I spend a lot of time outdoors during the beautiful summer months and put aside my high-intensity exercise routine. With the weather cooling off and the sun setting before I’m done work, I find it hard to get motivated to go for even a simple walk, never mind exercise. But now that summer is officially over and winter is here, I think to myself, No more excuses. It’s time to get back into the fitness routine.
There is a light! In my living room, that is. I recently chatted with my best friend about how I don’t have motivation to work out anymore. She was in the same predicament and suggested we try working out by watching fitness videos. I had to laugh, as it brought back a memory of finding a VHS tape in my parents’ basement called Buns of Steel with Greg Smithey.
But all jokes aside, we YouTubed a fitness video and wirelessly synced it to my smart TV. The hardest aspect of this was trying to pick a video to play, but wait! I now had to actually work out, sweat, and get into it.
The first group of exercises, which had me sweating buckets, was only the warm-up. What the heck was I getting myself into? I should mention I had to move my coffee table to the side so I had room on my area rug rather than the hardwood floor.
After this so-called warm-up came the first set of exercises. Legs! Lunges, squats, jack press squats, other lunges, break, repeat times three. Done! Well, so I thought. It had only been eight minutes. Only 29 minutes and 10 seconds left!
Next was the cardio section, with jumping jacks for five minutes. Lots of heavy breathing. Oh my, what had I gotten myself into? Repeat times three, done.
Okay, on to the next round: upper body. Then the next round: core. Then, wait, was that the final round? Yes!
I’m drenched in sweat and hurting everywhere, but I’m alive.
Walking hurt for a few days afterwards, but I had to admit I was feeling pretty good about myself. The workout video inspired me to set a goal for the month of November: to do the at-home workout at least twice a week, and gradually build it up to four days.
Now, who’s with me on this?
