List: My workout shows, and why

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13991831029_4b1a9cf71e_b.jpgSince January I've been doing the Kayla Itsines program Bikini Body (ugh, that name!). Don't you worry--I will give a detailed review of the guide in May. But one thing I like about her program is that I can do it at home, with minimal equipment. Any exercise I can do without leaving the house or even putting on shoes is one I like. The first few weeks I exercised to music, but for some reason, working out in my basement to the tunes of the Katy Perry Pandora station wasn't inspiring me, so I put on the TV. These are the shows I consistently exercise to:

  1. New Girl
  2. Black-ish
  3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

It's a short list, but they meet the following important criteria:

  1. My husband doesn't watch them so I don't have to save them for him.
  2. They're light (most of the time.) It wasn't very fun exercising to the new The X-Files or the 30 for 30 about the Duke rape scandal.
  3. They're not so image-heavy that I will miss something if I look away from the screen while I'm doing a burpee or a traveling lunge.
  4. They're a half hour long, which motivates me to get the workout done quickly and not dilly-dally too much between circuts.

Also, apparently I am attracted to shows that require fact-checking when it comes to accurate punctuation.