The Hubby recently acquired a crap-ton (I’m sure this is a word) of new music. Instead of really taking the time to go through it, I added a bunch of tunes to my iPhone under a new playlist, hit shuffle, and waited for the pleasant and sometimes not so pleasant result. This little gem was a nice surprise.
I can’t remember the last time I actually heard this song, but it doesn’t matter how long it’s been, it still makes me wanna dance. It doesn’t matter this is the only lyric either; it makes my booty want to bounce, and this video makes me want to work out.
Unusual transition over, I realized I haven’t written about exercise in a long while, but I want you to know, it’s still happening. In fact, I worked out 16 out of 31 days in August, which is 51%. Not too shabby, although I’d like that number to be a click higher, and not because I need to lose weight, or I’m exercise crazy. Nope, I workout to clear the cobwebs from my mind, to ease stress and tension, to relax and get down. I work out to feel good, and it works every single time, even on days I might not be into it, especially on days I might not be into it.
Typically when life gets all crazy, I just nod, smile and say everything is fine. And then I go to the gym, hit it hard, and it makes me feel better. Exercise is my therapy.
So while I may not talk about every exercise or a particular workout class (I taught spinning twice last week; it was the Bomb and I have found my calling), rest assured it’s still happening because I wouldn’t give it up for anything.
So let me see that booty bounce.
I hope this song gets stuck in your head for the rest of today 🙂 .
What song gets you moving? And do you exercise for the mental as much as the physical?
Liz says
September 11, 2012 at 3:17 PMYES! Exercise is my therapy! Songs that make me move: Oh baby…. my current favs: flashdance (deep dish version), everybody (rudenko),idioteque (radiohead) and anything by daft punk 🙂 I am going to make and send you a workout “mix tape”!!
Meghan says
September 11, 2012 at 3:29 PMThank you, thank you. I would LOVE that! Please send me one.
Amanda says
September 12, 2012 at 8:06 PMI’m convinced your goal in the blog world may be to get music stuck in my head…. my booty will be bouncin the rest of the night.
51% is super fab. I’ve been trying to find my “balance”. My life has transitioned into doing it because it makes me feel good ya know? It’s weird coming from a place of “need” to “want”.
Meghan says
September 12, 2012 at 9:20 PMI get it. I actually love to go to the gym now because it’s just such a release for me. The thing I like just as much as exercise and food is music. I do most things with a song in the background or running through my head. And booty bounce, how could I let that gem pass me by. I had to share it.