Seeing the giant Gundam in Tokyo has been a bucket list item for such a long time. I wanted to visit back in 2015, but couldn't work it out with all the other things my brother Michael, sister-in-law Krista, and I wanted to do. With this latest trip my Mom, brother Steven, his boyfriend Ty, and I were already planning on visiting the teamLab Boarderless museum, so we were going to be a short walk to the Gundam. I'm glad I live in a family of nerds, because they were all excited to check it out.
Was seeing a full size Gundam statue worth the wait and hype? Yes!!
What a silly question. :P
It was fun. And I totally geeked out. It's so big! Apparently there's a store, which I would have loved to see, but we were planning on doing so much that there wasn't time. But for every anime fan/nerd/geek/whatnot, seeing the giant Gundam in Diver City is totally worth it.
It snowed last night, and I've found that when it comes to sticking to an exercise routine and going to the gym, snow is one of the first things that stop me, especially at 6 a.m. Some people don't mind driving in snow and ice, but I'll avoid it if I can. So I workout at home on days I can't make it to the gym. Here are some great, free online resources I've found:
For the Family:
Sparks People, at sparkspeople.com, is overall an amazing website for all things health and motivation. There's a great, friendly community, but also recipes and articles on a variety of subjects. And of course there is a video section with cardio, pilates, yoga, and ab workouts. The site itself is a little overwhelming at first, but once you figure out where everything is, the website really is amazing. It's worth checking out.
For Guys (though there's good stuff for everyone)
Nerd Fitness: Level up your Life is a blog, but Steve shares some great health information, and he has a Free Resource section where he's put together workouts that have links to YouTube. A really fun blog, and I love the Lego pics. Here's a link to the videos.
For the Gals
A lot of Women Health magazines have workouts with videos and articles avaliable for free on their websites.
Self is probably one of the more well known health magazines. Here's a link to their workout section. BTW, they have a lot of prizes and drawings, and it's never a bad idea to enter. A couple months ago I randomly got a package through FedEx, and inside was a free workout DVD for a contest I forgot I entered. That was pretty awesome.
I discovered the Mahalo channel when I was searching for Tap dance videos, where they have a great series. Honestly, they have series for just about anything you want to learn. They have a couple Fitness playlists, and here is one of their videos:
And if you want to dance here's a Tap video (link to all):
There's Hip-Hop as well, if you want to check that out.
