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The Optimism of Healthy Life Choices: Attitude, Fitness, and a Behind-the-Scenes Look

With Dr. Russ on vacation, Jackie Monroe brings in two familiar faces to help her co-host this week’s Podcast of Optimism.
Paul Schmidt of UnoDeuce Media, producer of the “Attitude is Everything” series, and Trainer Jenn Dubey stop by to chat with Jack…

Overcoming Setbacks to Fitness Training with Motivation and Optimism for a "Rough Hour" and "Rough Week"

By Dr. Russ
Little things go wrong every day, but some days and weeks they just seem to pile up all at once.  It always seems to happen: you really get going with a new fitness, exercise or weight loss program for 4 to 6 weeks – you are on a…

Overcoming Setbacks to Fitness Training with Motivation and Optimism for a “Rough Hour” and “Rough Week”

By Dr. Russ
Little things go wrong every day, but some days and weeks they just seem to pile up all at once.  It always seems to happen: you really get going with a new fitness, exercise or weight loss program for 4 to 6 weeks – you are on a…

Are You on a Diet of Optimism?

By Dr. Russ
What’s on your menu?  Is it food or optimism?  We know that an individual cannot live by optimism alone.  The spiritual benefits of a diet of optimism can on take you only so far before the food deficit begins to take o…

How Optimism Counters Roadblocks to Fitness and Life Goals

By Dr. Russ
Jackie is training to get into the best physical fitness shape of her life so that she can participate in a unique triathlon in June.   She has been progressing well even ahead of schedule for 8 weeks, and now in week 9 (Episode 9…

Ten Positive Attitude Quotes to Help Improve Your Fitness Routine

By Dr. Russ,
Here are some original Dr. Russ Buss OPTIMISM QUOTES that may help guide you through the everyday ups and downs of staying with your fitness routine.
1.      Physical endurance is directly observed in dripping swea…

Endurance: The Third Key to Optimistic Stamina for Fitness and Health

By Dr. Russ,
There are ten “Optimistic Staminas.”  To develop stamina one must learn the basic skill, then practice speed and agility, and finally develop endurance.
This week is Episode 6 of “Attitude is Everything;” Jacki…

Optimism for Fitness, Form and Endurance

By Dr. Russ
Jackie Monroe continues on her 12 week quest to get into the best shape of her life with the help of Trainer Jenn.  We are now on episode 5; seven more weeks to go.  At the end of the training Jackie will compete in a unique triat…

Goals and Feedback are Keys to Living Optimistically even when Down

By Dr. Russ
According to the Core Principles of Optimism, optimists set goals, continually gather data about goal progress and revise goals accordingly.  After a month of Jackie’s journey toward elite level fitness, it was time for a data ch…

Mental and Physical Endurance for Fitness: Ongoing Analysis of Jackie’s Journey

By Dr. Russ
The Fitness Experiment
Is “attitude everything?”  According to Jackie Monroe, it is!  Jackie is demonstrating how the attitude thing works in her own real life project.  She has made herself the guinea pig for wh…

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