Let’s talk about Mindset.

You know what happens when you eat poorly, miss sleep, worry about money and get locked in your home? You ruminate. You get anxious. You get depressed. And when you get depressed, you stop exercising.

It’s OK to feel depressed, angry, fearful or indifferent right now. It’s ok to be uncertain about the future. It’s not productive to indulge in these feelings.

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” -Mike Tyson

With the CO Governor extending the COVID Stay-At-Home order until April 30th, it’s hard to know when we can go back to “normal living.” Fear, panic and uncertainty are normal reactions to what’s happening in our world. And it’s OK to feel these emotions.

However, if you allow these dark emotions to consume you, you’ll hand your power over to these feelings. You’ll feel stuck, consumed, doubtful, or panicked. To move beyond the fear, it’s important to keep a big picture in mind.

Courage is the ability to act despite feeling fear. Now, more than ever, is a good time to practice this.

In the gym, I still get butterflies in my stomach when the bell counts down to the start of a workout. Sometimes I’m anxious it’s going to be hard, or that I’m not certain I’ll finish the workout. Regardless of these worries, myself and our members all start on the bell. By the end of the workout, those feelings have turned into accomplishment. We’ve traveling through the fear and doubt to reach success.

But that’s not the only strategy to cope with our fears:

Tidying up and organizing is one way to one way to deal with anxiety and worry. It helps you think more clearly when the physical space around you has order. Thinking about worst case scenario and coming up with possible solutions is another way.

There are endless methods.

What’s important is that you give yourself the space to feel what’s going on inside your monkey mind, and then find solutions to cope with those emotions.

It’s important that we don’t “buffer” our emotions and hide them under layers of distractions: over-eating, over-drinking, over-indulging.

It’s OK to have good days and bad days, and to honor the feelings that come with that. But keep the long-term goal in mind. Where do you want to be 1,3 or 5 years from now? What helps me keep perspective is breaking a daily sweat.

Nothing beats the increase in serotonin and dopamine after a good workout to help wipe away negativity.

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