Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Are you going to Fight or Flight?
One of my co-trainers did a run through of her stress management session. The advantage of working among trainers, you get first hand experience of newly developed modules.
So we got to look at the tips and exercises. She mentioned that when you're stressed, you can either fight or flight. The only difference between choosing one over the other is that you either choose to overcome the challenge now or delay it for something that could even be more stressful later on. In different circumstances, we choose one over the other, whichever would be best for that particular scenario.
Then we moved to the exercises. Proper breathing. Eye muscle movement. Positive self affirmation. Physical exercises practical to do while at office. That's when we realized that we should actually do this more often. At least the exercise part, since a lot of times when we're stressed, we end up to stress eating and not much movements.
We've started our sessions of Hip Hop Abs at no other place than our training rooms. We normally take 30 minutes after work and then still manage to get back to work for one more hour. It really energizes you a bit and livens up the sleeping muscle.
Up. Down. Bend your knees. Wave your arms. Step forward. Step backward. The instructor on video even gives comments as if he's just right in front of you. "Come on, I know you're getting it. You can feel your muscles and you go on. Four more steps." In my mind.... fight, fight, fight, because if I flight I will still be tired and yet won't feel that I got some exercise.
One more thing that my co-trainer mentioned is that stress is a constant companion in life. The only time where we won't be stressed is when we die. So i guess I will just welcome any stress that comes in to my life, it's a challenge worth overcoming. There are times when I felt like giving up but manage to fight again before totally giving up. It's usually worth fighting for it and more rewarding than just thinking what could have been.
So we got to look at the tips and exercises. She mentioned that when you're stressed, you can either fight or flight. The only difference between choosing one over the other is that you either choose to overcome the challenge now or delay it for something that could even be more stressful later on. In different circumstances, we choose one over the other, whichever would be best for that particular scenario.
Then we moved to the exercises. Proper breathing. Eye muscle movement. Positive self affirmation. Physical exercises practical to do while at office. That's when we realized that we should actually do this more often. At least the exercise part, since a lot of times when we're stressed, we end up to stress eating and not much movements.
We've started our sessions of Hip Hop Abs at no other place than our training rooms. We normally take 30 minutes after work and then still manage to get back to work for one more hour. It really energizes you a bit and livens up the sleeping muscle.
Up. Down. Bend your knees. Wave your arms. Step forward. Step backward. The instructor on video even gives comments as if he's just right in front of you. "Come on, I know you're getting it. You can feel your muscles and you go on. Four more steps." In my mind.... fight, fight, fight, because if I flight I will still be tired and yet won't feel that I got some exercise.
One more thing that my co-trainer mentioned is that stress is a constant companion in life. The only time where we won't be stressed is when we die. So i guess I will just welcome any stress that comes in to my life, it's a challenge worth overcoming. There are times when I felt like giving up but manage to fight again before totally giving up. It's usually worth fighting for it and more rewarding than just thinking what could have been.
