MOTIVATION: making fitness a habit. The timing could not have been more perfect when I saw that goop’s latest newsletter was all about making (and breaking) habits. Why? Because tomorrow is May 1st and MYB is kicking off yet another 22 Workout Challenge!  The 22 Workout Challenge** tasks its followers with completing 22 workouts in the month of May. Why 22? Because do something 22 times and it becomes a habit. Workout 22 times and the action becomes unconscious. Magic!  But don’t take my word for it…take it from Gwyneth Paltrow. How to Break a Habit… or Start a New One Habits are much more powerful than we realize. So often we act out of what we are used to, what we know, what we have done in the past instead of making a better choice. A choice in the moment that might be for our higher good. In researching for this issue, I saw that oftentimes, detrimental behaviors can be modified by focusing on changing patterns, and forming new neural pathways. Now, I am not saying I don’t need a shrink. But how empowering to have the tools to make significant change by identifying the kind of choices you want to be making and habitualizing them? Love, gp **Want in on the workout challenge??? Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com to join (it’s free)! High-res

MOTIVATION: making fitness a habit.

The timing could not have been more perfect when I saw that goop’s latest newsletter was all about making (and breaking) habits. Why? Because tomorrow is May 1st and MYB is kicking off yet another 22 Workout Challenge! 

The 22 Workout Challenge** tasks its followers with completing 22 workouts in the month of May. Why 22? Because do something 22 times and it becomes a habit. Workout 22 times and the action becomes unconscious. Magic! 

But don’t take my word for it…take it from Gwyneth Paltrow.

How to Break a Habit… or Start a New One

Habits are much more powerful than we realize. So often we act out of what we are used to, what we know, what we have done in the past instead of making a better choice. A choice in the moment that might be for our higher good. In researching for this issue, I saw that oftentimes, detrimental behaviors can be modified by focusing on changing patterns, and forming new neural pathways. Now, I am not saying I don’t need a shrink. But how empowering to have the tools to make significant change by identifying the kind of choices you want to be making and habitualizing them?

Love,

gp

**Want in on the workout challenge??? Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com to join (it’s free)!

3 weeks ago
MOTIVATION: make working out a habit. Doing something 22 times makes it a habit. So could working out 22 times in May transform working out into a habit?? Let’s see! Join the MYB 22 Workout Challenge this month with the 350+ people who are already signed up. Get motivational emails all month, keep track of workouts on a GROUP WORKOUT LOG and find 24/7 inspiration on www.move-your-booty.com. Get your friends and family and SIGN UP! We sweat better when we sweat together. :) Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com and you’re in! Spread the word. Spread the sweat. #moveyourbooty

MOTIVATION: make working out a habit.

Doing something 22 times makes it a habit. So could working out 22 times in May transform working out into a habit?? Let’s see!

Join the MYB 22 Workout Challenge this month with the 350+ people who are already signed up. Get motivational emails all month, keep track of workouts on a GROUP WORKOUT LOG and find 24/7 inspiration on www.move-your-booty.com.

Get your friends and family and SIGN UP! We sweat better when we sweat together. :)

Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com and you’re in!

Spread the word. Spread the sweat. #moveyourbooty

4 weeks ago
dailyMYB: THERE’S PLENTY YOU CAN’T CONTROL BUT… …FITNESS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. There’s so much that’s simply out of grasp. Interwoven in your work life, your social life, your family situation, your health history, your financial status or the hand you’ve been dealt there are simply certain things you cannot control. The more you try to control them, the further out of your control they get. That’s life. And we’re forced to adjust and evolve and deal with it. Except when it comes to fitness. That you can control. Your workout is something that’s all yours. It’s your time and your effort and it’s entirely up to you. You don’t have to run marathons or take on the “IT” workout of the moment. You just have to move. Any way, any how. It can be a workout that rocks your soul or it can be a recuperative workout that heals you. It can be alone or with friends. It can be in silence with only the rhythm of your breath and the sweat beads dripping onto the floor or it can be set to the most bangin’ playlist ever played. It’s all up to you. And it’s out there, waiting for you, ready for the taking. Make your workout YOURS. Do what you WANNA! Few other arenas in our lives allow that. Take advantage. Your fitness is exactly what you make of it and you reap exactly all of the rewards, too. You are your own boss. Never forget that. And somehow, the more you realize you can control your fitness, the less you’ll grasp at trying to control all those things that simply can’t be. Do you! And you’ll rock it. Half way through the MYB #marchmadness, people! KEEP IT UP! We’re ALMOST THERE! xoxo, Emily @ Move Your Booty

dailyMYB: THERE’S PLENTY YOU CAN’T CONTROL BUT…

…FITNESS ISN’T ONE OF THEM.

