No Excuses YouTube Playlist: Workouts for Your Lazy Days, Vacations & Busy Lifestyle (video)

Amanda Abella — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:38 +0000

One of the core principles of Grad Meets World is that good health is the foundation of a happy life. We all know the benefits of regular exercise, yet we come up with every excuse in the book not to get off our behinds and move. Excuses are as follows:

I'm on vacation and don't feel like getting up. (Guilty)

I have no time.

I have work/school/family/something else.

Working out is for fit people. (Really? How do you think they got there?)

I travel a lot for work and can't fit it in.

I hate fitness.

It's too expensive.

Well ladies and gents, I have found a solution for us all. Over my vacation when I didn't feel like moving a muscle in my body I compiled a YouTube playlist for my lazy days. Below you'll find a list of some of my favorite YouTube fitness stars (along with one of my favorite videos) that help me get in shape on days when I don't feel like doing anything.

Blogilates / The Original Pop Pilates

Sarah Fit

Tone it Up

Bex Life

Find more of my favorite quick workouts by checking out the No Excuses Workout Playlist on YouTube. For more video update be sure to subscribe to Grad Meets World on YouTube.

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Since we live in an imperfect world we're always going to have curve balls thrown at us. after all, no one is perfect and the perfect life certainly doesn't exist - so our ability to handle emotional stress and trauma is what is really going to make a big difference in our lives.

As of late I've been dealing with some emotional stuff. Work has been stressful (partially my own doing for overloading my schedule on a near daily basis) and I ran into a road block in the romantic relationship department. Needless to say I've been frazzled and emotional and although I know eveything is going to be fine I still have to deal with the feelings that are coming up for me.

I know that in my life there are two things that always make me feel better: the ocean and physical activity. Both of which I've hit up in the last week or so. Unfortunately i can't go to the ocean as much as I would like, but exercise is always an option.

Your body holds a lot of emotional stress (you yogis may recall that hips and shoulders always come up when it comes to holding on to baggae) it needs to move so you can start releasing those pent up emotions. Some would even argue that exercise is a form of meditation - it helps you release blocks, recharge and even gives you clarity when you really need it. As of late exercise is the only thing that calms my nerves and helps me release emotional tension. So much, in fact, that I started doing mixed martial arts again after a few years of hiatus (bet you all didn't know I used to do that). After a long day at work and relationship issues theres nothing like punching or kicking a bag. Couple that with my yoga routine and ive got the perfect combination to work both the inside and the outside of my body.

And if the release of all the negative crap in your body isnt enough to convince you of exercise's healing powers how about the fact that being fit and healthy generally makes life better? You get more energy, you deal with stress in a healthy way, and you release endorphins.

Like Elle Woods so famously said in Legally Blonde...

Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands.

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How do I know? She let me try out a session! It was fun, sassy and I got a hell of a workout (keep an eye out for a mini commercial later this week)!

Diana was kind of enough to give me the inside scoop as we discuss her new coaching program, the coveted work/life balance equation, and health in this day and age. She also has a special treat for you:

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No Excuses YouTube Playlist: Workouts for Your Lazy Days, Vacations & Busy Lifestyle (video)

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