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What if you put your head down and committed to completing 365 workouts?

We’re not talking about 365 workouts in a row (let’s be honest - rest days are important). But what if you accomplished it in 18 months? 2 years?

What if you completed simple workouts 4 days a week, no matter where you are in the world, no matter how unruly the kids are some days, no matter what chaos is taking place outside your doors?

Because I committed to creating the environment  to support my habits over the last 5 years, COVID didn’t throw me off track to accomplishing my goals. Regardless of the gyms being shut down I still had the environment and resources I needed. I just needed to channel my discipline in order to seize the opportunity to get it done.

Have you ever noticed that when certain factors change - such as the season transitioning from Fall to Winter, or when you’re having a bad day and feeling down - you start to crave more carbs, sugars, and higher calorie foods?

Interestingly enough, there are a few reasons for this.

Unlike a conventional gym that has insulation and heat, garage gyms typically don’t so when the cold approaches, it now takes you longer to warm up, your equipment is cold to the touch, and you have to utilize different methods for getting the job done.

Intensity has its place in fitness but it is absolutely useless if you don’t first build a foundation of consistency. If you haven’t yet developed the foundation of unwavering consistency, it’s time to put everything else to the side and build that foundation first.

Depending on your situation, this is a great time to add a focus to your fitness by incorporating an extra program that works for your situation. To give you an idea of what kind of extra programs you could implement into your routine, we interviewed 4 of our own Street Parking team members who have gone through different extra programs recently. Here’s what they chose to follow and why.

When it comes to fitness and working out -- if you spend 30 minutes a day watching an episode of The Office, scroll through Instagram for 20 minutes, or grab a beer after work with your buddies -- you absolutely have time to work out. Now it’s just a matter of figuring out if you care to or not.

To the outside world, the transition from pregnancy to birth seems to be a seamless one and we watch women “bounce back” to their normal lives. The truth is, this isn’t even close to what’s taking place for a mother who just gave birth, but the majority of us have no idea because we weren’t taught about the process and we don’t talk about it openly.

We understand the concept of liking movement but have we ever dove into asking the question why? What’s the science behind it all? What’s actually happening to us that’s causing us to go from anxious to calm or from on edge to focused, simply because we moved?

Every year, Street Parking hosts the “Fall into Consistency” challenge where thousands of our members participate. As a team, we commit to walking through this season together. Remember, you’re not the only one feeling the shift that comes with this season -- we all are.

We know this is an odd time for a lot of us so we interviewed one of our very own Street Parking coaches and gathered some of her best tips on how to be a working parent who maintains a consistent fitness routine while also being a homeschooling parent. Mazie’s exact story may not match yours -- and let’s be honest -- who do you know that has the exact lifestyle as you -- but read along and see which parts of her story you can relate to and what tips you can pick up and implement into your own life as you walk through this uncommon Fall season.