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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to switch up your exercise routine. Even if

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Speaker 1: you love your usual forms of exercise, doing something a

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Speaker 1: little different from time to time can keep life interesting

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Speaker 1: and keep your body challenged too. So I love to run,

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Speaker 1: and for three years I ran every single day yep,

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Speaker 1: that is eleven hundred days in a row, and I

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Speaker 1: really enjoyed keeping up that streak. But these days I

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Speaker 1: am running three to four days per week and I

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Speaker 1: am trying to do other things on the other days.

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Speaker 1: I work out with my trainer one day a week.

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Speaker 1: I generally bike on a local trail one day, and

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Speaker 1: I hike with a friend and done a different day.

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Speaker 1: And I'm really not saying that one approach is better

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Speaker 1: or worse. Streaks can be really cool, but I have

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Speaker 1: enjoyed the mental break of doing something different as well.

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Speaker 1: We can get stuck in exercise routines. Like anything else,

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Speaker 1: there are lots of different ways to move one's body.

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Speaker 1: I know I use different muscles when I do strength

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Speaker 1: training with my trainer than when I run or walk biking. Likewise,

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Speaker 1: feels different, and I get a kick out of going

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Speaker 1: a much longer distance than I would on foot. If

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Speaker 1: you live somewhere without the weather changes, there might be

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Speaker 1: other reasons to reconsider your exercise routine. Maybe you normally

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Speaker 1: run outside and spring and fall, but it is too

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Speaker 1: cold and snowy in winter to make that feasible. If

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Speaker 1: you are not a big treadmill fan, this is a

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Speaker 1: good time to take a spinning class or join a

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Speaker 1: basketball team. If you have access to an outdoor pool,

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Speaker 1: then summer might be time to start swimming laps, a

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Speaker 1: prospect that becomes rapidly less enticing after Labor Day. I

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Speaker 1: think the argument that people risk injury by doing the

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Speaker 1: same thing is probably oversold. But even people who do

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Speaker 1: like to do the same kind of exercise each day,

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Speaker 1: like running, often enjoy changing things up within those parameters.

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Speaker 1: One day is devoted to speed intervals. One day is

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Speaker 1: a trail run somewhere pretty. One day is a run

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Speaker 1: through the neighborhood with a friend. Even if it is

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Speaker 1: all running, it feels different from running the exact same

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Speaker 1: three miles every single day. As my life gets busier,

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Speaker 1: I do find it is helpful to plan out my exercising.

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Speaker 1: When I plan my weeks on Fridays, I think about

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Speaker 1: what sort of exercise I will do each day during

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Speaker 1: the following week. I look at the weather, because a

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Speaker 1: bike ride in the rain won't be much fun, nor

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Speaker 1: will a run and be pleasant when it is ninety

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Speaker 1: degrees out. Going to the gym takes a different amount

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Speaker 1: of time than running on a home treadmill. Thinking about

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Speaker 1: workouts ahead of time gives you a chance to make

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Speaker 1: them more interesting. If you are going to walk on

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Speaker 1: your lunch break on Tuesday, why not invite a colleague

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Speaker 1: to join you. Why not plot out a route that

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Speaker 1: goes by that sculpture garden that's three quarters of a

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Speaker 1: mile away. If you see that Tuesday is pretty open

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Speaker 1: after work, you might decide to try that exercise class

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Speaker 1: at the gym that you have been eyeing. If Saturday

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Speaker 1: is rainy, you might plan a long run or bike

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Speaker 1: ride for Sunday instead and stick to indoor pursuits on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: In any case, by putting some thought into your workouts

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Speaker 1: and by choosing things that feel more interesting, you can

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Speaker 1: make exercise a source of adventure in your life rather

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Speaker 1: than something you do totally out of duty. The best

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Speaker 1: kind of exercise is whatever you can keep doing, but

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Speaker 1: for many of us that can change day to day.

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Speaker 1: It can be worth it to switch things up in

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Speaker 1: the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's

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Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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Speaker 1: to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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