I'm Afraid of My Workout

Aarti's having nightmares about bootcamp. Here's how she's staying motivated and keeping up with the challenge.

I've been having nightmares about Barry's Bootcamp. I can literally here people screaming at me to "take up up a notch," and I'm waking up in a cold sweat. Luckily, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. If I had to choose the form of exercise I dislike the most, it would definitely be cardio. This week—my second at bootcamp—I actually started to push myself. I hit 6.0 on the treadmill. I didn't try to slow down and walk the last 60 seconds, I actually pushed myself to run through the entire sprinting time. So yes, it does get better if you stick with it. I have actually signed up for this entire week. I'm going to try and make it to four classes instead of three.

When I was feeling unmotivated last week, my endearing friend Val—who has also become my self-appointed life coach—gave me some very good advice. Have realistic, sustainable goals, try to hit the gym more often, and get a workout buddy. I've appointed my friend Shaun to be said buddy. He has some time off before his new job starts, but I still needed to lure him there with visions of single women, presumably supermodels, to gawk at. What he doesn't realize is that there won't be any time for gawking, and the last thing sweaty women in a gym want to do is meet some equally sweaty guy.

So here's to week two. I hope everyone is staying motivated, eating healthy, and breaking out in a sweat. The good kind.


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