I Know I Should Exercise But
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I Know I Should Exercise, But...
"The most insightful guide to getting moving I've ever read.” —Kelly McGonigal, author of The Joy of Movement Break down the common everyday mental blocks to moving your body, and turn your mind from an adversary into an ally in the quest to feel better in your body. "I know I should move my body more, but... I’m on my feet all day for work and I’m exhausted!" I’m addicted to my phone." I’m great at starting movement programs, just lousy at sticking with them." My body jiggles and embarrasses me in public." Movement is sooooo boring!" Sound familiar? If not, it probably means you have another perfectly good excuse of your own. We all have our reasons for not getting the physical activity we know is good for us—reasons which stubbornly defy the same old tired prescriptive advice about hours of weekly cardio or numbers of steps. Adding insult to injury, these same excuses contribute to you feeling bad or guilty when you fail to move as much as you know you “should.” That’s why Diana Hill and Katy Bowman have put together this simple guide to changing the way you think to change how much you move. Diana is a modern psychologist, expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and host of the Wise Effort podcast. Her mission is to help her clients and readers grow the psychological flexibility needed to get moving in directions that matter to them. Katy is a biomechanist, author, and trailblazing movement teacher who has spent a career helping people integrate more movement into their lives. In I Know I Should Exercise, But…, the two join forces to help you challenge your barriers to movement in a new way. Katy translates her understanding of the obstacles that keep people sedentary—including dozens of real-world examples from readers and clients—into 44 essential impediments to movement. Diana responds to those common barriers, while introducing you to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), behavioral psychology, and self-compassion: evidence-based-approaches for cultivating flexibility and aligning actions with values. Whether your internal barrier is born of fear, malaise, inertia, embarrassment, or difficulty managing competing priorities, you will learn how to disempower it by applying effective science-based tools for changing the way you think. You’ll learn to identify your resistance—whether it’s an unhelpful thought, a misplaced motivation, or a contextual barrier—and respond wisely and effectively, using tools and techniques that can be applied to other areas of your life as well, including: urge surfing motivational interviewing behavioral stretching strengthening your acceptance muscle This is a must-have book for anyone struggling with the mental barriers to moving more and an essential resource for personal trainers, fitness instructors, and mental health professionals wanting to better connect with their clients. Stretch your mind, connect with what is truly important to you, and stop talking yourself out of the movement you need!
Exercised
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing. “Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body • If we are born to walk and run, why do most of us take it easy whenever possible? • Does running ruin your knees? • Should we do weights, cardio, or high-intensity training? • Is sitting really the new smoking? • Can you lose weight by walking? • And how do we make sense of the conflicting, anxiety-inducing information about rest, physical activity, and exercise with which we are bombarded? In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise—to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, Lieberman recounts without jargon how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion. Exercised is entertaining and enlightening but also constructive. As our increasingly sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, Lieberman audaciously argues that to become more active we need to do more than medicalize and commodify exercise. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather than shaming and blaming people for avoiding it. He also tackles the question of whether you can exercise too much, even as he explains why exercise can reduce our vulnerability to the diseases mostly likely to make us sick and kill us.
How to Make Yourself Exercise
Author: Dr James Rosen Ph D
language: en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date: 2017-11-13
"Do you wish you would exercise more? Are you too busy or just hate to exercise? Do you want to be healthier, but you lack willpower? Lots of books can teach you physical fitness, but you will not find one like this that is totally focused on the psychology of "how to make yourself exercise." Information on fitness is useless unless you actually make yourself get out the door and be physical. My purpose is to make you an exerciser. To make you more physically fit is a bonus." James Rosen, Ph.D. Psychologist Dr. James Rosen is known for his research and therapy with people who need to behave heathier. Hundreds of followers of his program have proven that exercise can be a big part of life if you learn certain self-control skills. You too can gradually increase exercise to the point that it's no longer a struggle and you truly like to exercise a lot. You learn: 1. How to kick-start your habit by gradually exercising longer and more often. You don't worry about how good the exercise is until later. 2. How to motivate yourself with an exercise record and self-reward. 3. How to make some normal activities wait until you exercised - to prioritize exercise. 4. How to drop some of your inactive free time and sit less - the other side of exercising more. 5. How to eliminate negative self-talk and have a good attitude about exercise. 6. How to help people support your exercise. How to deal with people who sabotage exercise. 7. How to be less fearful or negative about exercise. And be more adventurous and open to exercise challenges. 8. How to step up your exercise habit by adding new types of physical activity and exercise intensity. 9. How to hit goals above the minimum exercise set by the government. A strong habit and good health need a lot of exercise time. 10. How to not let a temporary slip make you give up exercise. People are born to work and play hard physically. But exercise is not a natural behavior anymore. Hard physical work is disappearing and too much free time is physically inactive. Fewer people exercise and more people think it's okay to spend a lot of time sitting and being inactive. It's not our fault that the environment is against exercise. But it's up us to take control and beat the obstacles. "How To Make Yourself Exercise" teaches the exercise motivation that you need.