Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I am the Get Fit Guy.

Occasionally we all need to simply zone out and let our bodies do whatever they want to do.

But if all of your workouts involve some type of distraction or other,

it may be time to add some mindfulness into your workout regimen. I have addressed the idea

of mindfulness and its role in fitness before. In an article that you can find over at

getfitgai.quickanddirty tips.com called Mindfulness as a Fitness Motivator, I mentioned a scientific study on the associations

of what is known as dispositional mindfulness with cardiovascular health. And that study concluded,

and I quote, dispositional mindfulness is positively associated with cardiovascular health, with its associations

particularly driven by smoking, body mass index, fasting glucose, and physical activity.

Now, I also dug into a super cool scientific trial that examined the relationship between

exercise consistency and mindfulness.

And according to the authors, those who were successful at maintaining exercise tended to score

higher on measures of mindfulness and acceptance. And exercisers having greater mindfulness and acceptance are less reactive, responding with a more

balanced appraisal to threats to their exercise regimen, which in turn promotes increased exercise

maintenance. And yet another study of 62 women over six months found that those who applied mindfulness meditation practices to their daily

or weekly routine had a much higher level of physical exercise and general movement and also a greater

reduction in BMI than those who didn't employ mindfulness practices. Now the type of mindfulness that all of these studies looked at

is generally referred to as dispositional mindfulness,

and it can be summed up like this,

a keen awareness of our thoughts and feelings

in the very moment that they pop into our mind.

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