Let's Workout!

Working out is one of my favorite daily things to do. For me it is a stress relief and enables my head to clear. Sweating out the toxins in my body and freeing my mind of stresses is something that makes me feel better and enables me to tackle my day.

When I lived in the country I would run outside in my neighborhood and follow it up with some weight training in the basement. (My parents have a fairly decent spread of exercise equipment). Now that I live in the city, the work outs have changed.

Our building has a “fitness center” that consists of various cardio equipment and they say the weights are on the way. I’m not crazy about stationary cardio machines so I haven’t been in there yet. I also haven’t gotten up the nerve to try running in the city, plus it’s been really hot. So my workouts have evolved, and in some ways improved.

Since I am not comfortable in my new surroundings yet, I have taken to the internet to find videos that can train me from the comfort of our home.

My favorite by far are the YouTube videos by XHIT. The personal trainers in the videos are lively and make the movements easy to understand. Topics in their videos range from high intensity full body workouts to specialized videos to target specific body parts.

The topics are so vast that I am able to try a new video every day, and even couple videos together to tailor a workout to my needs. I have found that the definition in different parts of my body is improving and so is my overall strength.

Josh works out too. He and I like to do different things so we have decided to work out on our own time. There is a football player he likes that has a workout app and Josh uses that every day. I’ve tried that before too, but did not care for the repeated phrases and some of the moves were not my favorite. To each his own though! I am thrilled Josh has found a workout he likes. (I used to make him run with me - that was no good).

Working out is an important part of my life and I don’t think it is ever too late to start.