don't look before you leap

Challenge 2:  complete a workout routine that is anything but routine for you.  

I was looking for an adrenaline rush. Something to kickstart the year off right when I came across AIRobics- a class at my local trampoline park. Normally I might not give taking the class any thought, but as  I was approaching eXtreme I figured it was a sign, a test to see if I was really on board with pushing myself. So even though no one else was available to go- off I went. 

When I got there I saw the massive trampoline and thought to myself - I am so klutzy, this can't be a good idea, but I went for it anyway. It was euphoric. The type of energy you only receive from jumping. I think back to all the times I've jumped: as a high school cheerleader, skydiving, playing dance dance revolution at an arcade and now AIRobics. They all deliver the same feeling, the same excitement. So THIs is why my son jumps around all the time, or the first thing a pro athlete does when the make a goal or win the game is jump. It is pure bliss.

And that is when it hit me.  When you have a bit of doubt and a bit of fear, that is when you should leap (or in my case jump). A bit of fear means it is new and fresh and shakes up your comfort zone.  It means you are evolving.  If you wait til all that subsides- you will realize the opportunity has passed and you are still standing on the edge.  I am not the only one who has ever had this view point.  The world tells you to: jump right in, jump for my love, jump for joy, jump to it.

So even if you don't try AIRobics, challenge your body to a new form of movement whatever that means for you. And the next time someone says "Jump!" Simply say "How high?!".