There’s so much that’s simply out of grasp. Interwoven in your work life, your social life, your family situation, your health history, your financial status or the hand you’ve been dealt there are simply certain things you cannot control. The more you try to control them, the further out of your control they get. That’s life. And we’re forced to adjust and evolve and deal with it.

Except when it comes to fitness. That you can control.

Your workout is something that’s all yours. It’s your time and your effort and it’s entirely up to you. You don’t have to run marathons or take on the “IT” workout of the moment. You just have to move. Any way, any how. It can be a workout that rocks your soul or it can be a recuperative workout that heals you. It can be alone or with friends. It can be in silence with only the rhythm of your breath and the sweat beads dripping onto the floor or it can be set to the most bangin’ playlist ever played. It’s all up to you. And it’s out there, waiting for you, ready for the taking.

Make your workout YOURS. Do what you WANNA! Few other arenas in our lives allow that. Take advantage. Your fitness is exactly what you make of it and you reap exactly all of the rewards, too. You are your own boss. Never forget that.

And somehow, the more you realize you can control your fitness, the less you’ll grasp at trying to control all those things that simply can’t be. Do you! And you’ll rock it.

Half way through the MYB #marchmadness, people! KEEP IT UP! We’re ALMOST THERE!

xoxo, 
Emily @ Move Your Booty

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2 months ago
dailyMYB: THE SUPERPOWER NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE. Do not underestimate the superpower of your friends. If your friend asked you a favor, you wouldn’t second-guess doing it. You wouldn’t procrastinate or put it off. You wouldn’t snooze the morning away, knowing your friend was relying on you. Use that friend strategically. Let them use you, too. It’s a funny thing when you tell a friend you’re going to do something, be somewhere or follow through with something. It puts the pressure on, lights the fire under your booty and suddenly makes you accountable. Same goes with fitness and friends. If you know your workout buddy is out there on a corner waiting for you, you’ll be there. If you tell a friend you’ll meet them at a workout class, you’ll be there. If you and your long-distance friend on the other side of the country have a virtual “workout date,” you’ll follow through. The funny thing is, they’re relying on you for the same accountability. It’s magic. Share your fitness goals with your friends. Even just one friend. Let them tell you theirs. Together you two can accomplish ANYTHING. But lean on each other, rely on each other and confide in each other. It will make the entire fitness experience that much better. Make it your special place that’s only for you two — a time to chat, gossip, spill your guts. And a time to sweat. It’ll make your friendship that much stronger and your workout that much better. I promise you. Who’s your workout buddy? xoxo, Emily @ Move Your Booty High-res

dailyMYB: THE SUPERPOWER NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE.

Do not underestimate the superpower of your friends.

If your friend asked you a favor, you wouldn’t second-guess doing it. You wouldn’t procrastinate or put it off. You wouldn’t snooze the morning away, knowing your friend was relying on you. Use that friend strategically. Let them use you, too.

It’s a funny thing when you tell a friend you’re going to do something, be somewhere or follow through with something. It puts the pressure on, lights the fire under your booty and suddenly makes you accountable. Same goes with fitness and friends. If you know your workout buddy is out there on a corner waiting for you, you’ll be there. If you tell a friend you’ll meet them at a workout class, you’ll be there. If you and your long-distance friend on the other side of the country have a virtual “workout date,” you’ll follow through. The funny thing is, they’re relying on you for the same accountability. It’s magic.

Share your fitness goals with your friends. Even just one friend. Let them tell you theirs. Together you two can accomplish ANYTHING. But lean on each other, rely on each other and confide in each other. It will make the entire fitness experience that much better. Make it your special place that’s only for you two — a time to chat, gossip, spill your guts. And a time to sweat.

