There’s nothing worse than going so far astray of your exercise routine that it’s hard to get back on. But that’s exactly what happened to me this spring.  A series of circumstances conspired against me — an injured knee, getting the shingles and my gym closing — and put me in a workout tailspin as I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago. And I went from maintaining my weight to weight gain, much to my consternation.

The good news is that I’ve finally gotten back on track and today I went to my new gym for my first workout.  And it was totally refreshing. The gym is large, bright and has some great equipment.  The weight machines are so much better than at our old gym, where half of them seemed ancient.  With lots of open space and multiple machines for just about every part of the body, there’s simply no reason why I shouldn’t be able to happily work on my definition and increase my strength. Not to mention that lifting weights helps to kick that fat burning into gear and supports healthy weight loss.

I also love that they have row after row of cardio machines (not that I’m such a huge fan of mindlessly using the machines.  I much prefer classes but they don’t offer them). Only downside is that as I was moving to a different treadmill today, I managed to step on the one next to me that my husband was on and didn’t see that it was moving! If you could have seen the spill I took and the scene I made as I, quite clumsily, fell to the ground, tumbled over and hit my arm.  The fact that I didn’t break anything is nothing short of amazing.  And thanks to the helpful gym staff I quickly got an ice pack on it minimizing the swelling.

Despite my little mishap, I have to say it was a great start at a new gym that’s got my very excited to maintain my motivation and stay in shape.

What have you done lately to get back on track with exercise when you were in a slump?

Filed under: Exercise, General, Motivation, Weight loss, weight gain