Everyone should have a "gym show"
I hate working out, but that's not particularly revelatory, is it? Everybody hates it. But lately I've been trying to make a real effort to do it and, most importantly, stick with it.
As someone who really struggles with starting things and not finishing them, I've attempted to start working out on and off for years. However, my husband gave me some great advice that I wanted to share:
He told me to find myself a "gym show."
A gym show is a show that's bingeable, holds your attention, and can only be watched at the gym. So, if you ever get a desire to binge your gym show, you have to go to the gym to do it. You're not allowed to watch your gym show anywhere but the gym.
For me, this helps give me an incentive to go. Because although "being healthy" should be a good enough motivator, it's honestly not. I'm way more persuaded by Netflix slop, apparently. And on days when I don't feel like exercising, I think to myself, "Hmm, but I really want to see what happens next on Reality TV Bullshit No. 452. Ugh, fine, I guess I'll go."
My current gym show is a Korean reality show called Better Late Than Single. It's about a group of twenty-somethings who have never dated, and a few of them clearly have autism. They're all given makeovers, a brief meeting with a dating coach, and are whisked away to some Airbnb house that they're locked inside of for the week. It's honestly horrific but also weirdly cute? I cringe the entire time I'm watching it. Then, the next thing you know, I check the time and see a whole hour has gone by. And my thighs feel all sore and firm.
Mission accomplished.