It’ll make your friendship that much stronger and your workout that much better. I promise you. Who’s your workout buddy?

xoxo, 
Emily @ Move Your Booty

2 months ago
dailyMYB: FINE, I ADMIT IT!! So fine, I’ll admit it. I had high hopes of hitting the gym yesterday morning and instead I snoozed for an HOUR AN A HALF. Oof!! GYM FAIL. Big time. And I’m the one who’s supposed to be setting an example! Brutal. Anyway, I thought I’d come clean to you all. It happens. So now what?! When it happens, what can I do? I can’t flip out over it, freak and get all down on myself. All I can do it get up tomorrow morning, get moving and get another workout on the books. Using up any further energy on my missed workout is a waste. Mentally beating myself up over it is also just plain mean. I wouldn’t treat my friends like that, so why would I treat myself that way? Get over it, move on and get MOVING. So let’s go people! No matter what’s behind us let’s make the most of what’s ahead of us. Almost half way through March! Your (and my) next workout awaits!! xoxo, Emily @ Move Your Booty High-res

dailyMYB: FINE, I ADMIT IT!!

So fine, I’ll admit it. I had high hopes of hitting the gym yesterday morning and instead I snoozed for an HOUR AN A HALF. Oof!! GYM FAIL. Big time. And I’m the one who’s supposed to be setting an example! Brutal. Anyway, I thought I’d come clean to you all. It happens.

So now what?!

When it happens, what can I do? I can’t flip out over it, freak and get all down on myself. All I can do it get up tomorrow morning, get moving and get another workout on the books. Using up any further energy on my missed workout is a waste. Mentally beating myself up over it is also just plain mean. I wouldn’t treat my friends like that, so why would I treat myself that way? Get over it, move on and get MOVING.

So let’s go people! No matter what’s behind us let’s make the most of what’s ahead of us. Almost half way through March! Your (and my) next workout awaits!!

xoxo, 
Emily @ Move Your Booty

2 months ago
dailyMYB: HOW EXACTLY AM I GOING TO HIT 22 WORKOUTS?? It’s March 4th. The month is still young and all is possible. True. However, we’re only 10 days away from being halfway thru this workout challenge. That’s a different perspective right? Point is this: Get those workouts in where they fit in—anywhere they can! Here’s how: 1) If you have the opportunity to get a short, quick workout in, do it. I’d take a quickfire workout anyday over NO workout. It ALL counts. Now, should all your workouts be a mini version of what you’re capable of? No! But can you scatter short runs, simple lifting sessions, walks to work, abs and stretching sessions throughout your 22 workouts this month?? Heck yeah!! Just keep moving. Any way, any how. 2) Schedule your rest days. Don’t let your off-days make you second guess yourself. You’re allowed to take days off—your body needs them! So don’t feel guilty about them or let them overtake your schedule when you procrastinate. Schedule them, feel good about them and nurture your body on those days especially. Think of them as days to restore, recuperate and rebuild. 3) Plan ahead. Don’t wait for the workouts to come to you — get after them! Plan which days you wanna do what kind of workout week by week. And bring your friends along! Make workout dates with your friends—in person or virtual! Monday is a great day to take a look at your schedule and see where you can fit in morning, afternoon or evening workouts. See if you can get 2 workouts in this week with friends. Merge your #sweatlife and social life! Why chose one over another! Do both! You got this, people! Take on March with some strategy and you’ll absolutely meet your goals. Here we go! Get your sweat on! xoxo, Emily @ Move Your Booty **Sign up for the 22 workout challenge!! Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com High-res

dailyMYB: HOW EXACTLY AM I GOING TO HIT 22 WORKOUTS??

It’s March 4th. The month is still young and all is possible. True. However, we’re only 10 days away from being halfway thru this workout challenge. That’s a different perspective right? Point is this: Get those workouts in where they fit in—anywhere they can! Here’s how:

1) If you have the opportunity to get a short, quick workout in, do it. 
I’d take a quickfire workout anyday over NO workout. It ALL counts. Now, should all your workouts be a mini version of what you’re capable of? No! But can you scatter short runs, simple lifting sessions, walks to work, abs and stretching sessions throughout your 22 workouts this month?? Heck yeah!! Just keep moving. Any way, any how.

2) Schedule your rest days. 
Don’t let your off-days make you second guess yourself. You’re allowed to take days off—your body needs them! So don’t feel guilty about them or let them overtake your schedule when you procrastinate. Schedule them, feel good about them and nurture your body on those days especially. Think of them as days to restore, recuperate and rebuild.

3) Plan ahead. 
Don’t wait for the workouts to come to you — get after them! Plan which days you wanna do what kind of workout week by week. And bring your friends along! Make workout dates with your friends—in person or virtual! Monday is a great day to take a look at your schedule and see where you can fit in morning, afternoon or evening workouts. See if you can get 2 workouts in this week with friends. Merge your #sweatlife and social life! Why chose one over another! Do both!

You got this, people! Take on March with some strategy and you’ll absolutely meet your goals. Here we go! Get your sweat on!

xoxo, 
Emily @ Move Your Booty

**Sign up for the 22 workout challenge!! Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com

2 months ago
MOTIVATION: MYBprofile. So who else is in this MYB #marchmadness Workout Challenge you ask? Meet Eric & Beth (and Rufus)!  Give this Brooklyn couple a couple o’ bikes and they’re off and running to all the coolest and most curious places in the New York area! Eric is an avid biker and CrossFitter while Beth is a Bikram yogi lover and also a cyclist (on a bike both in and outside of SoulCycle!). They’re both always inspiring me to explore all kinds of cool new stuff around the city — including new workouts! Beth kicked off her #marchmadness with a bike into work today and had this to say about the challenge. “Without March Madness, I probably would have let today slip with it being Friday as my excuse. But with these challenges, I always find it’s so much better if I start off the month right and get lots of workouts in early on. It was such a nice sunny day too, glad I got out there!” Keep up the awesome work guys! I’m sure Rufus get his fair share of workouts in, too! Love you and thanks for spreading the MYB love! xoxo, MYB High-res

MOTIVATION: MYBprofile.

So who else is in this MYB #marchmadness Workout Challenge you ask? Meet Eric & Beth (and Rufus)! 

Give this Brooklyn couple a couple o’ bikes and they’re off and running to all the coolest and most curious places in the New York area! Eric is an avid biker and CrossFitter while Beth is a Bikram yogi lover and also a cyclist (on a bike both in and outside of SoulCycle!). They’re both always inspiring me to explore all kinds of cool new stuff around the city — including new workouts! Beth kicked off her #marchmadness with a bike into work today and had this to say about the challenge.

“Without March Madness, I probably would have let today slip with it being Friday as my excuse. But with these challenges, I always find it’s so much better if I start off the month right and get lots of workouts in early on. It was such a nice sunny day too, glad I got out there!”

Keep up the awesome work guys! I’m sure Rufus get his fair share of workouts in, too! Love you and thanks for spreading the MYB love!

xoxo, MYB

2 months ago
dailyMYB: FEBRUARY VICTORY!! You made it! It’s the end of February and you had 28 days to aim for 22 workouts. Of all the months all year, that’s the toughest ask. But you took on the challenge anyway. Go you! So, did you? Whether you did or didn’t meet your 22 workouts, did it change the way you saw your workouts? Did it shift the way you felt about your fitness? Did it rearrange the way you saw your relationship with food as fuel? Did you sleep better? Did you sweat like whoa? Good, that was the point. If you hit the 22 workouts, that means you learned how to schedule, prioritize, vary your workouts, bring your social life into the mix and actually have fun in the process. That’s HUGE. Ask half the country and they’ll say working out is the one thing they don’t do enough. But somehow you cracked it. You know it’s a day-to-day challenge, but it’s one that you’re up for. So go you, again!! If you DIDN’T hit 22 workouts, you STILL got something out of this challenge. You learned you can step up to the challenge — that’s half the battle. You found some workouts that you like and maybe some you didn’t like. You learned what DOESN’T work for you when it comes to fitness, and that may very well be more important than what does work for you. You learned it’s a constant battle and that you can get up and try again each day. SO NOW WHAT?! We push on! Take ALL this knowledge into next month’s challenge! #MarchMadness kicks off tomorrow!You’re all automatically signed up. But it’s WAY more fun when your friends and family are participating, too. Have them email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com! Amazing work everyone! Onto MARCH!! xoxo, Emily @ Move Your Booty (via “dailyMYB FEB 28” Preview) High-res

dailyMYB: FEBRUARY VICTORY!!

You made it! It’s the end of February and you had 28 days to aim for 22 workouts. Of all the months all year, that’s the toughest ask. But you took on the challenge anyway. Go you!

