03/25/2011 07:04
I found a cure to exercise boredom!
For anyone who hasn't tried it, get a Groupon account (if you have an iPhone or Android, download the app)! I'm totally addicted to it and the best part is that there is some sort of deal for exercise classes practically every day! I have a regular gym membership, plus a membership to Krav Maga, but I also have exercise ADD. I have a ton of videos at home, plus an elliptical (which I'm selling, btw, if anyone is interested!), but since my brother moved in, space is extremely limited in the house and I can't use any of them. :( Beyond that, I like taking group classes and personal training for the accountability as well as the social aspect of it. Problem is, there are so many cool things out there to try, but I can't justify paying for memberships to Jazzercise and yoga studios for things that I may not get to regularly between work, Krav and my trainer, but I'd like to dip my hands in it and give other things a whirl. The great thing about Groupons is that you save anywhere from 50%-75% off and there's no commitment, so I get to buy classes for super cheap, the Groupon is good for a year usually, and then I can move on to something else. So far, I've bought a month of unlimited Jazzercise for $25, 6 Nia classes for $30 (Nia, which I'd never heard of until the Groupon, is a combo of yoga, martial arts, and jazz dance...sounded intriguing! LOL and classes are normally $12 each, so it was a cool deal), I got a $130 Seaweed Body Wrap for $48, and a 3 hour bowling outing for 4 people including shoe rental and pizza (that'll be a cheat night!) for $32. All in all, it's pretty sweet and there's a new deal every day, so I'm stocking up on the sweet fitness deals as they pop up. :) I'm totally loving the concept of getting to try more than one class thing because I tend to be one of those people that gets pumped after one class, sign a commitment, then I get busy or bored and give up after a couple of weeks. Plus, I get to try a variety of things, keep my body guessing so that it works harder for me, and it's all affordable stuff. Can't argue with that!
I should get Groupon to let me do their commercials! LOL 
But seriously, it's a free app and you only pay for the Groupons you buy, so you can't go wrong. If you're looking for a way to get to enjoy all of the expensive classes that it seems like on the rich and fabulous usually get to do, it's the way to go. I'm a bargainista, so I LOVE the deals! :-) I think I may add Detroit onto my preferred cities as well as Columbus, then I can find something to do when I'm in Detroit visiting hubby and he's at work. 
But seriously, it's a free app and you only pay for the Groupons you buy, so you can't go wrong. If you're looking for a way to get to enjoy all of the expensive classes that it seems like on the rich and fabulous usually get to do, it's the way to go. I'm a bargainista, so I LOVE the deals! :-) I think I may add Detroit onto my preferred cities as well as Columbus, then I can find something to do when I'm in Detroit visiting hubby and he's at work. Okay, that's my plug for the day. In other news, diet was so-so. I over slept and didn't get to walk before work, but I got to walk plenty DURING work and according to my body bugg, I only fell short of meeting my target 2950 calorie burn by 100 calories, so not too bad! :-)
I'm off to bed now. Work sucked and I still have 2 more days of this to deal with.
Night-Night, all!
-Bethany