It's kind of strange to think about the fact that in my adult life, I am so focused on working out and eating well. I was always active, an athlete, when I was young. When I stopped playing sports, I got a little lost for awhile. It took quite a few years but that drive to have an active lifestyle is still in me. I love working out. It is fun and satisfying to feel strong lifting heavy weights or holding my body in positions that take core strength and balance. I feel like an athlete again, even if I don't quite look like one yet!
Every summer, my family tries to take a vacation. We don't leave the country, and sometimes not even the state, but we try to take our kids somewhere where they can have a different experience than just staying at home all summer. Any time we go on a trip, we seem to fill up our time with activities from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed. It can be pretty exhausting. In past years, I haven't focused much on making sure I got a workout in. We don't always stay in hotels so there isn't a guarantee that there will be weights or equipment for me to use. Depending on where we go, I can't always take my stuff with me either. Over the past year, I have found that my mindset has shifted a little bit. Beachbody has made it so much easier to take my workouts with me. I have so many programs at my fingertips that I don't even need to take equipment with me if I plan to use one of the many that use body weight. The newer programs have even started to include modifications for travelling. How cool is that? The new program that comes out in October (or July if you want to pay a little extra) even has a "bandifier" which is a person using resistance bands instead of dumbbells for easy travel. Which brings me to the whole point of this post--there is no reason that vacation need to derail my dedication to my health and fitness.
So, as I begin planning for our trip, I'm considering which workouts I will do and when I will do them. My family gets up early and are usually balls of energy. I am the pokey morning person that doesn't even want to function until I've had my first cup of coffee! My summer plan has me doing A Little Obsessed, but I'm considering doing something else so that I don't have to pack heavy weights. I could do some Core de Force, or pick and choose based on workouts that use just the loops and sliders since those are easy to pack, or maybe just pack my 10s, 12s, and 15s, and focus on form and activating the muscle where I would have used a 25 or 30. Seriously, I'm not even worried about what clothes I'm going to wear yet. It's all about the workouts! I'm hoping to post on my Instagram (@gkup25) throughout the trip to hold myself accountable. I'm more dedicated to this life than I ever have been before. That should help!
Happy Summer!
