virgin workouts / rambling

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Ug! The virgin workout dilemma! On the one hand I'm obsessed with getting new workout videos, as each is a unique fitness experience and I want to nab them at Ross as I see them. I mean, what if it isn't there next week? Besides, I need this one to complete my collection of the series! It's also nice to have a plethora of workouts from which to choose. The variety is way better than what is available at most gyms, and I can usually find a workout to fit my specific, peculiar needs for that day.Going through the binders and organizing them is actually a lot of fun. There's a tactile joy in lifting the floppy disc-laden pages and looking at the artwork on the plastic circles.The downfall of all this for me is not even a $ issue, as I think money spent on health and fitness and good, organic whole foods is money well spent. I'm lucky that I'm single and don't have anyone to report to $ wise. (Jen, are

you and I the only single people on this board??)However, sometimes I feel REALLY guilty that I have a lot of workouts I've never done. I am sometimes concerned that I will never get to them all. I also think that when you do the same workout say 8 times a month that you can perfect your ability at it, go up in weights and intensity, and maybe get better results. For example, I thought I would be doing more Jari Love workouts and I want to, but Duncan Wong, Budokon, Goudeau and Trainer's Edge also hold appeal! I admire the Beach Body diehards that actually DO the programs as instructed but dang it if I had to do only P90X for 3 months I'd go insane (especially because Tony bugs me, but I notice as I acquire P90 stuff that he's much more mellow in his older workouts than in P90X).Anyway, I am not trying to be hard on myself here or make a decision of any kind. I know myself well enough that I thrive

on and crave variety - that's in part why I haven't been at the gym lately. I will say that those workouts are typically harder than most videos (but certainly not all) but they can be so..... predictable. Since Donna, Carolyn and I have all brought up the virgin workout topic today I thought I'd expand on it. As Kassia said, we're all Vidiots and that's fine by me!, who probably needs a workout video 12 step program