Smitten with Intermittent

In today's world, the gears to living seem to have switched, accelerated, changed dramatically. 
Whereas 20 years ago, the key to success was to work harder than anyone else, be bold, speak your mind.

That yields less success in today's world, my friends.

Speak your mind?

You may find yourself ostracized, out of a job, labeled a drama-chik or drama-dude. In some cases, you might even be slapped with legal action!

Yep, IMHO, it seems that subtlety & intermittent practices lead to the most happiness & success in 2017.

This practice trickles into every industry, including, my fave!

Fitness, baby!

In the fitness journey which has been my quest for a minute, intermittent has given me some success!

HIIT ~ High Intensity Interval Training (google  it)
Intermittent Fasting

The subtle approach comes into play when it comes to taking about fitness & fitness practices. In a world where eating processed junk is more of the norm, eating real food aka eating healthy is a mystery to most people.

The obesity & pharmadependence (I made a new word!) culture is such that, I have learned that I have to be sensitive as to who my audience is when talking of fitness.

Many people, just plain don't want to hear it.

Some people are searching for answers, yet, are sensitive to fitness talk due to their consciousness of their obesity & unhealthy life practices.

Ergo ~ It was important to learn to only share with those who appear to really want to hear the truth. Equally important is to be sensitive to the feelers of those who ask.
I have my own sensitivities, I do my utmost to be sensitive to those topics, watching facial expressions, body language.

Intermittent fasting is something I started doing at the very start of my budding practice to get back into fighting shape!

A greater part of my gym motivation is that I don't allow myself to eat until I've worked out. This may not work for everyone, it's working for me!
Plus, it's more of a "help" if you will, to do Yoga or Pilates, heck, even TRX on an empty stomach.

I usually pick 1 day of each week to fast, so, this adds even more of a boost to my IF personal program. 

Fitness, baby!

The proof is in the clothing I had to give up, which became too large for me. Donating clothing I love, yet, can no longer wear, to hurricane relief just felt good!

Feeling my abs pull in & become a bit more firm with every workout. 
The manager of the gym I work out in told me that TRX would do great things for my body was right!

Thanks, coach!

For the past 10 months or so, I have also added HIIT to my workouts. It can be done on a treadmill, an elliptical machine, bike or stair climber.
It can even be done outside a gym, HIIT outside of the gym provides less structure, yet, a gym is less crucial to HIIT.

Starting out on the treadmill, I crank the incline to 15, then the speed up to 4.7 mph, hold this for 3 - 4 minutes, then I jump my feet to the sided of the tread belt for 30 seconds. Hop back on & keep varying the speed & incline, jumping off & on at 30 - 60 second intervals, for 30 - 60 minutes.
Some people say that 15 minutes is sufficient, I like the burn.

That's just one example. One way to do it.

The beauty of this, is that my body is responding.

Must be doing something that works, n'est-ce pas?