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Are you a type A, go getter, ten things at once type of person?

By: Kalynn Amadio Do you get bored easily with the same old-same old?

What if I could tell you the best way to to increase your health and fitness without ever getting bored?

Let me backtrack and give you the big picture of my original model of a healthy workout.

In college, the girls in my sorority would spend countless hours jumping, squeezing and feeling the "burn" to Jane Fonda videos. We had a standard date, early in the morning where we would move the coffee table, make some room and sweat it out.

This was followed, post-college, by aerobics classes at the gym where I wore cute little leotards and colored tights. I could admire myself in the mirrored wall while following the movements of an enthusiastic instructor. And if I was lucky I'd meet a nice guy in the weight lifting area and, well, that's another topic.

Marriage brought children. After my first child, via an unexpected, painful, emergency C-section, I bought a step. Once again, I found myself, moving the coffee table out of the way, putting the video tape in the VCR and climbing my way to fitness. It took about a year after my son's birth to get back into my pre-baby clothes (plus 7 pounds).

Son number two arrived by C-section yet again and spurred my purchase of the latest exercise gadget, a slide. This equipment came with nylon covers for your sneakers so you could slide side-to-side on its slippery surface. Once again, the trusty video tape went into the VCR and you followed along and slid your way to fitness. One more year went by before I could squeeze into my before-the-baby clothes (with another 4 pounds added).

Somewhere along the way, I took up running as the main stay of my healthy workouts. Oprah was running marathons which meant anybody could do it. I set my alarm for 5:15 AM Monday through Friday and braved the weather to run 2 miles through my neighborhood before my husband had to leave for work. By 6:30 AM he was gone and I was home with my two sons for the day, feeling healthy, workout complete.

Baby number three, another son via a very uneventful, planned and surprisingly painless C-section, I added biking to my morning routine. Now I had variety! I could run the same route every morning. I could bike a different but longer route every morning. Or there was always the stack of video tapes if I felt like moving the coffee table.

Talk about living!

So let's see, one more year to get into those old clothes, but with zero pounds extra. Three years later, my morning healthy workout was a still a habit and completely boring. The running and cycling routes were too familiar. The video tapes were worn and had seen better days. The entire routine was predictable and required less and less effort on my part to accomplish.

Sound familiar?

Let me give you the answer to what you've been seeking. It's the real deal and I am proof positive that it works. I discovered the benefits of Martial Arts.

Martial Arts provides the most complete, full bodied, healthy workout on earth. While you work hard to increase your personal fitness, your brain gets a workout as well. As with any new endeavor there is a learning curve to challenge your perseverance. But beyond that, martial arts forces you to engage your brain.

This kind of healthy workout is very similar to learning ballroom dancing. There are specific steps performed in a specific order at the right pace. You work to learn the proper martial arts techniques to build a solid foundation. And you exercise your mind to remember what comes next while you work your body to new levels of fitness.

Another great benefit to learning martial arts is that it's family friendly. You can learn with your children and engage them in a fun activity that's bringing them better health at the same time. It's impossible to get bored. The workout is different every time you step into the classroom. You will achieve greater flexibility, build strength and increase confidence while learning a useful tool.

Unlike those aerobics classes, when you get good at the routine, not only does it change, but you earn a belt that tells the world how hard you've worked and where you stand in the process.

To bust the boredom and achieve greater health in your workout, you've got to try martial arts.

Article Source: http://www.lifeweightloss.com

If you're ready to break free, visit martial artist Kalynn Amadio's great taekwondo website and learn her secrets to healthy tae kwon do workouts and much more.

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