For most of my life, stepping into a gym felt like voluntarily strolling into a torture dungeon. I have never been into working out:I was the kid who threw a tantrum of grandeur when my parents tried to force me to play soccer. I gave up on Chloe Ting’s ab challenge about two days in when it was trending, and during Ultimate Frisbee workouts in college (I was a devoted benchwarmer), I would do anything I could to get out of going to conditioning sessions with my designated group.
All of this changed a few years ago, when I started turning my once self-obligatory runs into musical theater jam sessions. I made a playlist of all my favorite songs from my high school theater days, and suddenly running wasn’t so difficult or terrible. Just by a simple switch of music, my 2-mile slog jogs turned into 5-mile joyruns to the sound of Mamma Mia. Now, I actually enjoy running, and can use the endorphin rush to do some strength training while I’m at it.
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