It's Good For You

If you haven't learned this about me yet, I have a deep LOVE for fitness.
It makes me so happy and I feel so good when I am at the gym pushing through something that at one time in my life seemed near impossible.  Whether it be lifting weights, cycling, or running...they all make me feel great!
For those of you that are skeptical of lifting, just take a few minutes and watch this video.  Now, more than ever, I understand why I love and might have a slight addiction to lifting.

To share with you a little more about fitness and the importance of fitness in others lives, I have asked some friends to share with me their fitness stories.  Keep an eye out as I share their stories here.  Maybe it will give you some ideas, maybe it'll be someone you want to connect with.  Whatever it does, I hope that it makes you happy and keeps you healthy and strong.  

Sitting, Waiting, & Wishing

One of the down sides of being a teacher is all the germs that spread around.  

I've caught one of those nasty bugs and while I thought I would get over it quickly, but it didn't work out that way this time.  

Yesterday I felt awful all day.  I didn't want to get a sub because I knew that my principal was coming in to do my final observation.  Lucky for me she did come in, and it was early in the day too. 

Today I ended up taking a sick day and have locked myself in to rest and get feeling better.  However,  it's days like this that I wish I could go out and get my body moving.  

I have been dreaming all day of going to the gym and getting on a bike.

Yep, my new love is cycling...I just LOVE it!

A year ago I tried out a spin/cycling class.  With the extra icy sidewalks I didn't have a great time running, so I kept going to these classes.  Week after week I kept getting more into it.  It's been a year now and I still go as regularly as I can, or jam out to my own mix and get a good work out in. 

With the way I have fallen in love with this, I have been thinking about becoming an instructor myself...crazy?!  I've been going through pros and cons, and the pros are outweighing the cons by a long shot.  I'm looking into when the next classes happen and then I'll go from there.  

Here's to wishing that this dream will come true in the near future.