Like, chilly, you better go into your blanket cold.
Running outside is prohibitive and uncomfortable. I know some hardcore people do it, but call me lazy if you must - I just really can't.
The last few months, I couldn't even be bothered to get out in the morning to do a run in the park.
So I just put on a workout video.
What home workouts to do
Do high-intensity interval training as your bread and butter. HIIT does the cardio needed to burn fat and bring up your energy. I'm experimenting with the online free P90X3 workout video - the 30 minute version that I can just do before work, and doesn't require any equipment. For those of you that don't know, P90X is this extremely effective, concentrated workout series created by a fitness guru named Tony Horton. It works extremely well at building muscle, endurance and strength.
I love Tony Horton because as he says in the video: "You don't need gym. You don't even need me." He's an honest speaker of the truth.
I'll get up at 6:30, do the workout till 7 in my living room, shower and start my day.
Intersperse with online yoga videos. I intersperse P90X with yoga videos from Do Yoga With Me, usually this one here, which is the Ashtanga Half Primary Series. The Ashtanga workouts are still really hard, but they focus a lot on flexibility, and add that element to your repertoire where the other types of workouts fall back.
Try some online ballet boot camp. There's nothing like ballet to improve posture. I find ballet boot camp to do a lot more arm and leg workouts compared to HIIT, which focuses more on the core. I've been trying the amazing (but extremely challenging) Sweaty Betty Ballet Boot Camp, in conjunction with some workout music from Spotify (I managed to get Spotify Premium for free with my cell phone subscription, amazingly).
Anyways, this saves me about $50 per month gym membership - or even $100/month if you calculate it from a yoga perspective.
Why hadn't I done this earlier? We have so many great, free videos available on YouTube, with some of the best teachers available to guide you through your fitness. (I know the answer to that question ... it takes discipline to do this regularly! Somehow, my interest in saving money has provided enough motivation for this to work. Money can be a great motivator.)
How to do home workouts
Take breaks, but keep the video going. I can't stress this enough - keeping it going will stimulate the actual class the best, and give you momentum to get back in it once you're done your break. If you don't keep it going, you're going to stop doing the workout altogether which defeats the whole purpose.
Don't sweat it if you miss a day. KEEP GOING the next day! Don't worry about missing a day - we all have days like that. It's called being human. Just accept that as a part of the journey and don't give up.
Do a video whenever inspiration hits. Because these videos are so short (never more than 45 mins), whenever you feel like it, pop in a 20-30 min workout tape. If you have a "fat" day where all you want to do is sit at home and eat cereal, do that for a day, and then get back in the game.
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