Are you a go-getter, rush-rush, type A personality?
Kalynn Amadio
Does boredom set in sooner rather than later?
Want to know the best way to combat that boredom and bring your health and fitness to a new level?
I spent years trying different healthy workouts beginning with aerobics.
It began in college during the Jane Fonda years when I followed the lead of the girls in my sorority. We put a video tape in the VCR, moved the coffee table out of the way and proceeded to jump, bump and squeeze our way into shape.
This was followed, post-college, by aerobics classes at the gym where I wore cute little leotards and colored tights. I could admire myself in the mirrored wall while following the movements of an enthusiastic instructor. And if I was lucky I?d meet a nice guy in the weight lifting area and, well, that's another topic.
Marriage brought children. After my first child, via an unexpected, painful, emergency C-section, I bought a step. Once again, I found myself, moving the coffee table out of the way, putting the video tape in the VCR and climbing my way to fitness. It took about a year after my son's birth to get back into my pre-baby clothes (plus 7 pounds).
Son number two arrived by C-section yet again and spurred my purchase of the latest exercise gadget, a slide. This equipment came with nylon covers for your sneakers so you could slide side-to-side on its slippery surface. Once again, the trusty video tape went into the VCR and you followed along and slid your way to fitness. One more year went by before I could squeeze into my before-the-baby clothes (with another 4 pounds added).
Around that time Oprah started running marathons. I figured if she could do it, so could I. What came next was a daily ritual of rising before my husband had to leave for work, donning my running clothes and heading out each morning for a 2 1/2 mile run. By 6:30 AM my husband was off to work and I was home with two boys, proud in knowing I?d already accomplished my daily fitness routine.
My third son arrived uneventfully by a planned C-section and I started biking in the mornings. Talk about variety! I could bike each morning or run my usual route. If the weather was bad, I still had my healthy stack of video tapes and could take to moving the furniture again.
Talk about living!
So let's see, one more year to get into those old clothes, but with zero pounds extra. Three years later, my morning healthy workout was a still a habit and completely boring. The running and cycling routes were too familiar. The video tapes were worn and had seen better days. The entire routine was predictable and required less and less effort on my part to accomplish.
Does any of this sound familiar?
I want to help you break out of the boredom and find that healthy workout you've been looking for. It's been around for thousands of years and helps millions world wide. The answer is Martial Arts.
Martial arts training is a complete healthy workout in every sense of the word. Not only do you increase your physical fitness level in ways you never imagined, but you exercise your mind as well. There is, of course, the standard learning curve to starting something new. But in addition, martial arts training requires you to use your brain.
At this stage, martial arts is similar to the currently popular ballroom dancing. There are specific routines to learn, that have required footwork and arm movements done for an exacting purpose. You practice the basics to build your foundation. Your brain gets quite a workout in remembering what step comes next in what direction while your body becomes more fit.
My favorite benefit of martial arts is that it is truly a family activity. Husbands, wives, sons and daughters can learn together in a non-competitive, healthy atmosphere. It's much easier to help kids get healthy if they are having fun. The boredom is busted because the routine changes for every class. Your flexibility and strength will increase dramatically and the confidence boost is wonderful.
Though aerobics classes are fine and have their place, the boredom factor is overwhelming over time because the routine never changes. In martial arts, just when you think you've mastered something, a new technique comes along and you start all over again. Meanwhile, you wear a belt that shows how hard you have been working and how far you've come in the process.
For a goal oriented, boredom busting, healthy workout, you can't beat martial arts.
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