Sports: 4 Golden rules to keep you going

Sports: 4 Golden rules to keep you motivated

Lindsay POUI-DI

12 Apr 2015

mis à jour le 4 May 2019 à 01:59

Don't give up on your workout schedule just yet. Fight the good fight with our tips to make your keep-fit session easier and more enjoyable.

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Adapt to the weather
There is nothing shameful in not going for a run if it is raining or skipping the aqua zumba session when we have a cold. Rather than waiting for the ideal weather conditions, try alternating the activities without setting the bar too high. Don’t hesitate to try the multiple sports provided at your gym. It’s now or never to make the most of your subscription! Also set aside time for sessions at home, with the master class fitness tutorial (20 min) of muscular strengthening run by Lucile Woodward on YouTube; it’s very educational and reassuring.
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Work out on your warm-up
Do not skip this part. Lower your shoulders, open your legs, inhale, then breathe out. Then continue with steps and make circles with your arms to raise your heart rate. Rotate the bust to involve the oblique muscles, and the undeniable “Heels-buttocks” to stretch the quadriceps! Finish with a very effective “global” movement; lunge with your legs (place your feet as if on two rails and fold a knee without touching the ground). This lessens the risk of strains or pains; thereby by reducing the reasons for giving up.
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Vary the activities
Fitboxing (fitness with body movements of boxing), Pilates fusion (a combination of Pilates and yoga), or R’ Lace (cardiovascular exercises choreographed with a cord,) or why not take up the Hula Hoop? The latter (easy to practice at home) is formidable for a beautiful waist, buttocks and concrete abdominal muscles, just like the incredible Marawa, an English woman champion of the discipline (tutorial of 10 min to see on YouTube). With all this choice, it is impossible to get bored.
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Take care of your skin and your joints
The Arnica oil of Weleda can be used as an energetic massage before exertion and as comforting stroking effleurage after the shower to ward off muscular aches. The body lotion Xérial 10, which is full of urea (10%) and Shea butter, repair skin that has been affected by the chlorine in the swimming pool. Relieve your joints with balm of copaïba and essential oils (gel for joints Phytosun arôms) and a technical legging (Motion Muscle Support, Asics) which bands, by acting in compression on knees and quadriceps, allowing a better venous return.

Every week, it is the same story: we may know that doing sports is good for our well-being, but we have difficulty getting motivated. We want to sleep in or we're just not in the mood to get sweaty. Here is our best advice for sticking to it.

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