Playlists and Videos

It's Tuesday and I have some presents for you folks that are exercising right along with me.  I usually work out with an iPod shuffle and I really love it.  It holds about 120 songs, which is more than enough to keep me occupied for a few weeks.  I think they retail for something like $40, so it's a pretty good investment considering it's something you will use several days every week.  I don't think the headphones it comes with are very comfortable to work out with so I bought another pair on Amazon for somewhere around $5.

I'm sure there is a more current version you can invest
in, but this is the one I have and I love it.  It has a little
clip on the back that fits right onto my sports bra,
collar, or shirt sleeve
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Anyway, on to the presents!  Here is a playlist that I listened to at the gym yesterday.  There are a couple of tracks on there that are slower that I like to flip to when I'm in cool down mode.  These 20 songs will be more than enough to get you through a day of "Shrink a Size in 14 Days", which usually takes me a little better than an hour to complete.

SN: I'm aware that most of these songs are not from August 2012.  I
just happen to be jamming to them this month.  

Present number 2: Tuesdays are tough days for me to get to the gym.  I feel lazy when I get home, I usually have to cook dinner and do laundry, and there are just a myriad of excuses for me to skip it completely.  These videos are great to watch when you need a little motivation.  The voice you hear belongs to Eric Thomas, a motivational speaker with a really phenomenal story.  Awesome boyfriend actually introduced me to this series of videos a few weeks ago and I fell in love with them.  They have been giving me the little pushes I need to get my butt to the gym.  You can also download the mp3 version of this to your ipod if you want to listen to it on the go.