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"You know how I usually tend to be pretty...cheerful about my shaping up habits? Well, I&amp;#x27;ve found my total opposite: Crabby McSlacker, and her blog Cranky Fitness! Says Crabby: &amp;amp;quot;I try to maintain a healthy weight, eat mostly nutritious food (with lots of exceptions) and get plenty of exercise, but to do this requires a lot of whining.&amp;amp;quot; She uses her blog for that--but also contributes to Diet Blog, where she puts on a slightly more serious face. She&amp;#x27;ll be stopping by the Shape-Up Blog every once in a while when somethin&amp;#x27; sticks in her craw. Enjoy the following post from Ms. Crabby: You already know you need your exercise. But according to a recently released set of physical activity guidelines, you won&amp;#x27;t get enough to be healthy by just ambling around the mall when the mood strikes. You actually need to do some cardio and strength training. (Sorry!) For more on these guidelines (which are put out by the AHA and the ACSM, both Important Official Organizations with Large Names), go here. But unless you&amp;#x27;re a Dedicated Fitness Freak (and good for you if you are), you&amp;#x27;re probably going to have some days where a vigorous workout sounds about as appealing as a proctology exam. How do you get yourself to the gym or running trail when you really, really don&amp;#x27;t want to go? Different methods seem to work best for different personalities. Do any of these exerciser types sound familiar? 1. Intellectualizers. These gals use their wits to try to get going. They have long interior monologues about the benefits of working out, and often keep obsessive records in logbooks about their progress.&amp;amp;nbsp; Some like to analyze their every thought and feeling on the subject, and many either end up boring their friends to tears...or starting their own blogs. Other Intellectualizer techniques include: breaking every activity into tiny baby steps, bargaining, bribing, and lavish amounts of self-praise for good behavior. The potential downfall of the Intellectualizer? Not surprisingly, it&amp;#x27;s over-thinking. Clever types can invent boatloads of excuses for not doing what they really don&amp;#x27;t want to. 2. Drill Sergeants. These are the women who don&amp;#x27;t take &amp;amp;quot;no&amp;amp;quot; for an answer, at least not from themselves. Vast stores of pure willpower keep Drill Sergeants on track when others might be tempted to skip their workouts. Popular techniques: bossing themselves around, refusing to whine, not questioning their plans once they&amp;#x27;ve made them. Their mantra: Just Do It. The potential downfall: Lack of flexibility. When unexpected obstacles arise, or will-power suddenly goes AWOL, some Drill Sergeants don&amp;#x27;t have any sneaky tricks to fall back on. Their mantra becomes: Just Sit There--until motivation somehow returns. 3.Social Butterflies. These girls combine exercise with socializing to increase motivation. They may not always feel like the &amp;amp;quot;workout&amp;amp;quot; part, but they go anyway so as not to disappoint their friends. Popular techniques: signing up for classes, finding workout buddies, joining running clubs, telling all their friends about their goals and plans. Downfall: when friends lose interest or favorite classes get shelved, a social butterfly might find motivation flitters away too. Also, some find themselves so distracted with socializing they forget to put much energy into their workouts. 4. Super Slackers. You know these gals. &amp;amp;quot;Workout? Yeah, great idea. I did one of those last year! Awesome. Gonna do it again any day now!&amp;amp;quot; On the positive side, slackers rarely disappoint themselves, because they never set the bar too high--in fact, they don&amp;#x27;t even pick it up in the first place. Downfall? All too obvious. 5. Practical Ones. The practical types don&amp;#x27;t have a dominant style, they use any motivation technique that works. Some days they boss themselves around, other days they meet friends, and they know lots of little motivational tricks when the need to coax themselves into action. Downfall? None, really. Flexibility is always good! I tend to be an Intellectualizer. But I really need to remember to borrow some tips from those Drill Sergeants and Social Butterflies--because all too often I use my clever mind for Evil rather than Good!How about you? &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href =&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.polldaddy.com&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Survey Polls&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; - &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href =&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.asp?p=110101&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Take Our Poll&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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