Does Your Workout Need a Little Inspiration?
Everyone hopes to get a good workout in but it’s also important to find ways to make it enjoyable, rather than feeling like a chore.
If your workouts have felt more like a chore than anything else lately, it might be time to take stock of when and where (and how) you’re actually doing your routines.
Do you go to the same gym, day in and day out, same familiar surroundings, same familiar faces, and do the same familiar exercises? 
Are your cardio workouts almost always done on the same old treadmill, elliptical or stationery cycle staring at the same old tv show on the screen above the machine? And, usually without volume too, am I right?
Wow, that does sound pretty darn boring. I’d consider that a ‘chore’ too, so you sure aren’t alone in what you’re feeling.
How about this? Try getting your cardio outdoors wherever possible.
And don’t just change your venue from indoors to outdoors, change the time of day you get out there and you might find it that much more enjoyable.
If you like to run, cycle or powerwalk try getting out for your cardio session first thing in the morning and enjoy watching the sun come up as you’re getting your heart rate up too!
Skip wearing your mp3 player for a change and listen to the music of the outdoors, like birds chirping and relish watching the sky turn from dim to bright. That sounds like fun inspiration to me!
What about heading out just before sunset and enjoy watching the sky turn crimson during your run, as the sun sinks out of sight for another day. What a GREAT way to end a day: doing a good thing for your health and enjoying fantastic scenery as you go.
If you can’t get out there with the sunrise or sunset, then try hitting your local park and run, walk or cycle on the paths, or even get your shoes off and go for a run at your local beach, in the sand (sand running is a great workout, too … see: Jack Up Your Running Routines).
Heck, you could even do some great weights routines outdoors using just your bodyweight.
Try some SuperCircuits incorporating a bunch of different bodyweight moves. You don’t even need any equipment (and just as well, because it could be a problem to carry it out there if your equipment is particularly heavy or large).
Try getting to a park and just doing a routine with burpees or squat thrusts, mountain climbers and breakdancers, jumping jacks, bodyweight squats, walking lunges (go backwards and forwards), push-ups or bench dips on a park bench, pull-ups on the playground monkey bars and jumps up onto a park bench.
Or take a jump rope with you and jump until you feel like you just can’t jump anymore. That will get your heart rate up and your blood pumping in no time, and it’s dead-simple.
You could even go climb a tree if you felt particularly youthful and full of whimsy that day (and can find a suitable tree) … hee hee … what fun!
So, don’t get trapped in a web of boredom by working out at the same time, in the same place, on the same equipment, doing the same moves all the time.
Change your surroundings or change the time of day and you’ll be interested and energized all over again!
And, whatever you do, have a great time with it.
Oh, and btw, one of the best resources I’ve found for getting a great workout outdoors is Craig Ballantyne’s Bodyweight Workouts Manual.
Craig has lots of great cardio and weight training ideas for how to get it done in the great outdoors, or just with park and playground equipment!
Grab It Here ==> Craig Ballantyne’s Bodyweight Workouts
Have a fit, fun and fantastic day.
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