I am not a natural athlete and I have no rhythm. Somehow, when I was a kid I ended up taking jazz for 6 or 7 years. I am sure I was horrible. I never learned the dancers and would just watch the other girls in the class, even in a recital. I die at the memory. I played softball for several years as well, and I was okay, but I wouldn’t practice so I never got better. This was hard as I lived in a town that has an amazing community baseball and softball program. It seemed like most girls my age always played on a travelling softball team, and I was not. Don’t worry though; I played basketball in junior high. I was on the “B” team, and I don’t think I scored once. I went to basketball camp, but outside of that, I never once practiced. Our freshman team was an “everyone can play” kind of team, but my coach pulled me aside and told me I would never play. I decided I was going to stay on the team, and I did play, but not very often and I only scored once- a three pointer! I was very diligent at sucking when I was growing up. Somewhere along the way I missed the lesson of start practicing so you aren’t bad anymore. I just started quitting when the going got tough. I started working out about 300 times in college, but never for more than a day or two because it wasn’t easy.
After committing to a healthier lifestyle, I have gone back to my old ways of trying things and doing them especially when I am not good at them. And yes, I have learned that practice does make perfect. Here is what I have tried and liked:
· Lifting weights- This is my favorite way to cross train. I love getting stronger every week and toning my muscles. I feel like when I start to slack in weight training, I start to get more injury prone.
· Running- I love running. I will spend a whole post on why.
· Yoga – This is what inspired this post. I bought a groupon for yoga a month ago and have been dragging my feet with the standard excuses- I don’t know what I’m doing, everyone will laugh at me, what if I fart in class. My girlfriend and I went and LOVED it. It was a slow flow class. I left feeling stretched and sweaty- great combo. I didn’t know what I was doing and it was ok. I will definitely go back so that I learn what I am doing! No one laughed at me and I didn’t fart.
· Biking- I have always loved bike riding, but haven’t done it since I was pregnant. I miss it and will be making some attempts to get back in the saddle.
· Racing of all kinds- competition, sign me up. It’s a great way to check up on your stats. I’m doing a “mud race” this weekend with people from work. I am very excited.
Here is what I have tried and didn’t like:
· Elliptical- seriously, I HATE the elliptical. I am ok with never being good at ellipticalling.
The moral of the story is to try, try, try, try again, months later after buying fancy running shoes and a garmin you will be good. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s ok if you fart doing yoga.
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