Usually, I faithfully go to the gym three times a week and try not to miss them. But today was one of those days when it was raining outside 🌧, and the very thought of packing my gym bag and my workout gear and trudging across town was giving me a real shivers. Ultimately, I decided not to force myself and stayed home. I pulled an old mat out from behind the closet, found a half-hour intensive online marked "no equipment for beginners," and thought: I'll just do a quick workout, stretch my back, and then I'm good to go 😅

How wrong I was!

That sweet instructor in the video made me curse everything in the world after just five minutes. Planks, lunges, endless jumps, burpees... I was sweating profusely in the first fifteen minutes, my legs were aching, and I couldn't breathe!

Halfway through the video, I was just lying flat on the mat, staring at the ceiling, trying to remember why I was doing this to myself 💦

But after a hot shower, I felt completely recharged and incredibly proud of myself. All the morning blues have vanished without a trace 💪 Working out at home works just as well as an expensive gym, the main thing is to resist the temptation to retreat to the soft sofa right in the middle of another challenging set. Now I'm sitting here, eating an apple, and feeling like a true champion 🍏 in the gym!