Run Faster. Run Farther. Breathe Deeper. (Animal Instinct Trilogy, Part 2)
[This is Part 2 of Animal Instincts Trilogy. Also read Part 1 and Part 3 .] I stepped out of my comfort zone one day and walked into a GRIT Cardio class at the gym. Well, I wasn’t out of my comfort zone as much as I was out of my lazy zone, but that's another blog. Either way, the cardio class was still pushing the envelope for me. GRIT Cardio is a high intensity, teacher-based, half hour span of utter desperation. After every 1- to 2-minute set of jumps, squats, planks, donkey kicks, and other humanly impossible actions, I wished I could claim my incessant panting as sufficient aerobic exercise for the day. I realize there are certain humans who can manage this insanity while hardly breaking a sweat, but I'm not one of them. These other humans somehow reached a point where executing the unnatural movements of GRIT Cardio was not as heavy a burden for them as it was for me. It still takes effort, they still get a workout, but the...