Working out On Demand
I discovered this great new way to work out. Something that, so far, is working for me. Which, if you know me, is a miracle because I HATE working out. Since capoeira totally bombed, and yoga at the gym was a joke, Robin and I had been getting together once a week (when we could) to do a 20-minute yoga video. But even that wasn’t working well because too often one of us had an excuse, and god the lady on the video, I wanted to choke her with her unitard. Things were not going well.
Then at my last hair appointment, my stylist told me about Exercise TV on Comcast’s On Demand network. Do you guys know about this? If you have Comcast and you have On Demand and you hate working out, I highly recommend this. It has hundreds of different workouts from yoga to pilates to aerobics to dancing. Even walking excercises that you do right in your living room! I swear I’m not getting money from Comcast. I actually kind of hate Comcast, but Exercise TV is awesome.
It works so well for me because most of the workouts are pretty short (I can do something for 10 minutes without getting bored, but 20 is pushing it), they’re free, it’s at my house and they’re available any time. I don’t have to drive to the gym, I don’t have to plan my life around a scheduled class, and I don’t have to get bored with the same thing all the time.
I’ve been doing these mini-workouts pretty consistently for a few weeks now, and I’m still going strong. Yesterday, for example, as soon as I got home, I did 10 minutes of yoga, a 10 minute butt and thigh workout, and a quick hand weights routine. I don’t always do that much, sometimes 10 minutes of rhythmic stretch is all I feel like doing. But overall, I can tell this is good for me. I’m not losing any weight, and I’m not getting into miraculous shape, but moving and stretching on a regular basis is definitely an improvement. Especially in the winter when what I normally tend to do is sit on my ass.
Of course, it doesn’t help that I just had two boxes of Girl Scout cookies delivered to my desk. Extra butt and thighs workouts for me!
March 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
This sounds so awesome! I am almost ready to sign up for cable tv just so I can have this.
Do you find that any of this helps your sleeping issues?
March 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Good for you! My philosophy is some movement, any movement, is better than none. Working out, although very good for you, can be SO boring. I’ll have to check out comcast’s on demand offerings, because variety would be a great thing in my work-out life. Thanks for the tip!
March 4th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I’m eating a Do Si Do as I type this!
I think we have the same thing on Direct Tv but I need live people to inspire me. TV is for sitting on the couch.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
That is such a good idea. I also subscribe to the theory that any exercise is better than no exercise.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Ten minute sounds so doable. I am inspired. And I giggled about your unitard comment!
March 9th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Good for you for exercising! Also, I work for a cable company, much like C0mcast, and I must say it’s sooo nice to have that Video 0n Demand option and I’m glad to hear you say you’re taking advantage of the freebies on there. Job security ‘n all.
Also? I don’t know if you were aware but just wanted to let you know I moved to “http://shesailsaway.wordpress.com”
March 10th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I love Exercise TV! Someone at work told me about it so I checked it out. I don’t do it often but its nice to have whenever I feel like I need to get my abs in check.