So, did you?

Whether you did or didn’t meet your 22 workouts, did it change the way you saw your workouts? Did it shift the way you felt about your fitness? Did it rearrange the way you saw your relationship with food as fuel? Did you sleep better? Did you sweat like whoa? Good, that was the point.

If you hit the 22 workouts, that means you learned how to schedule, prioritize, vary your workouts, bring your social life into the mix and actually have fun in the process. That’s HUGE. Ask half the country and they’ll say working out is the one thing they don’t do enough. But somehow you cracked it. You know it’s a day-to-day challenge, but it’s one that you’re up for. So go you, again!!

If you DIDN’T hit 22 workouts, you STILL got something out of this challenge. You learned you can step up to the challenge — that’s half the battle. You found some workouts that you like and maybe some you didn’t like. You learned what DOESN’T work for you when it comes to fitness, and that may very well be more important than what does work for you. You learned it’s a constant battle and that you can get up and try again each day.

SO NOW WHAT?! 
We push on! Take ALL this knowledge into next month’s challenge! #MarchMadness kicks off tomorrow!You’re all automatically signed up. But it’s WAY more fun when your friends and family are participating, too. Have them email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com!

Amazing work everyone! Onto MARCH!!

xoxo, 
Emily @ Move Your Booty

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2 months ago
MOTIVATION: get challenged. Planning workouts is a week-to-week, day-by-day challenge. Actually DOING those workouts is an even bigger challenge. I’m here to make it EASY. There’s a rule of 22. It says that after doing something 22 times, that “thing” becomes a habit. So what if you worked out 22 times? Would fitness then become a habit? JOIN the MYB 22 WORKOUT CHALLENGE! In the month of March, you and the 250+ people already signed up will attempt to complete 22 workouts* before the month’s end (*NOT necessarily 22 workouts in a row). MOTIVATIONAL EMAILS will keep us going, a GROUP WORKOUT LOG keeps tracks of all our workouts and 24/7 INSPIRATION & INFORMATION is always available on www.move-your-booty.com. Want in?! Simply email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com  High-res

MOTIVATION: get challenged.

Planning workouts is a week-to-week, day-by-day challenge. Actually DOING those workouts is an even bigger challenge. I’m here to make it EASY.

There’s a rule of 22. It says that after doing something 22 times, that “thing” becomes a habit. So what if you worked out 22 times? Would fitness then become a habit?

JOIN the MYB 22 WORKOUT CHALLENGE! In the month of March, you and the 250+ people already signed up will attempt to complete 22 workouts* before the month’s end (*NOT necessarily 22 workouts in a row). MOTIVATIONAL EMAILS will keep us going, a GROUP WORKOUT LOG keeps tracks of all our workouts and 24/7 INSPIRATION & INFORMATION is always available on www.move-your-booty.com.

Want in?! Simply email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com 

2 months ago
MOTIVATION: a new mindset on workouts. Love this post from Teddi @JGIWC about her experience with the MYB 22 Workout Challenge!! It really captures the challenge’s mission: shift the way you see your workouts and mentally talk to yourself about fitness. You can still sign up! Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com. “Now that I really have to count my workouts, I’ve been working the elliptical and yoga into my routine. I wake up every day and think to myself, “What will my workout be today?” I’m not a competitive person by nature, but when I really want something I will put on blinders and charge forward until I get it. I was signed up for MYB and am determined to complete 22 workouts in February!” Read the full post here! jewish girl in wasp’s clothing: Move Your Booty PS - MYBtanks @ www.MYBgear.tumblr.com

MOTIVATION: a new mindset on workouts.

Love this post from Teddi @JGIWC about her experience with the MYB 22 Workout Challenge!! It really captures the challenge’s mission: shift the way you see your workouts and mentally talk to yourself about fitness. You can still sign up! Email YES to moveyourbootyblog@gmail.com.

“Now that I really have to count my workouts, I’ve been working the elliptical and yoga into my routine. I wake up every day and think to myself, “What will my workout be today?” I’m not a competitive person by nature, but when I really want something I will put on blinders and charge forward until I get it. I was signed up for MYB and am determined to complete 22 workouts in February!”

Read the full post here! jewish girl in wasp’s clothing: Move Your Booty

PS - MYBtanks @ www.MYBgear.tumblr.com

3 months ago