It has been a long time since the last bodytweaker’s post. Many things in our lives have changed: new place, new work, new circumstances. The rush of day-to-day issues and projects doesn’t leave much time for fitness and sports, even less for writing a blog. There were weeks we couldn’t squeeze even 10 minutes of free time out of our daily schedule. Yet, we keep our heads up and stay true to our BodyTweaker’s principles:
1. Focus on the basics and the rest will follow by itself
Each of us has different roles and interests in our lives. So, it’s hard to say that something that is good for me will be the same for you or somebody else. That’s because we are so different, have different background and aims. However, there are certain “areas” in your life that do apply to everyone and have a great impact on anything else we have to deal with.
So is diet and fitness, which will increase your self-esteem, give you tough lessons on persistence and goal-setting, teach you control over your ego not to mention the huge changes in your body and mind that will give you more power and concentration for your tasks. Hence, this very “basic” change leads to a series of positive changes in the rest of your life and will consequently have a huge impact in other areas such as relationships, work, etc.!
Fitness for life
So, by taking care of your “physical core”, which could be as simple as 10 minutes workout/day and staying away from crap-food, you can achieve tremendous chain reaction of positive changes in your life. That is what I (as a guy with financial background) call a superb investment of your resources with astronomical returns. Which leads us to the second principle:
2. Do not spend too much on junk or save on quality.
Don’t waste your resources (time, money and effort) on useless things. Get the most out of them. BodyTweaking was built on the idea that staying fit could be completely free. That you can be healthy without buying all the fitness junk that is being heavily advertised all over the TV, internet and magazines. Now, we still think that there is no quick-fix for years of bad habits and that you can’t get a quality body and mind overnight. Quality that lasts has to be built gradually. Step by step. This natural progress will teach you lots of things and will change the way you think and see yourself tand your daily issues, forever. It’s a bonus for living your life as it should be lived 
On the other side, you shouldn’t get into a scarcity mindset. If there’s something you need and you know it will be of a huge benefit and far more useful that the price you are paying, then you should definitely get it! For example, take some good cross-country running shoes for $300 that will last for the next 8 years. That is by far better choice than buying $70 shoes that you’ll have to trash in one year. Not to mention the knee problems and bad running experience which could lead you to give up completely. All for trying to save money today with catastrophic results in the long run.
3. Don’t be short-sighted. Keep in mind the big picture
Follow your workout plan and keep in mind the vision where you will be in two years instead of worrying why you didn’t lose those 3lbs before the pool-party next weekend.
Step by step, with your head up, your predator’s eyes and your mind focused on the desired result. Onward, bodytweaker!
If you have a cracking sound in your knees and a certain “uneasiness” or even pain when doing movements like going up the stairs, do not disregard this. Eventually, 
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If you are a busy person and you do not have much time to go the gym and stay there for 1-2 hours, then it is not a problem. You can workout in your own home anytime you want.