes you could really hurt your muscles when you first start out and water is such a great detox for the body.