10/8

Today's Plan: yoga
What a lovely day: rain, wind, thunder, dark skies. It was a bit of a struggle this morning to convince myself I really did want to work out. I am going to watch my nephew play soccer on Saturday, and since I have to leave around 7:30ish, I plan to take that day off this week. Yoga today and running the next two days. So I couldn't skip today and I think that is the only thing that got me out of the recliner after my coffee. I picked a DVD I hadn't done in awhile, and my legs were shaking. I think that's a good thing, right? I lent that one to my mom years ago and she was not happy until I admitted that the first time I tried it I couldn't do it all the way through either.
It's good to have to work at harder exercises. Otherwise it gets boring. I always know that when I don't want to do an exercise that I need to do something different, that I have been doing that one thing too long.  I don't get bored with the running, but I definitely get bored with the routine paths I take. Same with yoga. Since doing the same movements work the same muscles, variety really is the spice of sports. After awhile, our bodies adapt to what we do repeatedly and we don't get the same amount of calorie burn or effort from the workout. Just keep telling yourself change is good!