EP286: How to Enjoy Summer AND Keep Your Fitness Routine

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Summer can be a real blast! And depending on where you live, it can be short. And in your attempt to soak in every minute of sunshine, your fitness routine may end up playing second fiddle. But hold on, you’ve worked so hard up to this point. Don’t let summer be the beginning of the end of 2024’s fitness and nutrition goals, because RIGHT NOW is when it happens! Let’s fast forward to the fall for a minute. Do you see yourself regretting the loss of your fitness as you slide into the chaos of the holidays? Before you know it, it’s New Years and you are making resolutions again. It doesn’t have to go down like that!

In this episode, Kelsea and Rachael share tips on how to be realistic, flexible, and prepared this summer so that you keep the deals you make with yourself and get your workout in despite having travel plans, and maybe kids home or less equipment. The hardest part of keeping a routine in summer is not the workout, it’s being honest with yourself. But so what if your routine looks a little different over the next several weeks? Give yourself some grace but don’t let your habits fail. It’s summah time! Let’s GO!

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:21) A discussion of peanut butter

(00:08:45) Shopping at Trader Joe’s

(00:13:40) How summertime disrupts routines

(00:17:30) The onset of summer is when habits begin to fail

(00:18:25) Times of the year where your fitness will look different

(00:20:50) Moving something down on the priority list doesn’t mean moving it off

(00:22:23) Making and keeping deals with yourself to build confidence

(00:24:45) Tip 1: Look at your summer schedule and set realistic commitments

(00:25:02) Be flexible and consider changing the usual time of day for fitness in summer

(00:28:19) Facing friction points and self negotiations in early morning workouts

(00:31:03) Being flexible with the amount of time you spend working out

(00:31:46) Equipment and a repertoire of planned, shorter workouts

(00:33:37) The TTSL dumbbell track with daily programming

(00:34:21) Including kids in your workout can be quality time spent

(00:40:57) Concerns about how your workout clothes need to change in the summer

(00:41:37) Wearing less clothes and feeling comfortable in the heat and in your own skin

(00:47:05) Giving yourself some grace during this time

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