just show up...

"Try making a commitment to getting into the meditation posture at least once a day. You don't have to sit for any particular length of time, just get on the cushion. A lot of times, the hardest part is getting there. Once you're sitting down, you think, 'I might as well sit for a few minutes,' and more often than not, you're getting full sessions in." –Insight Meditation Society co-founder Joseph Goldstein

You could apply this to anything you know you should be doing but are struggling with...

"Try making a commitment to pick up your kettlebell at least once a day. You don't have to swing it for a particular length of time, just pick it up. Alot of times, the hardest part is getting there. Once you've picked it up, you might think, "I might as well swing for a few minutes" and more often than not, you're getting full sessions in" - Simple Strength

Back to basics once more. Turn up. That is all that is required. The rest takes care of itself.


This was a recent post from R. Donald. Seems that showing up is a key to lifelong fitness and health...imagine that. Another way to look at it is that when you don't feel like moving or exercising, do it anyway. Just go a little lighter than normal. The trick is, to keep your habit one must continue to DO the habit. You can live to fight another day, another day where intervals or metabolic conditioning is on the menu, or striving for a personal best time for a certain lift, or bike ride for distance, etc.

Just show up.