An Unlikely Personal Trainer

J and C have a great relationship.  C absolutely adores his daddy and wants to spend as much time with him as possible.  In C’s mind, “If Daddy is doing it, then it must be something worth doing, and I want to do it too.”  Thankfully, J welcomes the attention and freely invites C, along with the inconveniences that can sometimes come with a very active and inquisitive preschooler, to participate in all sorts of activities ranging from trips to the home improvement store, working in the garage, to exercising with J’s new P_90_X videos.

For those that don’t know, P_90_X is an extreme fitness video program that J has decided to try out as part of his New Year’s Resolution to get in shape.  Last night was J’s first workout, and he invited C to exercise with him.  OH. MY. GOODNESS!  You would have thought that J had just told C we were going to D*sney World!  C was beside himself with excitement!  He took off running to his room.  Before we knew it he had returned to the bonus room in his “exercise shirt” (a tank top). Before I had a chance to tell him it was too cold to wear a tank top, he informed me that “this is what you have to wear to exercise, Mommy…it’s an exercise shirt.”  (As a side note, J and I have no idea where he got the idea that you have to work out in a tank top…we’ve never mentioned it and he’s never been to a gym.)  Anyhow, he was so stoked about wearing his “exercise shirt” that I didn’t have the heart to make him change.  C can be a very “black and white” kind of kid.  Exercising in anything other than an “exercise shirt” just would not do.   

Once the video began, I left the room as I have NO INTEREST in anything dubbed an “extreme fitness program.”  I’m a wimp, the whole concept goes against my nature.  But as I understand it, they had a great time exercising.  C worked out right alongside J the whole time.  I came back just before the video was over and snapped a few shots of C exercising.

Inclined Push-Ups

More Push-Ups

Crunches

Interestingly enough after they were finished J said that having C there really helped motivate him through the hard parts.  C was so excited about doing the exercises that it kept things fun.  Add to that the fact that C was unknowingly talking smack...

“Daddy, that woman on the video is doing that WAY faster than you.”  

AND

“Daddy, that man on the video is still exercising.  Why are you laying on the floor?”

left J with no choice but to keep pressing on!  :)