…She Wears High Heels, I Wear Sneakers…

So  I recently tried to synch my iPod Shuffle from my old computer onto my new laptop. After quite a while,  I realized that it was going to take an act of Congress to be able to be able to keep the songs I already had on there – I had to do something called “synch and delete”.  No matter, my husband assured me that I can reload all those songs onto the laptop and get them back on my iPod. The only thing I use the Shuffle for is to listen to music while working out, but on the rare mornings when it hasn’t been charged, my time at the gym has draaagggged by. So for the time being I decided to load it up with the songs I had already downloaded onto the laptop. The thing is, the only thing I had on there were songs to make mix CDs for my tween-ie daughters. But it was the week after Thanksgiving and I needed to get to the gym and any music was better than none (or the never quite right and too soft music they play at the gym).

So now, instead of “Anarchy in the UK”, I have “Party In The USA”. Instead of the Beastie Boys, I have Beyonce. Instead of listening to Morrissey wailing about how miserable he is now, I’m listening to Lady Gaga  stuttering about her p-p-p-p-poker face. And you know what? I am having some great workouts! I didn’t realize how tiresome my usual music had become. While I wouldn’t have necessarily chosen what my daughters listen to, the new stuff has really has reenergized my routine. And when I do put my “mom” music back on my iPod it will be a different mix than the one I had before.

Lesson learned – changing up your gym routine keeps things challenging and prevents boredom. Changing up the music you listen to while you work out can help do the same thing.