Fitness Reassurance

The other day I touched some weights for the first time.

As you may know, my garage is full of gym equipment. When we were looking at houses, a garage was a “must have.” I knew I wanted an easily accessible gym I could use without having to get in a car.

It’s been a game changer for the past several months. Random sets of squats, bike workouts when it was -8 degrees outside and space to tinker around with stuff. When the gym closed, I decided to pretend none of that was there. If I was saying the at-home workouts were world-class, which they are, I better step up and do them with everyone.

I went 23 days without using my home gym. On Sunday, it was nice out, the sun was hitting a spot just outside the garage. I felt like it was time to see how a weighted movement felt after so many weeks off.

I set up a barbell, rolled it out of the garage and on to the driveway. I did 4 sets of 10 overhead squats. They were clean, spacious squats. My positions felt good, my muscles were happy and I was pleased that I didn’t struggle like I had anticipated.

This blog isn’t about home gym bragging. Instead, it’s a message to you, the person that thinks all their fitness is going to disappear during quarantine. It won’t, in fact, the exact opposite may happen, you may feel stronger and own the positions better. Keep it up with the bodyweight, or minimal equipment workouts, once we’re back in the gym, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain