Sometimes, a good workout is all the therapy you need
Being fit is important to me, and hence my fitness routine. I was always working out and keeping myself fit, but, I had made this a priority during the covid time.
I have realised that when I work out, I experience a sense of satisfaction, feel like I have accomplished something and definitely feel positive at the end of it.
Here’s what I experience during my workout:
1. Positive selftalk: I become my own coach and give myself a pep-talk. Even coaches need pep talks on a daily basis. I encourage myself to do better and try newer options.
2. Visualise: I think about what I would be doing 5 years down the line, and visualize my future. It motives me to do better and have clarity on what I am really going after, why and how.
3. Plan: When I am aware of what I want to do, the next thing is to plan mentally on how I am going to go about it. I think about the various moving parts.
4. Prepare and rehearse: I tend to think about the content that I need to include in the next upcoming webinar or workshop. I think of the flow of content. Many times I find myself rehearsing my speaker notes for the next webinar.
5. Introspection and self-awareness: I use the time to introspect and gain awareness on various emotions that I experience. Once you are aware, the problem is half solved.
6. Solve problems: Yes…I think of the problems and challenges that I am facing in personal and professional life and find solutions.
When I work out, its always a good day.
I have been doing most of my strategic thinking while I am working out, while listening to my favorite music. Plus, I am positive, more energetic, motivated and fit.
Sometimes, a workout is all the therapy I need.
Once I am off the stationery cycle or the rowing machine, it’s crunch time.
Please feel free to share about what you experience while you work out? What’s going on in your mind?
About Author
Sandhya Reddy is a PCC Accredited Executive Coach and Leadership coach based in Bangalore, India. She is the Founder and Principal Coach at Chapter Two Coaching, a coaching consultancy that specializes in leadership development. She has over 750+ hours of experience with coaching senior professionals. She has enabled personal transformation for over 1500+ individuals through coaching interventions, workshops, webinars and mentoring.
Chapter Two helps leaders in middle levels and senior levels engage better with their teams, peers and senior stakeholders. We help teams develop a growth and performance mindset, align better with the organizational culture and values and function more cohesively. We are also passionate about women’s leadership development and have developed a practice around it. We enable leadership development through 1:1 coaching interventions and through a set of curated leadership and personal transformational workshops.