Do you get bored easily with the same old-same old?
Want to know the best way to combat that boredom and bring your health and fitness to a new level?
I spent years trying different healthy workouts beginning with aerobics.
During my college years, it was popular to pop a Jane Fonda video into the VCR. My girlfriends and I would clear the furniture away and squeeze, jump and bop our way to fitness.
After college I wasn't ready to give up the aerobics craze, just the location. I joined a gym that had a mirrored room in the basement where we could admire each other sweating and gyrating. It was important to have the coordinating leotard and tights. The instructors wore head sets and lead us in complicated dance routines to their favorite disco tunes.
Eventually I married and had my first child. He was brought into this world via a painful and unexpected C-section caused by an unpredicted emergency. Six weeks later, I was moving the furniture in my living room and once again following a video tape of the enthusiastic Susan Powter on a step. A year later, I could get back into my old clothes (with just a few extra pounds remaining on my behind).
Son number two arrived by C-section yet again and spurred my purchase of the latest exercise gadget, a slide. This equipment came with nylon covers for your sneakers so you could slide side-to-side on its slippery surface. Once again, the trusty video tape went into the VCR and you followed along and slid your way to fitness. One more year went by before I could squeeze into my before-the-baby clothes (with another 4 pounds added).
Somewhere along the way, I took up running as the main stay of my healthy workouts. Oprah was running marathons which meant anybody could do it. I set my alarm for 5:15 AM Monday through Friday and braved the weather to run 2 miles through my neighborhood before my husband had to leave for work. By 6:30 AM he was gone and I was home with my two sons for the day, feeling healthy, workout complete.
Son number three, by a planned, completely painless and uneventful C-section, had me adding cycling to my morning workout. Limitless variety! I toggled between biking and running every morning along familiar routes that never took me too far from home. And for the poor weather day, my library of video tapes was still in the television cabinet.
Boy was this living!
So let's see, one more year to get into those old clothes, but with zero pounds extra. Three years later, my morning healthy workout was a still a habit and completely boring. The running and cycling routes were too familiar. The video tapes were worn and had seen better days. The entire routine was predictable and required less and less effort on my part to accomplish.
Do you see yourself in this workout nightmare?
I want to help you break out of the boredom and find that healthy workout you've been looking for. It's been around for thousands of years and helps millions world wide. The answer is Martial Arts.
Martial Arts provides the most complete, full bodied, healthy workout on earth. While you work hard to increase your personal fitness, your brain gets a workout as well. As with any new endeavor there is a learning curve to challenge your perseverance. But beyond that, martial arts forces you to engage your brain.
At this stage, martial arts is similar to the currently popular ballroom dancing. There are specific routines to learn, that have required footwork and arm movements done for an exacting purpose. You practice the basics to build your foundation. Your brain gets quite a workout in remembering what step comes next in what direction while your body becomes more fit.
One of the best benefits to martial arts training is that it can be done as a family. It's a great way to spend time with your children in a healthy, fun activity. You'll never get bored because the workout changes every time you go to class. Increased flexibility, strength and confidence are a small sample of the benefits package.
Though aerobics classes are fine and have their place, the boredom factor is overwhelming over time because the routine never changes. In martial arts, just when you think you've mastered something, a new technique comes along and you start all over again. Meanwhile, you wear a belt that shows how hard you have been working and how far you've come in the process.
For a goal oriented, boredom busting, healthy workout, you can't beat martial arts.
Want to know the best way to combat that boredom and bring your health and fitness to a new level?
I spent years trying different healthy workouts beginning with aerobics.
During my college years, it was popular to pop a Jane Fonda video into the VCR. My girlfriends and I would clear the furniture away and squeeze, jump and bop our way to fitness.
After college I wasn't ready to give up the aerobics craze, just the location. I joined a gym that had a mirrored room in the basement where we could admire each other sweating and gyrating. It was important to have the coordinating leotard and tights. The instructors wore head sets and lead us in complicated dance routines to their favorite disco tunes.
Eventually I married and had my first child. He was brought into this world via a painful and unexpected C-section caused by an unpredicted emergency. Six weeks later, I was moving the furniture in my living room and once again following a video tape of the enthusiastic Susan Powter on a step. A year later, I could get back into my old clothes (with just a few extra pounds remaining on my behind).
Son number two arrived by C-section yet again and spurred my purchase of the latest exercise gadget, a slide. This equipment came with nylon covers for your sneakers so you could slide side-to-side on its slippery surface. Once again, the trusty video tape went into the VCR and you followed along and slid your way to fitness. One more year went by before I could squeeze into my before-the-baby clothes (with another 4 pounds added).
Somewhere along the way, I took up running as the main stay of my healthy workouts. Oprah was running marathons which meant anybody could do it. I set my alarm for 5:15 AM Monday through Friday and braved the weather to run 2 miles through my neighborhood before my husband had to leave for work. By 6:30 AM he was gone and I was home with my two sons for the day, feeling healthy, workout complete.
Son number three, by a planned, completely painless and uneventful C-section, had me adding cycling to my morning workout. Limitless variety! I toggled between biking and running every morning along familiar routes that never took me too far from home. And for the poor weather day, my library of video tapes was still in the television cabinet.
Boy was this living!
So let's see, one more year to get into those old clothes, but with zero pounds extra. Three years later, my morning healthy workout was a still a habit and completely boring. The running and cycling routes were too familiar. The video tapes were worn and had seen better days. The entire routine was predictable and required less and less effort on my part to accomplish.
Do you see yourself in this workout nightmare?
I want to help you break out of the boredom and find that healthy workout you've been looking for. It's been around for thousands of years and helps millions world wide. The answer is Martial Arts.
Martial Arts provides the most complete, full bodied, healthy workout on earth. While you work hard to increase your personal fitness, your brain gets a workout as well. As with any new endeavor there is a learning curve to challenge your perseverance. But beyond that, martial arts forces you to engage your brain.
At this stage, martial arts is similar to the currently popular ballroom dancing. There are specific routines to learn, that have required footwork and arm movements done for an exacting purpose. You practice the basics to build your foundation. Your brain gets quite a workout in remembering what step comes next in what direction while your body becomes more fit.
One of the best benefits to martial arts training is that it can be done as a family. It's a great way to spend time with your children in a healthy, fun activity. You'll never get bored because the workout changes every time you go to class. Increased flexibility, strength and confidence are a small sample of the benefits package.
Though aerobics classes are fine and have their place, the boredom factor is overwhelming over time because the routine never changes. In martial arts, just when you think you've mastered something, a new technique comes along and you start all over again. Meanwhile, you wear a belt that shows how hard you have been working and how far you've come in the process.
For a goal oriented, boredom busting, healthy workout, you can't beat martial arts.
About the Author:
When you're all set to break free, check out martial artist Kalynn Amadio's comprehensive taekwondo website and learn her steps for healthy tae kwon do workouts and then some.
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