Try a new exercise routine.

“I started exercising back on January 5th. I swallowed my pride and went to a local gym [...] And fuck yeah, I was scared to walk into that gym for the first time, especially as it was my first co-ed gym. [...] I started easy, using machines I was already comfortable with like the elliptical and a few of the weight machines that seemed simple enough. Sometimes I even just walked on the treadmill with a good podcast, because at least I was moving. [...] for the first week of going to the gym, I didn’t step foot in the weights section: I was too intimidated.”

“I took my first yoga class. (I walked onto my mat with my gym sneakers on. Awkward.) I found a zumba teacher I liked and went to a few of her classes. I tried a 10-week ballet class and a brief trial at a Bikram yoga studio. All the while, I kept up with my go-to routine of cardio and strength.”

“When I began my journey into Being A Person Who Regularly Does Pilates, I was almost sure that this effort would degrade in the same way all of my previous efforts towards dedicated, structured, exercise-for-exercise’s-sake had: I would try this new thing, immediately hate it, suffer through a few classes or attempts in spite of that, and eventually give up around session four or five.”