Finding Fitness

I'm far from the athletic type.

Exercising and I just don't gel, we just don't. I don't look forward to the opportunity to run across a field, sweating quite frankly disgusts me, and every time I run I get a head ache. I don't know if its the Malaysian heat, the fact that I'm not good at sports to begin with, or that I once was forced to jog every Sunday morning, it seems I'll always have an excuse, and when it comes to excuses, I can come up with rather good ones.

I hate working out!

At the same time, my parents keep urging me to go get physical, badan cergas minda cerdas after all. But I'm stubborn, and lazy, and a whole other list of things. But hey, it turns out, exercise is kind of super important. Let me tell you why.

Ibu told me that womens bone density stops developing around after 25, and from there, it goes down down down baby. Thats why women are so prone to osteoporosis and breaking their hip bones! So along with getting plenty of calcium (important sidetone :  everyone giving up dairy, you better get calcium from somewhere or your bones gonna be so weak!) one way to build up bone density is to exercise.

Breaking my bones scares me, so I occasionally try to do something physical. Like most people (I assume) the first thing I did was go jogging. But oh god, I hate jogging. I hate it the most. Sometimes after I jog, people will be really shocked that I'm exercising and ask me why I do it, and I'll lie and say ' It makes me feel so good after, you know'

LIE

It feels like someone took all my muscles out, slammed it repeatedly against a wall for an hour, then put them back it. Horrible I tell you.

I asked my good friend Firzanah for advice. Fie is a workout junkie! She lives for the stuff, and exercising is her true passion. I told her I hate jogging and she told me this

'Then don't do it.'

Fie said its important to know yourself, what kind of exercise works for you. Its important that you get in some cardio, and jogging is not the only way to do that! Even fie admitted that jogging isn't for her, and she only just realised that she shouldn't push her body to do something it clearly does not like doing. Things like cycling, swimming, aerobics and HIIT/PIIT will help you reap the same benefits jogging will give you. The important thing in staying healthy is consistency, and you can only do that when you are motivated to keep exercising. So find the thing that suits you!

My favourite form of exercise now is yoga, and I attend classes at HotYo studio in Hartamas from time to time. Hot yoga is basically doing yoga, but in a sauna, so you sweat more and you get more benefits. Its a great studio, the instructors are attentive and friendly, and thats the one exercise form that I'd gladly do, any day of the week. If you're interested, you can check out their page here or their instagram ; @hotyo.studio . Just a disclaimer, I'm in no way sponsored by them (or any other brand for that matter) but it really is a great studio, especially if its your first time.

Heres to leading healthy lifestyles guys. I still have a long way to go, but step by step riiight?

Love,

Mira