A time long ago, in a time before the Internet, people read books. Tangible paper pages bound together reigned as the primary and most highly respected medium for the transfer of information. People read about health and exercise rather than watching You Tube clips. Odd as it may sound, countless numbers of people learned workout routines from text, not videos. This took place long before Jack Lalanne broke ground with televised exercise segments. I’m sort of enjoying making fun of myself here.
Today I had a phenomenal workout. The regimen I used came from Tony Horton's book, Bring It! I copied his Warrior Cardio and Resistance Phase One program on a whiteboard in my exercise room. Previously I had studied the pictures of the moves in the book and even practiced many of them. Still, the idea of working out while referring to a book between sets seemed silly and tedious to me.
I finally gave it a shot and am I glad I did! It's a super workout. Sure, it takes discipline to keep moving and to stay motivated, but I found a great burn by the end. I immediately decided to write a blog about working out from a book. I laughed at myself for acting like the concept was a novelty, as if we have always had personal trainers on a screen coaching us.
Read and exercise.
Tom
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