All the Frills: Home Workout Space

A weekly constant for me is getting in at least 4 workouts. Because my work schedule can be so irregular (and because stopping my writing or research for a 30 minute workout break can be a great way to clear my head), I’ve always found it much easier to work out at home as opposed to hitting the gym. At Yale I did try to visit the actual gym at least once a week and did a few pilates and yoga classes but, in all fairness, this was the gym, and who wouldn’t want to hang out there?

In my post grad school life, I find it a lot easier to roll home from work at 5 or 6 pm and grab a quick home workout so I’m all finished up before 7 pm. With that in mind, I set up a little home workout studio for myself. It’s nothing too special but it does the trick. I’ve got my elliptical and, tucked away in the closet, a couple of yoga mats, a few different hand weights, and a small collection of workout DVDs.

What’s your workout regime?


Weekend Reading: 

• This essay on the problematic ways in which history is often taught is great!
  
  
• And here’s an entertaining piece above some grave goods recently unearthed at a Scandinavian site.
  
  
• Meth labs in Walmart? Sure, why not?
  
  
• A fascinating piece on the time machine that is the British gene pool.
  
  
• Nicolas Cage is a weird dude.