Gym It Up

If you own a business or you’re planning to start a business, time seems to be an ever decreasing commodity. As I write this I’m having trouble believing it’s May already. Where did the last five months go!? Ever ask yourself the same thing?

Running a company is not for the faint of heart. It takes passion, dedication, and a boatload of time. It can also be quite stressful. When you are your own boss the security blanket of knowing what your next paycheck will be (Hell, just knowing there will BE a next paycheck) goes bye bye.

All of this stress can do some pretty bad things to you physiologically. If you don’t have a positive outlet for your stress, you are probably headed down the heart attack highway baby, and none of us want to go through that.

Enter the gym. For me, going to the gym is my time. I unplug from my desktop, my laptop, my iPad, my iPhone and leave everything at the door for an hour or two. (now of course I check in to the gym on foursquare before totally unplugging…AND I do have an iPod that I listen to while working out…but you get the point).

No matter how busy I get, I always try to make time for the gym. It’s built in to my schedule to have fitness as part of my lifestyle. If I get busy or work late, I make that day up during the weekend, or go out for a run when I get home. But the fitness is crucial for me to stay sane, happy, and productive.

I hear this a lot, “But I’m tired at the end of the day. I’ve got nothing left.” I feel that way too sometimes, and so does everyone else in the gym. But once you get there, something changes. And when you are done you feel great. Absolutely can’t workout after work? Go in the morning. All of my friends who workout in the a.m. say they feel more energized all day at work. Most of them have even been able to cut out coffee (crazy).

Put a reminder on your phone or computer to pop up every day and remind you to go until you get the habit down. The most important thing is to START.