Sticking With What I Know... Opening a Can of Whoop-Ass

As I mentioned earlier, I used to kickbox pre-babies. I loved it, and I had a knack for it, if I do say so myself.

Now that I am trying to get back into shape, I bought a bunch of cardio DVDs. Having a 6-week-old baby (and two pre-schoolers) doesn't exactly give me oodles of free time, so I figured DVDs which I could follow at home whenever I managed to get 30 precious minutes would be perfect!

However, after the first couple of days I started to get really irritated. I expected cardio, but somehow every workout evolved into a complicated dance routine!

I want to get my heart rate up, not practice my frigging "jazz hands"! I want easy steps that I can follow. Why are these skinny bitches trying to make me mambo?

I can't dance. After an hour of almost certainly looking like a moron, I was struck with a brilliant idea. I should stick with my roots: hitting things!

So the next night I decided to go with a kickboxing-based cardio workout. I tried the Jillian Michaels Cardio Kickbox DVD.

Finally! This was the first workout this week where I felt like I knew what the hell was going on! I'm sure I still looked silly, but at least I was familiar with all of the moves and able to easily keep up. My entire body was aching the next day, but in such a good way. It felt like old times, when I used to push my body on a daily basis... and I didn't even realize how much I missed that ache.

Lesson: Working out is more likely to become a daily event if I stick with what I know and love.