Avoiding plateaus

If you avoid certain exercises, it probably means the moves involve a weak point in your body. Try hard to spend more time with exercise you don't like. Take control of it and soon enough it will be easier.

I hated doing the downward dog pose. However, I knew it was because my calves and hamstrings were really tight. So I put my time in with the downward dog and soon enough it really helped my lower back and legs feel better.

The added benefit of doing something you really don't like is that it pushes your body past its comfort zone, helping avoid the dreaded plateau. Mixing things up or adding a slight twist on an old move are smart ways to keep the body guessing and adapting to new challenges.

Ballpark franks

Today, I went to a baseball game with two doctors. Both of them lamented that they had eaten too much junk food the previous day went they went to an amusement park. We all ended up eating hamburger and hot dog, washed down with beer. Not the best, but it was fun to watch the hated Mets get hammered and catch up.

I've written about this in the past, but make sure that you don't feel too guilty about eating junk food sometimes. This morning, I had a great workout and most of the weekdays, it's oatmeal, veggies and turkey on whole grain bread. Get ahead of yourself and be disciplined most of the time so when you go to the ball game it can be that treat.

In the end we had a happy Sunday, an enriching part of life and ultimately pretty healthy.