Community Corner
Great Escape: Work Out Your Stress
A free trial at your local gym can take the edge off the day and give you more energy.
Sometimes as a mother it may feel as though you do everything for everyone, except yourself.
While your little ones may have you running around all day like a maniac, exercising for the sole purpose of doing a good thing for yourself can be energizing, rejuvenating and even relaxing when you're done.
An easy way break your routine is to sign up for a free trial at your local gym. Club Fitness in Brentwood offers a 14-day trial period for you to test the waters. This gives you two full weeks, so if you're too busy to go everyday you still have an opportunity to go at least once or twice.
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If you like the gym and wish to continue, rates run only $19.95 a month with a $100 enrollment fee, and that includes one free personal training session, free babysitting, free classes and full club access.
A variety of classes, like Body Sculpting and Ab Blast, offer serious calorie burning like. You can also opt for the increasingly popular Zumba classes that make you dance until you sweat, or Hip Hop Aerobics.
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Taking even 30 minutes to yourself may seem impossible, but it's important to try to overcome that 'mom guilt' factor. Investing in you as a person, and not just a parent, will go a long way in making you a happier member of your family, and everyone likes a calm happy mom.
Want to find a fitness center closer to you?
24 Hour Fitness on Manchester Road in Kirkwood has a free seven day pass, good at multiple locations. 24 Hour Fitness offers cycling, kick boxing and more along with full gym access. Memberships are good at any location.