Exercise TV

Have you not heard of it?! I was highly unmotivated to walk fifteen minutes (which would have been 30 all together if you count the walk home) in the -30 degree weather today in the literally frozen tundra of Minnesota to the Rec Center, so I chose a new alternative. And I can bet your bottom dollar I will be feeling the burn tomorrow morning when I try to lift my poor muscles out of bed. I did Exercise TV! Its totally free, and I really feel like Cindy Whitmarsh is my friend!

Yes, I did it. I pushed the couch and coffee table aside, perked up my laptop on some pillows and pressed play. Before I knew it, I was doing all crazy kinds of commands from Cindy like leg kicks and arm punches, something called the spider man, and of course…the plank (You know that thing where you fold your hands together on the ground and make your back really straight and your toes touch the ground)… major oucher. Sweat was dripping off me as though I were emerged in the Mississippi River. Cindy told me to work at 100%, so that’s what I did. She also challenged me to do this 30 minutes a day. I just might until these negative temps cease!

I really hope I didn’t freak out the neighbors below us with all of my wild stampeding up here on the third floor of #B8. Whoops. Forgot about those lovely peeps below us.

Exercise TV is the perfect solution to my winter exercise dilemma! I do get myself to the Rec with Nick a few times a week, but I gotta say, we are just WAY more active in the spring and summer. And I seriously dislike having to put on ridiculous amounts of layers just to avoid getting frost-bite on my to-and-fro walks to the Rec and home… the benefits are off the charts!

See, this winter I have gotten trudgy. And maybe a little pudgy? I eat really healthy, but I have had so much trouble getting my behind out the door to walk to the rec. I use to go almost every day, but these negative temps have trapped me inside for too long! I thought I was doomed today… the coldest day EVER… I had a committment to exercise and I was dreading the loooonnnngggg, ccccooooolllllddddd walk- But Then- I heard about exercise TV! Let me tell why its so colossal.

I don’t have to bundle up at all or do the whole take-my-slushy-boots-off-and-put-on-my-tennies routine or fight like a mad woman to get a machine at the overinflated hour of 5pm at the ol’ Rec. I don’t run the risk of being awkwardly stared at or haunted by mirrors reflecting every angle of my body to a room full of people. I just have to move some stuff around, and SHIZAM! I am gettin’ buff in my own apartment!

Everyone- YOU MUST TRY EXERCISE TV! If you are crunched for time or have the winter blues like me- its amazing! I don’t recommend this be the only form of exercise because I do think its a ton more fun to run or workout with other people, but for the days where you just need to squeeze something in or don’t want to go out in the winter frozen land, I’d give it two thumbs up!

And Cindy Whitmarsh rocks. After certain body movements that are really hard, she likes to say, “Oh, I love that one!” which in turn makes me feel like I love it too. K. Now get off your bum and try this! I recommend the “Less is More” workout. Its only 30 minutes. You can do it. Just click http://www.exercisetv.tv/ and you wont regret it.

Get ready to jump, flail, kick and sweat!

Cheers to your FREE workout!