If you've been watching the Olympic Winter Games over the last two weeks as I have, you have to be inspired, motivated (well, hopefully for a little while) and in awe of these athletic heroes who have sacrificed so much, dealt with adversity and setbacks and are so fit! You watch them careen down the mountains, skate with grace and race with abandon down the sledding track. Come on - who in their right mind says, "I want to be a skeleton racer"? Really?
Add to that the ever present TV infomercials on the latest device that will give your the "Perfect Workout" in 10 minutes or less, star-quality abs in a week or the ultimate energy boost to keep you going all day long - and you might say, "I think the couch is the perfect place for me".
I was at the gym earlier this week - not happy that my post knee-surgery recovery is taking WAY too long - so I have to modify my workouts, but making my time on the elliptical as productive as possible (no "junk miles" in the gym if I can avoid it); and I see a woman who has to be in her 80's climb up on the machine next to me and proceed to get a decent pace going. She doesn't seem to be exerting herself much and she stops after about 10 minutes or so but I think, hey, she's here and she's doing it. That's more than you can say for most of us, and what she is doing is the "Perfect Workout" for her.
And that's all you can ask of any of us. Do what works for you, when you can; but do something. Whatever is is, whenever it happens - at that time, on that day, that will be the "perfect workout" for you.
She finishes her workout, and I come to the conclusion I have shared above; but then my competitive nature kicks in and I crank the resistance up a few notches. My (im)perfect workout is over.
