Eventually this question is asked of me from just about everyone I meet. When people find out that my career is that I help people lose weight by figuring out how exercise fits into their lives…”yeah, I need to get back in the gym” is the usual response. Andrea and I had a some friends over for dinner Saturday night and we covered just about every topic including the one’s “your not supposed to discuss”.
Religion.
Politics.
Kids.
Work.
Then out of the blue it came out…”When do YOU workout, Dave”?
I don’t know why but that question bother me in the past. Again, I could speculate as to why it did but your guess is as good as mine.
I answered him openly and honestly while in my mind’s eye – I was thinking…who cares when I workout!
But when I explained that my workouts came in many forms like playing soccer and other backyard games with my boys, speed mowing the lawn, backyard workouts, workouts when my personal training clients cancel, and early morning workouts he was left only with more questions like, “yeah but when”?
He was even more astonished to know that I have not done a structured workout that has taken more than 20 minutes in about 8 months. Actually I do my 10 Minute Whole Body Workouts most of the time. They are time efficient, highly effective and they keep me ultra consistent.
Why am I telling you this?
Because I have now realized that the question of when I workout, as a fitness expert, is important. If I can’t give people an answer that illustrates everything I coach people on every day than I have no credibility.
It dawned on my thick skull that people need to hear how I fit my workouts in when I am dealing with a personal training business that has an active wait list, a fitness member site that is exploding, and a new venture of creating exericise programming and opportunity for kids with HFA (High Functioning Autism) and Asberger’s Syndrome. People need to know that exercise can be a part of my day even with the combination of my career and my family and my relationship with God – my life still happens.
People need to know that if I can do it…they can. There a lot of excuses not to exercise but you only need one.
It can be done.
Fit it in. Live life. Win.
Dave
Home Workout Expert
www.homeofficeworkouts.com
