So, back to exercise.
Thanks to Lesley, I have found a new blogger whose exercise schedule is inspirational. Take a peek at Glam Girl's blog and her bootcamp experiences. It's pretty awesome (and a bit scary)!
Now, here's an admission; yesterday, I didn't warm to visiting the gym (which is worrying since it's only the second trip..). The inner slug wanted to stay at home and eat.
Even when we got there, the thought of doing all that work...but but but my excuses had no place with Power Plate. Because, quite simply, it does the work for you. Well, not strictly speaking - you have to hold the positions, and breathe and concentrate.
The lodger aka expert friend said that she felt a bit cheated by the Power Plate because there was no sense of effort; I felt no such thing.
And the more I think about it, the more I think the Power Plate really is the VLCD (very low calorie diet) version of gym equipment. Your workout time is cut in half - at least. The results are yet to be seen (on us) but people do rave about them...
Some people are very critical of VLCDs and I did notice that some people struggled with the fact that the VLCD was 'too easy'. It goes back to conditioning and personal experience; if you associate dieting with failure and hard work, a VLCD challenges that. Ditto a Power Plate!
What I really like about the Power Plate is the fact that it's a no brainer...literally. Why did I find abstinence worked for me? Because I didn't have to think about food. It's the same with the Power Plate; I don't have to think about it. The poster is in front of us, we need to refine our technique (training session next week) but I don't have to think about all the different machines as I work out the Body Doctor's sequence.
And I wonder whether this is the same for other people who are struggling to get to the gym? It all seems too much, too overwhelming and requires too much thought?
So, if the insane chatter starts taking over in the gym, that means there must be some crooked thinking going on so I went back to the LighterLife Route to Management book. Does it have the answers? Well, it does pose some questions:
What are your first memories of doing exercise or a physical activity (PE, ballet, riding your bike)?
Where were you?
Who were you with?
What were other people saying about you?
Were you comparing yourself with other people?
How did you feel while you were doing this?
What were the messages in your family about exercise and activity?
What were your experiences in school of sports, activity and exercise?
What exercise or activity did you most enjoy?
What exercise or activity did you least enjoy?
Do you recognise some of your Parent or Child messages coming through here?
So... some thinking to do, perhaps to help with the internal conflict that there might be around exercise...
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