Ever find it challenging to be motivated enough to get your workout in? Do you drag yourself to train and just feel too tired? Who hasn’t right? We’ve all been there. It could be a build up of sleeping poorly at night, extra stress at work or with the kids, it could even be the fact that the entire world is plunged into a pandemic….WHO KNOWS? Any little stressor that comes my way these days seems to be magnified and feels a lot bigger and badder than it would have seven months ago. With all of this in mind, adding on the stress of being too tired to take care of our bodies feels like a tipping point. I was speaking with a client the other day on a Zoom call and she was feeling all of this, on top of suffering from an autoimmune disease that leaves her feeling fatigued from the moment she wakes up. We have a mantra for all of this. NO. ZERO. DAYS! So, what does “no zero days” mean? Put simply, we have a plan. We have a plan on top of a plan to make sure no matter how fatigued or worn down she feels, we will not leave our day without some sort of victorious check mark. We make sure that we can still take care of ourselves even if the world hands us more than we can chew. We will never close our eyes at the end of the day with a big fat zero, we will make sure we get IT done, however small, whatever it may be. Suppose to do a metabolic session today…*sigh* too exhausted from homeschooling your kids? Maybe you feel up to a strength session then? Nope, too tired from helping your parents maneuver their list of errands for the day. Okay, lets do some mobility and soft tissue work. This is active and will make my body feel good. Perhaps after that I will be up for a short walk. Oh wait, too run down and exhausted to even wrap your head around that? Okay, lets try some mediation and alone time. Recoup yourself maybe even with a bath or some reading to reset yourself. A plan, on top of a plan, on top of a plan… The idea here is to set ourselves up for success by preparing contingency plans to avoid a ZERO day. It feels terrible to say “oh, I was suppose to train today but I am just too tired so I will skip it.” You should have a fool proof list of activities you can do that still allow you to take care of yourself, mentally and physically. When you have a plan, and a back up plan, and plan if that fails, it still allows you to succeed by the end of the day. You still get to fill up your tank. Sure, you’ve made adjustments but, you did not fall off the wagon, you got some points today and you did not stop at zero. No. Zero. Days.