This has got to be one of the most helpful discoveries I have made yet. A certain running magazine had an article on audible books and it really is so much better than music all the time. First of all, if you love to read but are too busy to do it-( I have 6 1/2 mo. old twins
), you just download a book, or borrow one from the library(they have cd's and tapes), and there you go. When you are working out, it really passes the time- your body sort of falls into its own rythm, and you don't think about how much time is left (or not as often, anyway
). There is a wonderful website that I am not sure I can post on here so let me know if I can. And you can listen to spanish lessons, Dostoevsky, romance novels, wall street journal, diet books-ANYTHING! I mean if you are going to spend 30-60 min on the treadmill, elliptical, whatever- might as well learn something, right? Well, I just thought I would pass this on because I am so excited about it.
Books on tape(or CD, MP3, etc...)
). I recently got an FM receiver thingy that lets me listen to my MP3 player in my car. Good thing too as the CD player in the car has a "matter." But I digress, I listen a lot while I work out, esp with weights. I find that some days I have to have music to get me going on cardio, but usually it's books. And besides with the MP3, I have instant access to both! BTW, I am a library director, and we have tons of audiobooks at my library, both cassette and CD, and we're hoping to have downloadable (for free) books within the next year. If you live in a large city, you might check if your public library has this service now. It's fairly new, but catching on well.
