Gyms are kind of a weird place right now from where I sit. COVID has made going to a gym with other people a very questionable practice right now. I have chosen not to go to gyms for a while longer during all this. The gym is supposed to be about health and catching a virus isn’t all that healthy. Despite avoiding gyms my mind and body still want to work out. I have had to resort to park workouts on playground equipment and garage workouts using an assortment of light weights and bands. I am grateful that even without having many tools to workout with, I can get so much exercise still.
Having some tools means I can workout. I have all the tools needed to train my whole body. I choose to be grateful to have these tools. The opposite choice is also available to me. I could be angry I cannot workout in gyms in the manner I prefer. There is little benefit to this approach, therefor I choose gratitude for the equipment I do have. I have some of the stuff I want access to, and there is gratitude to be found in having some even if we want all of something.
I am really grateful I had a couple good exercise bands laying around. These are becoming the base of my workouts. With them I can exercise things I just can’t easily do with my dumbbells. A clever person could train the whole body with just exercise bands and bodyweight. That is one thing about a pandemic is that it can force us to be clever. I am grateful to have these simple tools, they have been a lifesaver.
I think being grateful and maximizing limited tools is something we can all try to do. These tools might be a slow laptop, or a few exercise bands instead of a full gym. It is all the same. With gratitude for the tools I have, I have gotten more fit and gotten better. Without gratitude I would have stayed weaker, and that is never good.