EP #1150: Find Your Fitness Journey: Self-Care Races, Challenges & Workouts to Transform You

Send us Fan MailLisa is joined by Greg Presto who talks about his book The Workout Bucket List: Over 300 Life-Changing Races, Epic Challenges, and Incredible Hikes, Bikes, Lifts, and Runs around the World, in Your Gym, or Right in Your Living Room. Greg Presto is a freelance writer, editor, and video producer in Washington, D.C. He has written service-driven content about sports, fitness, health, and adventure for clients including Men's Health, Nike, Reebok, Nutrisystem, USA TODAY Sports, America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, South Beach Diet, Mindful.org, United Educators Insurance, and more. Greg is also the author of the Workout Bucket List, a compilation of more than 300 races, runs, lifts, and experiences that make fitness fun, which was published by Running Press in April 2022. Previously, he was a video producer at USA Today Sports and associate editor at Men's Health.The Workout Bucket List: Over 300 Life-Changing Races, Epic Challenges, and Incredible Hikes, Bikes, Lifts, and Runs around the World, in Your Gym, or Right in Your Living RoomFor most of us, exercise can be a dreaded task, one to be postponed, procrastinated, or avoided. We all know the excuses: exercise is boring; I don't have time for the gym; there's no room in my apartment; I need to be motivated. The realproblem is that we're used to old fitness routines and the same monotonous gym equipment, but The Workout Bucket List promises that exercise can, and will, be fun again. Combine history, pop culture, travel, inspiration, and health and you've got the perfect book to help break down your mental barriers to shake up your fitness regimen. Author and fitness journalist Greg Presto suggests countless exercises and activities around the world—or in your very own home—for the ultimate fitness bucket list, whether it's biking with zebras, entering the Tour de Donut, climbing the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi, training like a Baywatchlifeguard, or starting your day with a workout that you might have done in the Titanic's gym. The Workout Bucket List is here to challenge you to try the world's toughest, most interesting, and fun workouts, inspiring the fitness adventurer in all of us.