Ellyse Perry is an Australian sports superstar.
At sixteen, she was playing cricket AND soccer at the country’s highest level.
Ten years have passed since that life-changing year. But even now, her career continues to soar and after all those years competing with the very best of the world’s athletes, Ellyse has got to know a few things about getting motivated.
1. Move your butt
Get started. “It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.”
Ellyse tells us how she does it all on the latest episode of I Don’t Know How She Does It:
“On days when you’re not feeling like you don’t have the energy or you’d rather be somewhere else, once you get moving and you’re surrounded by your team mates, something pulls you out of that rut.
“The hardest thing is getting started”.
2. Play in a team
It doesn’t matter how big your team is – the message is simple. Stop working out alone. Find a gym buddy or a walking partner. It’s good for your body and even better for your brain.
“For me, it’s that shared experience, working together to try and achieve something but whether you achieve it or not, you’re going through it with other people and you can celebrate together or you can commiserate together”.
3. Eat simply
So much of Ellyse’s health is based on “knowing where your food comes from” and her food motto is basic, “fresh and simple. I try and leave the technical things for when you go out for a nice dinner”.
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Her recommendations on eating are good if you view food merely as fuel. For those of us who quite like "the technical things" of food and cooking, the frequent recommendation of "simple" food doesn't cut it. There's only so much steamed veggies and chicken breast/salmon you can eat before getting completely bored.
I love everything that she was saying...except for working out with a friend or team! Not a chance...that's my time! The only hour or so in the day when I don't have to talk to or communicate with anyone. In fact that's what probably keeps me going back. At work I'm surrounded by people, at home I'm surrounded by people, but when I exercise, the headphones are in, the music is on and no one gets to intrude in my world! Heaven!!