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What I learned after 31 workouts in 31 days
It was a year and it felt like everything in my life was constantly in a tailspin. I needed to control something.
I had been working in theater, an institution as old as time and yet everything had shut down.
I was surviving, building out beyond my comfort zone, learning how to use my skillset in new ways. I had three kids in virtual school, a husband working from home at our dining room table and we added a pandemic puppy to the mix in October.
Functionally, I was surviving but I felt out of control and incredibly lonely. Plus, I just felt gross. I had done what many had over the course of this hard emotional year, I had eaten too many things I should not have and drank too much in general.
After a Thanksgiving COVID exposure scare, I was stuck in lockdown once again and thought, here’s what I can control: I can take one hour from every day in December and workout. The goal: feel stronger and to keep a promise to myself that things can and will get better. And on a more scientific nerd angle, I wondered what would happen to my body after these 31 days.
Here’s what I learned:
Find a program you love and can stick to- I had first joined Mark Fisher Fitness (MFF) in person back in 2019. It’s like the Island of Misfit Toys only for people who may…