tae-bo

When I was in high school the Tae-Bo craze began. I remember watching the infomercial one Saturday morning and deciding that Tae-Bo would be the best thing ever and convinced my mom to get it. The four VHS tapes got played a lot in the old VCR and I loved it. I had the regular 28 minute workout nearly memorized. My sisters used to watch me as I worked out with Billy Blanks. It was great.

As I work on exercising again I really would love to use my old Tae-Bo but alas, we do not have a VCR. So what did I do? Found a great deal on a Tae-Bo DVD! It was only $9 and it has 8 10-minute workouts. I was so excited to try this DVD. And it has taught me two things:

Tae-Bo is hard. And I am out of shape.

I know it's been a little while since I have worked out on a regular basis, but seriously, these workouts are hard. I know they are only 10 minutes, but he really packs it in. I have done five of the eight workouts so far and there is at least one thing done in each workout where I stare at the screen for a brief moment in disbelief. They expect me to do that? They want me to punch even faster? I can't kick any harder than that. Nothing has made me feel more out of shape.

But here's the good thing. Every workout I complete makes me believe that next time I can punch a little faster or kick a little harder. It makes me believe that next time maybe I will be able to do sit ups and spin in a circle at the same time. (Yes, that is a real thing)

And because the workouts are only 10 minutes, Vera is able to sit and watch and play while I workout. So great.