Many of us struggle this time of year to workout and may have many reasons. One I hear often is being stiff or in pain. It's also one I used to use I have had 4 knee surgeries in my life, starting at 18 years old. I was an athlete and ballet dancer for the majority of my life. This last couple of weeks it's been extremely cold and my knees have been killing me, once my knees start to hurt it spreads throughout my lower body and lower back making it difficult to walk.
I've struggled to get 3 workouts a week in when my norm is 4-5. As I started to feel myself slipping in to the abyss of self loathing I remembered the reason I started Beachbody last April to begin with. It was to build strength so I could stop being in pain and missing out on activities that I loved. So this morning with my house at 60 degrees and me limping around I got on the treadmill and walked. I have to tell you at first it hurt and I considered stopping but pushed on and ended up feeling great and starting my day off great.
So I challenge you, I encourage you all with old injuries acting up, joints that are swelling, conditions that worsen in the cold to get out there, don't quit. Maybe you can't do a full workout right now but you can walk you can stretch. Stream a low impact workout on your Beachbody On Demand, try Plyo Fix on 21 Day Fix, try a Yoga workout. It will make you feel so good I promise.
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