Readers’ Workouts — February 11

Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.

I completed 500 minutes yesterday, on February 10, which puts me exactly on track to meet my goal of 1400 minutes in February.

My big exercise news for this week is what I will no longer be doing. I’m giving away my Wii Fit Plus. When I got it for my birthday in 2010 it was a big deal. I was six months in to my finally successful weight loss journey. The Wii helped me broaden my notion of what I was capable of doing for fitness.

But I’ve outgrown it. It’s been gathering dust for months. I decided I could find it a better home where it will get more use. This feels like a giant step for me, to give away what was once an important piece of exercise equipment and accept that I’ve moved on.

Have you ever grown out of a form of exercise?

Talk about your fitness activities on your blog (feel free to grab the logo) and link to your post below or join us in the comments! Be sure to visit the other participants to see how we all did.

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Readers’ Workouts — February 11 — 6 Comments

Ali on February 11, 2014 at 6:36 am said:

I tried in the late 90s to be a runner, and to like lifting weights, but I got so bored that working out was a chore and I stopped. I’m still not a natural runner. Karate keeps me interested, and the techniques are always changing.

Managed to score some points on the sparring instructor last night, which made me happy. Fitbit says my sleep is so much better when I work out!

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Satia on February 11, 2014 at 9:46 am said:

I don’t know that I’ve outgrown a form of exercise. I know I need to do more strength training but I find it boring. That’s why I enjoy this boot camp. I am not finding it boring at all so it’s giving me new ideas of what I can do to make something I find dull something other than that. We have a Wii and I don’t use it very much. I did for a while but it wasn’t challenging enough. I also know that, because I don’t have any stairs in our home (only 3 steps down from the deck lead me to the back yard), I do need to use my step because, when I go to visit my mother, I’m always surprised by how hard those steps seem after little to no practice.

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Dee @ EditorialEyes on February 11, 2014 at 12:31 pm said:

For me, there has to be some component of fun and some component of growth to keep me interested in exercise. So I like my barre class because it feels like ballet, and both my barre and regular toning/aerobics classes aren’t the same repetitive thing over and over throughout the hour (or week to week). This piques my interest and makes me want to keep going.

My four workouts a week keep chugging along, and I’ve started joining in twitter challenges for, say, 50 squats throughout the day, or getting up from my desk for a five minute walk every hour.

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Gigi Ann on February 11, 2014 at 1:05 pm said:

Over the years I have tried video workout tapes, but I tire very easily of them. My favorite exercise is walking. I was going to try walking this week but the weather is so bitter cold, right now it is -4F that I’m finding it difficult to get my mojo moving.

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Janelle @ Run With No Regrets on February 11, 2014 at 3:50 pm said:

I think just going to a regular gym has bored me, going around and around on the machines trying to figure stuff out. I really enjoy doing fitness classes full of variety, and I really love the Nike Training Club app.

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