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How to be consistent with home workouts?

As someone who has been doing home workouts for 14 years (7 years straight, then intermittent to raise 3 babies, again 2 years straight), I have some tips to share:

Start with 5 minutes a day

Even if you don’t feel that 5 minutes are going to help you with anything, they really will. Set yourself that 5 minutes can be a minumum.
It is progress, even if you consider it small, I dare you to really push yourself in those 5 minutes and I guarantee your legs will hurt.
If you don’t trust yourself to do 5 minutes, than how are you going to get to 30 minutes? (The belief that most people have that this is like the “sweet spot” or correct time for workouts)
Increase your workout length gradually, as your baby grows, as your strength grows, and you start to feel that your abs tie your upper body to your lower body again.

Do a test workout

And redo it every 2 weeks time, like an exam. This will increase your confidence that it’s working. You will be the witness to your strength and its one of the most beautiful feelings this planet can offer.

Write down your workouts.

Choose an amazing notebook (like this one that has every page different and marvellously coloured)and favorite pens and have fun with it. 
Write the number of reps for each exercise so you can beat your own scores.

Prepare a day before.

Think about what workout you will do tomorrow, choose something from here, study its exercises and write it down.

Do a different workout every day.

This keeps you curious. There are a ton of different exercises out there and you can discover them in time. Put at least a new exercise in every workout or at least one of your favorites.

Learn your body from the nutrition point of view.

See what types of food make you feel good and keep your energy levels on the same line throughout the day, and find out what types of food make you bloated, makes your body feel heavy, and drains your energy that you would like to take a nap several times a day.
As mothers, we really need our energy steady, so look into the free nutrition course on this website.

Find our your moment of day

Maybe you prefer working out in the morning, in the middle of the day or in the evening. It does not matter, as long as you keep moving.
Your body is part of the 5 components to attain balance in life, thus happiness, so keep your body happy by using it for what it was built for: movement.
There will be periods within the same year when you find that your energy levels are ok in the morning for a workout, but it happens that in the evening your body is still full of energy because it has been sitting all day, even if your mind is tired, your body still needs the exercise.
The type of exercises are also changing within a month’s cycle, as women, we cannot be at the same level of energy thought-out the whole month, so adapt your workouts to your cycle phase.

Find your favorite movement 

Your preferences might change every now and then, the only thing to keep consistent is movement, it does not matter if your suddenly switch from indoor workouts to treadmill walking or shuffling jumping rope, as long as it keeps you interested and the momentum going that is the point.
In days where you really are down, just do a slight stretching, so you keep your consistency going.
Even if stretching does not feel like a workout, it really helps with flexibility, making your muscles better in future workouts, and your mind satisfied that you can check today as done too.

Make a reward system for yourself

You decide for yourself if after 2 weeks of daily workouts you can buy a pair of new leggings, a colored bra, or if after a month of bodyweight training, you have won a pair of dumbbells.
In 2 months, the second heavier pair of dumbbells, and in the third month a pink weighted vest.
Or if you want to involve your toddlers, then some dip bars.

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