{"id":2681,"date":"2010-09-06T15:57:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T20:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2014-10-26T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:23:19","slug":"find-an-exercise-that-makes-you-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/find-an-exercise-that-makes-you-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Find an Exercise that Makes you Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2682\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2682\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2682\" title=\"circus girl fitzsmall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/circus-girl-fitzsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Fitz having fun with Fabric\" width=\"218\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fitz having fun with Fabric<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Motivation for fitness comes in many ways. It can come via disgust with ones body, pressure to be trim, necessity to be stronger, or eagerness to win. These motives although, not all good, are real and often the inspiration for folks to start sweating. Why not choose a motivation that is <strong>truly motivating <\/strong>though? You know &#8230; fun! Fun is the way most folks describe things they like to do , right? Right! So I&#8217;d like to you do some soul searching,\u00a0 then some creative searching for local opportunities and then pick some sort of physical activity you think will be fun!<\/p>\n<p>I did. About a month ago, I decided to thumb through the local Continuing Education Guide, which is published by the nearest community college. I stumbled across a variety of fun choices like Irish Step Dancing, African Dance and Fencing, but what really caught my eye was a course called &#8220;Aerial Dance&#8221;.\u00a0 The course description said I&#8217;d get to fly through the air on a trapeze and do twisty turny things on fabric.\u00a0This four week course\u00a0sounded fun so I signed up on a whim, and I can honestly say that I am having\u00a0genuine laugh-out-loud fun. It&#8217;s physically challenging, but it makes me happy. Really happy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So <strong>do as I say and as I do<\/strong>and go find some sort of fun fitness training that will make you giggle while getting you in to shape. 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