In the immortal words of
noted sage Mary Poppins, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Given the inflammatory effects of sugar in my
personal body, I’m not sure I’m down with her literal message, but I completely
support her point: let’s have as much
fun as possible while we get whatever we have to do done.
I have not actually tried
working out to the Mary Poppins soundtrack, but I can see how it might be
hilarious and thus, potentially, a good idea for a day when I’d just rather
not. Some people find that crazy workout
pants make the difference between showing up to show off or stay home. I once got someone to finish a workout by
encouraging her to think of the best possible names to call me while she worked—and
we both got a bonus ab workout from laughing so hard.
On an even more basic
level, it helps to choose workouts that we actually enjoy anyway. There is no reason to run when we hate
running—we can swim, bike, dance, ellipt, roller skate, row, ski, or anything
else that gets our heart rates up.
The point of workouts is
to bring more joy into our lives in the long term sense. It’s good to have some in the short term,
too.
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