For Halloween, I present some of the most common fears people have about working out and maybe some ways to cope with those fears:
1. It will be too hard. If the workout IS too hard, we don’t have to do it. We are grown-ups and no one can make us. We can go at our own pace, even if that pace is not the one we think we should be using.
2. It will be embarrassing. There are a couple of ways to deal with this one. One is to embrace the embarrassment. (Looking at me, every time I’ve gone to Zumba.) Another is to work out at home or in a less-populated area of the gym or with people we trust to be kind to us. (BTW, there is a special place in hell for people who make fun of anyone working out, right next to child molesters and people who talk in the theater.) (Yes, that was a Firefly reference.)
3. It won’t work. Working out once is not going to transform us instantly. It does take some time and some determination to make change. I can say for sure that working out works better than not working out.
4. It will work. All of a sudden we are stronger and faster and more powerful! Our friends and family will look at us differently! Some of them may not like our new more awesome selves. I’ll be blunt here: anybody who does not want us to be our best selves does not love us. They can go pound sand. We don’t need that negative energy.
5. I won’t like it. Maybe not. But there are tons and tons of different kinds of workouts out there. We’ve all seen bad movies, but we don’t conclude that all movies are terrible; we just pick something else next time.
6. I won’t know what to do. Guess what? There are lots of people who would love to help us with that (me included!). The internet is full of workouts. Gyms have helpful staff and orientation programs and actual instructors who give classes. No one expects us to know what we are doing at the beginning; it is more than okay to get help.
Now the music at the gym? That can be truly scary. Best I can say is bring headphones.
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