When you want to get fit,
certain things may pop into your head.
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How do I do this
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How much will it
cost
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How do I become
motivated
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How do I stay motivated
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Do I need to hire
a personal trainer
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Do I have to
workout in the morning or afternoon
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What workout will
make me lose weight fast
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How consistent do
I have to be
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Can I still eat
chocolate
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What if I cant
afford a membership or a personal trainer
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Should I just
stop now and pray for a miracle or..
It’s quite over-whelming.
With so many gym’s offering no contracts and cheap ass access 24 hours a day (because we all thought it was a good idea to workout at 3:00am…), personal
trainers offering you the world plus a cute bum just in time for summer, and now
every Insta-famous-Fitness-Girl is selling their Ebook for just $29.95.
Can we just all stop and take
a moment to realise that before gym ‘selfies’ were cool and you only needed to
have a TAFE certificate in Fitness to claim you can make someone fit overnight,
there was such a thing as just doing simple exercises.
That’s right. No need to
sloth away at the gym three times a day to see results. No need to restrict
yourself from the best foods in the world (looking at you peanut butter). No
need to feel guilty and upset that you slept in and missed your early morning
workout.
But, before I start contradicting
myself here, I do need to say this. Some people live and breathe fitness and
health, and they’re so determined to make someone realise that it does not
matter what the dam scales say, all that matters is that you are genuinely
happy- well those people, I would throw a dime or two for their programmes.
These particular gods (smart
people) deserve your time, because they really do want the best possible
outcome for you. I feel as though when you’re lacking motivation, you need a
pick-me-up, or you just need a new, fresh routine, and in which case you should
of course holla’ at them.
One lady in particular, Chloe
Ashman, who runs The Healthy Body Project, has helped me over-come my on and
off fitness anxiety. Formally a close friend, then my trainer, and still
friend, she is defiantly someone I would recommend to anybody who is looking to
invest into something worthy.
But back to where I started
from, you really don’t need an over-load of information that sounds pretty
great, but in retrospect, is just unrealistic. You don’t need to spend half
your paycheck just to get results.
So I guess you’re thinking to
yourself, well come on Vanessa, tell me what I can actually do to get results, without paying anything!
And this is where the
Internet comes in. YouTube to be exact.
Being a human and all, I
crave routine and structure. I get bored very easy, and tend to lose my focus. This means that I need something
with variety, something that wont break the bank, and something that I can do
at home, in my very own bedroom.
And so when I cam across XHITDaily, you can imagine how excited I was. They have over 800 FREE workout videos, with each video focusing
on something different. The majority of the videos are anywhere between 10-30
minutes long- perfect for when you need to sweat fast, in a short amount of
time.
They have a funny British
instructor, who goes through every exercise with you, all timed on a clock.
There are usually 10 different exercises that make up the workout, for which go
for about 60 seconds each.
The way I see it, I come home
after work, I get into my zone, light my candle, grab some water and pop my
towel down. Then, I flip my laptop up and pick a workout that seems appealing
to me at the time. I try to stick to two body groups such as leg’s and bum or
abs and arms.
For me personally, I would so
much rather workout in the comfort of my own home, with my own music and no
distractions. Thankfully my room is big enough for me to jump around like a
crazy lady. If you don’t have a lot of space in your room, try the lounge room
or backyard.
So, with literally hundreds
of different workout videos, which are so easy to follow (even my ten year old
sister can do them) and again let’s really emphasize on the words free and fast, what’s not to love!
As well as lusting over the XHIT
Daily videos, I also enjoy doing Barre Body once or twice a week. And if you
didn’t already know by now, I do love a good ol’ free workout.
The Baree Body Online Studio
has free express workout videos which again are converted into different body
groups, and how much time you have to workout.
Again, perks of doing these
workouts in your room means no judgment from fellow yoga loving peeps. Ahem, I
am yet to master the ‘downward dog’.
The good thing about the
Internet is that there is literally thousands of different avenues you can do
down when it comes to your health and wellbeing. You can Google ‘free
workouts’, ‘free nutrition plans’, ‘free chocolate’, you know, you can
literally Google anything.
But in all honesty, I have
never been more focused than ever, nor have I stuck to anything as long as I
have with this routine I have going at the moment. And, I’ve actually lost two
kilos since starting this.
Below I have created a
timetable for which you can tweak to suite your needs, if you wanted to give
this online workout thing a go. And with Christmas just around the corner, it’s
best to have a routine on hand so you don’t fall off the ban wagon.
You can obviously alter this to what ever exercise you prefer, say pilates, Bikram yoga or watching the Kardashains. (Lifting that remote is strenuous work guys).
