Fun Fitness

Posted in Client Journeys. Written by Yuri

Just about every day, I have a set plan for my workout:  A 3-mile tempo run, an 11-mile long run, a day of cardio combined with Insanity or P90X or Fitter U Fitness.  Today, however, I scrapped the plan and declared it a “fun fitness” day.

I enjoyed fitness games on the Wii for about 30 minutes, had a 30-minute session of martial arts, spent about 40 minutes doing Fat Blaster 1 from Month 2 of Fitter U Fitness (my first time with that one – love it!), and the day’s still young.  Hopefully, I’ll get in an easy run just for the head-clearing benefits (without having any time or distance goals), and perhaps a bit more fun with the Wii later this afternoon.

I love having a plan and am a very structured person; but sometimes, it feels easy to burn out or to become a slave to the plan.  Naturally, it even becomes impossible to follow any plan from time to time.  There are hundreds of obstacles and distractions; and though it’s fulfilling to follow-through with the plan despite those obstacles, sometimes it’s nice to take a step back and be active “just for fun” – forgetting about calories burned, miles covered, reps completed, etc.  Those numbers can become all-consuming.

Today, anything goes.  It’s a freeing feeling.  Tomorrow, I’ll probably have a plan in place for myself; and I will be very content with that plan.  Today, however, it’s nice to relax and just enjoy whatever fitness opportunity comes my way.

- Shannon