Top 5 Myths About Healthy People
“I can’t do that!” she exclaimed when we first met. Six month later she said, “I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner.” Believing in myths about what healthy people are like can prevent YOU from being your healthiest.
In my career as a Personal Trainer, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Coach, I’ve heard many reasons that people struggle to take care of their health. I’ve also listened to some wildly untrue assumptions about why people are healthy and why they’re unhealthy.
Here are the top 5 myths I hear all the time and how you can use them to propel you forward.
1.Healthy people love to exercise and go to the gym.
Most healthy people I know do NOT love going to the gym, and most don’t love to exercise. What they love are the results they get from moving their bodies frequently. Some don’t do formal workouts at all. But they are active throughout the day. One of my favorite quotes from Jack LaLanne, the godfather of the modern fitness movement, is, “I hate exercise, but I love the results.” I remember the first time I read an interview with him. I was dumbfounded when I read that he hated exercise. How could he hate exercise? What he hated was getting up at 5am to do what he had to do. He did it because doing so gave him the body and health that he so deeply treasured.
