How have a gone for so long without realizing that Netflix on demand has all kinds of exercise videos on demand? Better yet, most of them are from the 10-minute work out series, so I can feel like I'm doing something with minimal time and effort. Sure, 10 minutes may not actually do much for me, but it's something. Besides, I don't actually work out (if you can consider flopping around for 10 minutes once a week working out) for the sake of health and fitness, or even a smaller waistband. I work out because I feel guilty when I don't, and I'd rather use my guilt for things like sleeping in and procrastinating homework.
Unfortunately, I've now lost one of my excuses for not exercising. I justified not going to the gym by saying that since I only did cardio at the gym, I should just count walking to and from school as a work out. I suppose I could just use the weight machines, but they intimidate me. Did anyone else grow up watching The Brave Little Toaster? You know how all the inanimate objects in the movie have somewhat creepy, anthropomorphized features? The gym machines have that same feeling. The weight machines tend to look too face like, and the black weights heaving up and down look like giant mouths trying to swollow you whole. Every time you push up, the gaping maw opens. I don't like the stress of feeling that the gym is trying to eat me.
Anyways, after rationalizing my way out of the gym, I had to think of a way to get out of walking to school. I used to say that I took the bus because it's so much faster, and health wise I would benefit more from sleeping in for a few more precious minutes. But once I figured that since I usually go out 10 minutes before the bus arrives (the bus usually shows up sometime within 10 minutes, plus or minus, of when its supposed to. I've learned the hard way to play it safe) after the actual 15 minutes on the bus and 10 minutes waiting, I'm only saving 5 to 10 minutes from how long it would take to walk. I now say that its just too cold to walk, but that excuse will stop working when spring rolls around. I'm confident I'll have found a new excuse by then.
Everyone tells me those on demand exercise things are great. Unfortunately, I don't get them! I hope it works out for you!
ReplyDeleteDude, you watched the brave little toaster too?! I loved that movie, then i saw it again somewhere around my senior year of high school and I couldn't believe my mom let us watch it. It's kind of intense and scary :)
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the reasons the last commenter listed. I going to have to remember to use some of those myself.
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