It needs to be fun

A lot of us don’t like to work out much.  I get it.  It’s hard work and we have to get sweaty.  That’s true.  But it is also true that there are so many kinds of working out that it really is possible to minimize the parts we don’t like.

 

I will use myself as the example, because I’m handy.  If working out meant that I had to run, I would never do it.  (Last time I ran, I ruptured my plantar fascia and crutches are a deal-breaker for me.)  When I found biking, I realized for the very first time how much fun working out could be.  Some people feel this way about dance or skiing or swimming.  Even within those things, we have our niches—ballroom or ballet, downhill or cross-country, backstroke or butterfly.  It is worth playing around (and I mean playing—not everything has to be all serious) to find something that is enjoyable.

 

Sometimes we need to play around even after we have found something we love to do.  We may discover, when we revisit something we tried back when we were first starting out, that we like it better now that we have gotten stronger or faster or lighter from doing the first thing we loved.

 

Also, we may find out that doing something we don’t like very much (looking at you, again, lunges) is worth doing because it makes a big difference to what we do like to do.  Those of us who love weight lifting can benefit from finding some sort of cardio to build up endurance and those of us who want to dance all night could use a little strength training to help us out.

 

Go play.