What do you and Tiger Woods have in common?

Choices!  Every day we are faced with choices that effect us both physically and emotionally.  Even down to the small things.  Ever have to choose which route to take:  Mapquest's suggestions or the correct one? That's easy though, right?  How about some tougher ones.  Like the decision you made to become healthier.  The problem here is having too many choices. 

The Way Things Use To Be: There's a new show that just finished up its first season.  I don't get into a lot of shows but this one is great.  I'm talking about Spartacus on 'Starz'. Throughout the show, you get to see how gladiators trained at the time of Spartacus (c. 109-71 BC).  The only weights they had were logs and large stones.  Some ancient Greek athletes started with using a small calf.  As the calf grew, they continued to lift it and get stronger.  You see, they didn't have 5 Globo Gyms to compare prices or home treadmills and ellipticals to buy. All the food they had was what the earth gave them.  The industrial/processed revolution hadn't happened yet.

The Way Things Are Now:
I believe the problem started in the early 80's.  Gold'sGym and a few others were around. Then, starting in 1983, we started to see the likes of 24 Hour Fitness and Bally's. The list has just grown from there. All of them trying to sell the cheapest membership and let you use all the shiny equipment they have. Now you're choosing not only where to work out but what to use. It's not just the gyms either;  there are hundreds of diets out there to choose from too. There are celebrity diets, detox diets, diet pills, low carb., the cookie diet (true!) and more! Those are just the diets. What about all the other choices? We have hundreds of fast food restaurants, frozen foods at the grocery store, aisles of canned food and so on!
Plus, trying to make all these choice will drive us crazy.

Since We're Not The Greeks, What Do We Do?:
We may not be living in the same era but we can still make the same choices.  We know that when we put a little more effort into making our food at home from scratch with fresh ingredients that we not only enjoy it a little more but feel better about it.  You know, because it doesn't come with any of the guilt that makes us say, "I'll just work it off tomorrow".  But, what about our physical activity?  It's not just the "where" but the "how" and "can I commit to it".  Don't stress about the "where" It can be ANYWHERE.  Just remember, it can be as simple as a log and some rocks. The "how"? Just pick it up and move!  If your heart rate is up, you're doing a good job.   Now, the "commitment". There are plenty of days that I don't feel like doing it.   It would be easy to not do anything but I'm always reminded of an interview I saw when I was about 12 years old.   Karl Malone, a 19 year vet of the NBA, 14 time all star and #2 on the all time scoring list was known for and asked about his work ethic in the weight room. He responded simply by saying that it was the days he does it when he doesn't want to that made the difference. I think that worked pretty well for him.