Many people are surprised that I was able to lose the weight with home workouts. It’s how I honestly started. I was too shy to join a gym aside from the fact that I couldn’t afford a gym membership. But I was determined. Determined to lose the weight that I had gained over many years from overeating, pregnancies and much more.
It can be daunting to start because you feel shy and what I felt at the time was nothing was going to happen. Yet, everyday I got up, followed the videos I had chosen and after a couple of weeks I already felt improvement. There was no visible weight loss just yet and that wouldn’t be for about another 3 months. I felt lighter somehow and as the videos got easier and easier to do.
In my quest to lose weight I set a schedule of 6 days a week an hour to 1 1/2 hours each day. It was rigorous because I chose videos that would work my thighs, core, abs, booty and arms.
Pros:
Almost no cost
No need to dress up
Can be more comfortable and relaxed
Cons:
No one to check your form
Distractions at home
Easily able to skip a workout
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My initial workouts were more focused on pilates. After about 6 months I started attending a local workout session focused on pilates. The instructor, Jun Herrera helped me better my stances and made sure that I was pushing myself more.
With home workouts you sometimes fall into the routine of it and unless you have a full length mirror you’re not really checking yourself the whole time fore proper form.
I also started learning about different equipment, using pilates balls.
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Certainly my confidence grew, and I attended fitness events. I tried out Pound fitness , a killer workout!
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I also had my first gym experience attending a session at Plana Forma.
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Yoga at Yoga Hive during an honestbee event I attended.
I finally discovered Anytime Fitness and did a 3 day trial. After which I started wanting to seriously committing to a gym membership. It wasn’t until 1 year later from when I started working out that I was able to join Anytime Fitness.
Pros:
Coaches to guide you
Variety in workouts
Working out with other people
More motivated to go because of membership fees
Cons:
Membership cost
Transportation/ Fare costs
Gym clothes to consider
Although Anytime Fitness is known for being a 24 hour gym I only attend the classes they offer. I attended some dance classes like the one here.
Today, I’m focused on my yoga classes. I’ve grown to love yoga and though I miss pilates, I also find yoga challenging.
With yoga, I’ve learned to do headstands, start doing back bends, and more complicated yoga poses.
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Today, I don’t workout as much. I try to attend 3 to 4x a week as long as my schedule allows. I have a gym membership at Anytime Fitness which I plan on keeping.
For me what worked was home workouts until I was comfortable enough to join a gym. I’m pretty disciplined and was able to motivate myself to workout daily. Now, I’m able to keep the weight off and practice yoga as much as I can to strengthen myself.
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