a new kind of workout

Working out in the winter really stinks.  I get so bored of the treadmill and my dvds and it's just hard to get out of bed.  So today, I did something new - I went to a workout class at 5:30am.

I have heard about a small fitness center in our town a while ago but I always thought they didn't have any good classes or not at a good time for me and mostly I thought it was too much money.  Then recently, a friend of a friend on fb :) mentioned how she started going there for workout classes early in the morning and it was great.  I looked it up and was surprised to see that with our health insurance we get a discount and with that it doesn't seem that expensive.  Plus it would make me do it and get back into shape a little during the long winter months.

So this morning I went to the first "fit n tone" class and I had to get up at 4:50am, which was probably the hardest thing to do, especially since it was FREEZING outside.  But since I signed up I had to go and I was glad I did.  It was a bit getting out of my comfort zone because I didn't know anyone there and almost everyone was at their spots when I got there.  The instructor was a 60 some year old lady that is all full of energy and talks loud.  That would have been fine but right away she starts talking to me into her microphone  and bringing attention to me so everyone there would know who I was and I didn't care for that much.  If I'm going to go to a group thing like this I want to be somewhere in the back so nobody notices me, talks to me or anything.  Especially at 5:30 in the morning, you don't talk to me. :)  I can get out of bed and even work out, but talking and being cheerful is a completely different story, as my husband would tell you. :)

But nevertheless, it was a good workout.  Despite them doing a ton of step routines which kind of felt like going back in time, but with how out of shape I am at the moment it was great.  My thighs were burning like crazy because the focus was on the legs today.  And the nice part about the class is that I get home right as I need to get the kids out of bed for school.

So, getting out of your comfort zone can be good.  I'm glad I got my lazy bum out of bed and did something good for me.  Even though I dozed off on the couch during nap time because I'm not used to waking up so early. :)  Now to make a habit of it and go back because that is the only place I can go to a workout class at that time of the day.  I guess I should just get there 5 minutes earlier so I don't have to be in the front and be the person for the instructor to talk about.