你是否在健康或健身计划面前失败过？坦诚点没关系，我们都曾经历过。
So many of us (myself included) fall in to the trap of “all or nothing” thinking, especially when it comes to diet and exercise. Breaking free of this cycle made an incredible impact on my life and allowed me to make physical changes in my body that I had been trying to guilt myself into making for years!
我们很多人（包括我自己）都曾陷入过"要么全做，要么不做"的想法里，特别在面临节食和锻炼时，冲破这个想法对我的生活竟然起到了不可思议的影响并使我的身体发生了变化，这也是我多年内疚没做到的一点。
Before I introduced the theme of balance into my life, I‘d frequently skip exercising all together if I didn’t feel like I had enough time to go hard and make it worthwhile. Life is busy, so as you can imagine, this led to a lot of skipped workouts; a lot more days of inactivity than days of activity. Maybe you can relate…
在平衡之道进入我生活之前，我曾频繁地翘掉锻炼，总觉得自己没有足够的时间去努力或值得去做。生活总是很忙碌，你可以想象这导致了多少翘掉的运动训练，不运动的日子远远多于运动的日子，也许你们自己也能体会......
Exercising is a commitment (especially for us women. When we commit to exercise, we’re also committing to the entire “getting ready” process afterward…showering, blow drying, make up, hair, you get the idea). In many cases if we don’t have time for this whole process, we often end up doing nothing when realistically we could have fit in some form of exercise in by taking a more balanced approach.
锻炼是一项承诺（特别对于我们女人，当我们决定要锻炼，我们会做足整个”预备“步骤，沐浴，吹干头发，化妆，再弄发型，你懂得......）。很多情形下，如果我们没有时间做这整套步骤，我们常常放弃，索性什么都不做，更现实地寻找其他平衡的方式。
Passionately pursuing balance in all areas of life, including my fitness regimen, has helped me embrace health & exercise as a way of life – not as something to put on my to-do list. I encourage you to explore what that could look like for you.
热情地追求生活里各个领域的平衡，包括我的健身之道，能够使健康和运动成为我的生活方式，而不是把某样东西放在我”必做“的列表里，我鼓励大家也探寻一下适合自己的方法。
I believe that consistency is the number one key to getting in shape and staying in shape. My clients who see dramatic changes are not the most intense, they are the ones who keep showing up, day after day, year after year. Expanding your view of what constitutes a “workout” and dropping the all or nothing approach got me in the best shape of my life and it can do the same for you.
我相信保持一贯性是获得好身材和保持好身材的第一要领。我的很多客户，她们身体发生了很大的变化，但这并不是一天练就的，这是她们日复一日，年复一年的练就成果。扩大对于锻炼一词的理解以及放弃要么全做，要么不做的这种想法使我的生活达到了最佳的状态，我想这同样适合你们。
Next time you’re tempted to take a week off of exercises because you don’t have enough time, remember that every little positive step you take toward better health counts. If you only have 20 minutes, take advantage of it! You’ll be much more successful in the long run if you can learn to incorporate exercise into your daily life.
下次，如果你没有足够的时间不得不放弃一周的运动训练，记住即使你做的一点点积极的努力都会为你的健康加分。如果你只有20分钟的时间，利用起来！如果你能学着把锻炼融入日常生活中，从长远来看，你会更加成功。
To help you think outside the box, here is a list of sneaky ways to fit more exercise into your busy day:
为了帮助开阔大家的思维，我列举了一些巧方法能够让锻炼融入我们繁忙的生活：
Take a brisk walk around the neighborhood.
在家附近来个快步走。
10 minutes of abdominal work + 10 minutes of arm work (sit ups, planks, the Pilates hundred, push-ups, triceps dips, light weights if you have them, etc.)
十分钟的腹部训练 +十分钟的臂部训练（起立坐下，俯卧，普拉提一百，俯卧撑，小腿三头肌训练或一些轻量级拳击，等等）
Lay down on the floor and stretch. (Bonus points if you include deep breathing.)
平躺于地面，并全身伸展（配合深呼吸更好）
Pilates (visit Pilates Anytime for fabulous online classes or visit my website for a free 10-minute workout that you can download straight to your ipod)
普拉提（访问“随时随地普拉提”网站的超赞线上课程或访问我的网站，可直接下载10分钟免费练习资料到你的ipod）
Jump rope. Do 3 five-minute intervals.
跳绳，每五分钟间隔，做三次
Go for a short, fast-paced run.
来个短快跑.
在当地体育场跑阶梯.
Dance around the living room with your kids or by yourself!
跟你的小孩或独自在起居室跳舞.
Lunges, Squats & Calf Raises (just 3 sets of 15)
弓步，蹲马步起身练习
Do sit ups and push ups during commercial breaks while watching TV.
在看电视进广告的间隙做仰卧起坐和俯卧撑。
Call a friend and meet for a walk instead of coffee or happy hour.
跟朋友散散步而不是喝咖啡或在酒吧happy hour。
Hopefully one or two of these stand out to you as an option that could work for you. Next time you’re tempted to skip a workout for lack of time, remember that consistency can be more important than intensity. When you realize you’re getting trapped in an “all or nothing” attitude, reframe your thoughts. Remind yourself that some days you’ll have more time than others and that’s okay. It’s nothing to feel guilty about and it’s certainly not worth throwing in the towel on your fitness goals all together.
希望以上的建议中，有一两项可以给你作为参考。下次你如果没有时间要翘掉锻炼的话，记得保持一贯性比强度训练更为重要。当你发觉自己正陷入要么全做，要么不做的想法的时候， 适时纠正你的想法。记得自己有天会比别人拥有更多的时间就好了，根本不需要为此感到内疚也当然不值得在你的健身大计面前服输。
在通往健康的旅途中寻找平衡之道非常具有挑战性，我们从媒体上发出的讯息也当然并没有让它变得更简单。做出一个健康决策，结合一点上述的额外练习，宽宥自己犯的错误。找到你的平衡之道是帮助你完成和促进自己塑身计划的秘匙。
P.S. I’m honored to guest post here on Balance In Me today. Anastasiya and I have a lot in common. We both love health & fitness, in particular Pilates, and we both are passionate about pursuing balance and sharing our journey with others.
P.S. 今天非常荣幸能够被邀请为”Balance In Me“网站写文章， Anastasiya和我有很多共同点，我们都喜欢运动和健身，特别是普拉提，我们都狂热地追求平衡之道并愿与别人分享我们的心得。
Robin Long blogs over at The Balanced Life. She is a Pilates instructor that has set out to make an impact in the fitness industry by challenging the messages we receive and the impact they have on our self image, motivation and success.
平衡生活网站， Robin Long的博文。Robin Long是一位普拉提导师，通过挑战我们所得的资讯以及构建我们的自身形象，动力和成功方面，在健身界获得影响力。
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