Precerpt from Grandma's Ninja Training Diary: How I Train When Life Doesn’t Care About My Schedule
Some people plan their workouts. I plan my emergencies. I live with a medically fragile family member who can collapse without warning. He’s on oxygen 24/7. He has episodes where he stops breathing. I am the one who brings him back. This means I don’t get uninterrupted time. I don’t get predictable days. I don’t get to say, “I’ll be at the gym at 10.” I get windows. Moments. Opportunities. And I’ve learned to train inside those. Here’s what that looks like: 1. I take the cardio when I can get it If I can drop into Nena’s class, I do. If I can’t, I don’t punish myself. I do incline walking instead — even 10 minutes counts. 2. I shrink the expectation A gym visit doesn’t have to be an hour. It can be 12 minutes. It can be one machine. It can be “I showed up.” 3. I train at home when the world won’t cooperate Weights, calisthenics, marching in place, simple cardio — whatever fits the moment. 4. I don’t wait for perfect conditions Perfect doesn’t exist in my life. Possible does. 5. I...