Make It Fun!

Let's be real, workouts are rarely fun.

It's mostly just sweat and pain and more sweat.

And a little lot more pain.

However, when you get to work out with friends, workouts can be fun. Here is a photo documentary of last Tuesday's workout.

(Buckle up - it's not pretty)

We are a rough bunch.

(Check out Brianne's legs - hot!)

We look a lot happier than we feel. Running the block isn't our favorite activity. Mostly because it's always during rush hour on 8th North. No bueno.

Yep, this pretty much sums up our group and the level of commitment we bring.

(Just kidding - we bring our A game to each workout)

So, we had the great idea to mix stuff up by warming up with a good, old-fashioned piggyback race.

(You would think the guys would be all over that - weird)

However, not one other person thought it was a good idea - not embarrassing at all - so, Brianne and I decided to show them that it was, in fact, super fun.

We sure showed them.

After the one-man (2-girl) race, we headed inside for about 1,000,000 push-ups.

Just look at us go.

The tricky (horrible) part was that we had to do one normal push-up (yeah, a girl's push-up, but we are girls, so back off!) and then balance on a medicine ball and do every other push-up on that.

For those of us who aren't super coordinated (me), it was pretty difficult.

But, we suffered through - barely.

Next up were squats...with weights.

(Do you love how Mike has become our official workout photographer? He gets really excited about it.)

So, I know this next picture is completely awful and the shutter speed was way too slow to catch our super fast squats but I love it for so many reasons. Here are 5 of those reasons:

1. Even though there is nothing sexy about a squat, we look okay.

2. Brianne has incredible legs.

3. My butt doesn't look humongous in this picture.

4. We are working really hard, and...

5. Erica and Rae are not working hard - they are literally just hanging out in the background, watching us.

Which is super hilarious.

Totally busted girls!

And this next picture is ugly and cool all at the same time. We look pretty great grunting through our sit-ups (not at all).

My favorite part of this picture - and maybe the whole day - is that when Jess was done training his client, he just came over and sat down next to us to chat.

He's really nice.

So, that's a little of what our workouts are like. Or rather, what we look like huffing and puffing through our workouts.

It's fun to see our own and each other's progress. This whole experience has, for sure, been life-changing.

I never imagined a year ago that this would be my life.

But, I am so grateful!