This place has been the epitome of a Bruno Mars track lately. “Whatcha doin’? Where you at? Oh, you got plans?”
Not plans, per se, Bruno, so much as a job that pulls in a wide variety of directions.
Apologies, for starting a Fit Team blog, hitting the ground running and then fizzling out like a toddler after a sugar crash. The time away has been filled with the best of intentions and the worst of follow through. …Which seems like it should be very relatable to many (many!) people - in relation to their exercise journey.
You know people like this, right? You mention how much you enjoy a certain fitness class and they remark that they’ve never tried it and you offer, “You should come with me next time,” and next time they have an excuse why they can’t.
Or you mention to someone how much better you feel after (insert your go-to exercise here; a run, some yoga, a strength training session,) and they say they might have that kind of time someday, but currently their life is too busy for that. As though you didn’t get up at the butt-crack of dawn in order to get this in even though you also might have enjoyed an extra 40 minutes of sleep instead.
Many people have excuses as to why they can’t/aren’t exercising regularly. And let’s be clear, unless their doctor has expressly forbidden them from doing any exercise for medical reasons, the ‘why’ that they are offering is an excuse. Full stop. No further questions, Your Honor.
So, I won’t sit here and give you an excuse as to why the blog has been as vacant as a mall parking lot, I will instead say, oops - my bad and I absolutely intend to do better. Luckily for me, better could still be once-a-week-barely-there-effort and it would still classify as better. I endeavor to take solid baby steps out of the vacant parking lot.
I wonder if everyone who offers excuses can say they are trying to do the same…?