SUCCESSION POWER RANKINGS - SEASONS 2 & 3
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SUCCESSION POWER RANKINGS - SEASONS 2 & 3
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One of the biggest changes COVID wrought for me was losing access to my gym. It was closed for about six months and even after it reopened, I made the difficult decision to cancel my membership. This was not a small thing for me as I had been a regular (3-4 times per week) gym-goer for about 20 years. While my gym was closed, I started doing at-home classes through LES MILLS, whose branded classes were ones I had done at various gyms and was familiar with. I soon realized (with the benefit of working from home for more than a year) that working out at home was both more convenient (working out when I wanted to) and cheaper (a LES MILLS subscription is $13 a month, my gym was $70) that what I had been doing. Yes, I did miss the camaraderie of group fitness and the competitiveness of working out with people younger than me, HOWEVER, I was not prepared to risk my health for whatever benefit those things offered.
So how did I do it? For about $100 I bought an array of hand weights and I cleared out a roughly 15x15 area in my basement to work out. In other words, if I could figure out how to jerry rig a part of my house to work out and for not much money, so can you. I also came to realize that the convenience of working out at home resulted in my working out more. I now work out six days on, one day off (most of the time) and just finished thirteen days in a row while I was off from work for the holidays. Here is what I did:
Dec. 22 - Grit Athletic 37
Dec. 23 - Grit Strength 34
Dec. 24 - Grit Athletic 28
Dec. 25 - Body Combat 80
Dec. 26 - Grit Strength 36
Dec. 27 - Body Combat 88
Dec. 28 - Grit Strength 38
Dec. 29 - Body Attack 116 (30 min.)
Dec. 30 - Grit Strength 28
Dec. 31 - Body Attack 114 (30 min.)
Jan. 1 - Grit Cardio 36
Jan. 2 - Grit Strength 39
Jan. 3 - Body Combat 80
One of the things I like about LES MILLS is the variety of classes. The "grit" programs are high intensity interval training (HIIT) classes in three varieties - cardio, strength (weight training), and athletic (which usually has a combo of cardio and strength), body combat is basically kick boxing, and body attack, is HIIT-adjacent and mostly cardio focused. In other words, you can mix things up and always feel like you are getting a good workout. I am sure there are other companies offering similar types of workouts, but LES MILLS is the one I use.
Best of luck to all trying to reach their fitness goals!