My Journey With Health And Fitness – Technology Issues Won’t Stop Me

I am so happy! The remote for our a/c unit in the living area of the condo died meaning no a/c. This is particularly problematic when I am doing my online workouts. The past 2 days by time I finished those workouts there was not a single spot on my body that wasn’t covered in sweat. Yesterday our neighbours took us to Home Depot where we were able to buy universal a/c remotes (we got a 2nd one because there has always only been 1 remote for the 2 bedrooms which causes issue when we have guests). Took some time to get them programmed but they are now working! Because of the cost of electricity here we agreed that the main a/c unit will only be turned on when I do my workouts but it will make my life so much better.

We have done well setting up my online classes for when we are down here. However, there are often challenges. Because I don’t like the idea of doing workout classes on my iPad we have a webcam and Mac Mini attached to our 55 inch TV. Using a big screen TV to me makes it feel like I am more a part of the classes. While we have fibre optic wifi it still can go a bit funky so sometimes I am disconnected then reconnected to the class. Fortunately if I miss anything the instructors always have their iPads pointed at the class during sets so I can usually figure what I need to do.

Today things went frustratingly south. We have had to reposition my workout space because of some issues that have developed with our tiled flooring. That also meant having to adjust the webcam but my husband is usually well equipped with gadgets so he put together a tripod to hold the webcam. However, the Mac Mini was cranky today and wouldn’t log me on to Zoom. Eventually when it hadn’t connected by 10 minutes into the class I decided to give up for today and we will try again tomorrow.

But that doesn’t stop me from getting in at least 2 hours of working out. I had already done a 1 hour morning walk (and ran into my favourite neighbourhood dog who got treats from me) so already 1/2 way to the daily goal. We are heading to a beach club later this morning and I thought well it’s about a 20 minute walk each way so if I do that I just have to find 20 more minutes and I am good. So, out came the mat and weights and I put in 25 minutes of strength training. Only 35 minutes to go and mission accomplished for the day.

I am refusing to let anything stop me from working out every day the month of May as I have started the Workout to Conquer Cancer challenge (at least 30 minutes working out every day in May). I will always have a backup plan in case technology isn’t working in my favour. I am well aware that even with good wifi in Mexico it can be unstable so alternates need to be in my back pocket.

My ankle isn’t holding me back so neither will technology. I will meet my goals even if I can’t do bootcamp classes or run. There is always something else I can do to maintain my fitness and quite frankly raise money for an awesome cause.