Are You Too Embarrassed to Work Out?

I am. That’s me at right this summer. Why would I be embarrassed to work out? Because I once was fast, and now I’m slow. I went to the Albuquerque Academy to do a short track workout, thinking that there would be no one there since cross country season is over for them, but forgetting that a couple of runners and a group of triathletes always meet there on Tuesdays. I started making jokes about having already done a very fast workout and then telling self effacing tales of why I haven’t been going to the track, all the while trying to decided in my mind whether I would actually do a workout at the same time as them. Spotting Jason Karp, who just got his Ph.D. in exercise physiology, we struck up a conversation about the Men’s Olympic Marathon Trials which he went to see and then I left, running in a different direction from the track.

I was too embarrassed to work out with my friends, so I just went off by myself and did a wonderful run. Do you find yourself too embarrassed to go to the gym? I don’t, because I don’t go. Personally, I would never go to the gym because it seems to me to be just a place to see and be seen. I work out at home because it is convenient, cost effective (I don’t have to drive anywhere), I can’t make an excuse that it is too cold or rainy or snowy, etc. and I get an effective workout. I use P90X, but if you want to join the growing number of people who find in home workouts to be the perfect solution to getting into and staying in shape, then choose from one of the great Workout DVD titles on this page and find a workout that will fit your personality and be the most effective workout for you.

You will actually find that in no time, you’ll be getting results and that you will never be too embarrassed to work out again!