You Know, Like the Cricket
Keeping motivated has always been one of the hardest things about working out for me. I’ll start out all gung ho, but about two weeks later I can’t seem to bring myself to get up off the couch anymore much less climb on a stairmaster. My husband and his friend have been using a new site called Gyminee to keep track of their progress. I opened up my own account at Andrew’s recommendation when I started working out again. I didn’t think it would really do much for me. I thought it was aimed more at serious weight lifters. Me, I’m not into the weight lifting thing so much. I prefer the more social type of things, like step aerobics classes, or my new favorite, Group Groove! On my more anti-social days, I stick to my beloved stairmaster machine.
However, once I got a chance to look at Gymninee a little bit, I realized there was actually a lot that could help me. It keeps track of and charts my weight and body fat (which has been steadily going down, thankyouverymuch). It also keeps track of my workout progress by allowing me to enter in the times, distances, METs, etc. of any cardio workouts I do. Basically, it’s the charts that I like. I suppose I could create my own charts, but it’s just so much easier this way. I just enter in the numbers, and POOF! Instant chart! By the time I get done exercising each day, I’m too tired to make my own charts anyway.
And, probably the best part, the site is free! It’s actually still in beta testing mode, so I’m not sure if it will cost anything once it’s done. But for now, it costs absolutely nothing for your own account. I guess what I’m trying to say is, if you need something to help organize your exercising, you should check out Gyminee. Now if only they would add a feature where you could upload pictures of yourself to keep track of your progress that way. Maybe I’ll send in an email about that feature.
