March 29 – New Year Resolution Check!

March 29, 2023Leave a comment

Hi just checking to see where you are in regards to your New Year’s resolutions! It’s just about a quarter through the year. Have you been consistent? Could you be better in some areas? Do you need a healthy break?

Take time to reevaluate your goals for yourself. Scale back, add more – figure out where you are NOW vs in January. Life has ebbs and flows so take the time to recognize where you are and how to come up with a new more refined set of goals. Check in on yourself in June!

If I can help you in any way – I’m always here! Shoot me a message!

You are what you eat!

April 11, 2022Leave a comment

I’m a little behind on my goal of posting 2x a month but here I am back at it!

There are a lot of benefits to the “fitness influencer trend” – What I eat in a day! or What I eat Wednesday. It’s great for ideas for snacks or meals you may not have thought to try. New recipes, more options. But also – at the end of the day it’s just that IDEAS.

If you and I ate the same thing we would still look different! Our bodies all burn calories differently, metabolize foods differently and so many other things come into play! YOU ARE YOU and you don’t need to be anyone else!

On vacation I am not going to eat what I usually eat but it’s also about the basics I usually stick with! Focus on protein at every meal – add some veggies and fruit then maybe I add dessert and a drink (or 5). Vacation is supposed to be disruptive in a sense. You get out of your routine to relax, explore, learn and try new things! One week of indulging isn’t going to throw your goals off track – it may even help and prevent a binge later on!

SO my tips for enjoying your vacation – do what you want, eat what you want and when you are back, jump back into your routine and keep it moving!

I’ve said it a million times – “We are what we repeatedly do!” (excerpt from the Aristotle quote “We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit”)

Consistent habits OVER time make you who you are, not a few days away!

New Year, New Goals

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022Leave a comment

Hey hey! I’ve had this page for a while now and my hope it to be more consistent on this blog!

To kick off the year I want to remind you that you have to do the work CONSISTENTLY to get anything you want. If that’s career related, fitness related, mental health related, spiritually – you need to keep consistent.

What does consistency look like to you?

It is subjective – of course. But for example take fitness goals. Instead of setting a goal to lose 10 lb maybe set a goal to go to the gym three times a week and 10,000 steps everyday. Consistency is the plan.

Maybe you want to work on your mental health in 2022. Consistency could mean meditating every morning for 5 minutes when you wake up. Or maybe you meditate 30 minutes three times a week. You dedicate 10 minutes a day to read a self development book. There are so many options and ways to reach goals but the only way is through consistency.

So here you have it and my goal for 2022 and this blog it’s to post once a week. Sometimes workouts. Sometimes motivation. Sometimes recipes. A little bit of everything. And maybe a little postpartum thrown in for fun since I’m in the thick of it with my 1 month old.

Drop me a comment and tell me what your goals are and what your plan, your consistency will be to reach that goal!

Hi again!

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020Leave a comment

Hey everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve updated this page but I have big plans to bring it back to life!

First let me reintroduce myself! My is Jessica Armstrong. I’m 33 years old with 2 kids, Apollo and Theo, who are 3 and 1 years old respectively. My husband, Anthony, and the boys live about 40 miles north of Dallas, Texas in McKinney. Anthony and I are both personal trainers and love to help others.

Everyone is busy and we certainly are in that same category. In addition to our personal training schedule we have others jobs. I work for Fox Sports Southwest as a producer covering the Dallas Mavericks and Anthony is a Real Estate Agent.

The reason behind MAKETIMEFORFIT is just as simple as it sounds. Make time for IT. We believe your health is your wealth. In this current state of Covid19, it’s certainly ringing true even louder than before!

Workouts don’t have to take 2 hours at a gym. Or be something you don’t like to do. You don’t like running, even dread it? Then don’t do it. Fitness is fun and should be enjoyable! Yes it can be uncomfortable at times pushing yourself to get stronger or faster but big picture, WE ALL NEED IT.

So thanks for following along. Hopefully we can be a resource for you in the fitness world and inspire you to make your health a priority and a part of your everyday life.

August Abs – Day 6 #MTFFplank challenge

August 7, 2015Leave a comment

DAY 6 #MTFFplank is the side plank dip. Start in a side plank on right arm on the floor shoulder over wrists and hips stacked. Keep your core tight and raise hips high then lower right hip and dip to the mat then back up. It’s important to keep core tight and hips stacked to prevent swaying forward or back.
Challenge:
Beginner: 10 side plank dips each side 3x
Intermediate: 15 each side 3x
Advanced: 20 each side 3x
Pro: 25 each side 4x
We are still in week 1 and just getting started – challenge a friend and get your #augustabs with me! Be sure to #MTFFplank so I can follow you!

Start today! Email maketimforfit@gmail.com for your personalized workout program!

Move of the Day – Single Arm Bent Over Row

June 16, 2015May 30, 2015Leave a comment

One of the most tried and true back moves out there today – the single arm bent over row, also know as the lawn mower row. This can be done using a bench too, where you rest your knee on the bench opposite of the arm you are working and with a flat back, row up. Don’t use momentum. I like this move to because you isolate your lats and rear delts and can really focus are target the muscles. When you row up squeeze for 1 count at the top and release back down. Try this as a drop set, so you as decrease reps, increase weight.
15x, 12x, 8x – that means – do 15 times (reps) on each arm then 12 reps each arm then 8 reps on each arm. You don’t need to break between sets and your break only needs to be as long as it takes you to switch weights.

Get Better Daily

June 1, 2015May 30, 2015Leave a comment

It’s Monday – dreaded Monday. How about changing the way you look at Monday? Yes, the weekend is over and you have to back to work but hey at least you have a job – simple things we take for granted someone is wishing for. So take this a little reminder that everyday is a opportunity for growth! Embrace each day as a opportunity to get better, big or little just improve something. It can be as little as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, reading a few chapters of a book or getting to work early to get ahead on a project. There are going to be bumps in the road but take this a little reminder that no one is perfect and it’s through our failures that we grow! Take advantage of each day a push yourself to grow physically, emotionally, spiritually or mentally. Days will come and go so today try be the best version of you!