Horse & Rider

SMALL CHANGES, BIG RESULTS

To prepare for your busy riding schedule, you’ve committed to getting into better shape. You start a new diet, ramp up your workout routine, and get more disciplined about riding. After a few weeks, you’re exhausted, your motivation wanes, and you find yourself back where you started—feeling defeated.

With your horse, you know that if you try to fix everything at once, nitpicking at every small mistake, he’ll get overwhelmed and not progress. Is that the approach you take when you make changes to your own lifestyle? You try to overhaul your nutrition, exercise routine, and activity level all at once and wonder why you struggle—just like your horse would. Instead, focus on one change at a time.

Here I’ll share 30 manageable adjustments you can make to your nutrition, exercise, or lifestyle habits. Choose one item from one category. Commit to it for one month, or until it becomes second-nature. After you’ve mastered one habit, choose another. Build your better-health

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