My sister was starting to chunk up a little bit, and it became my mission to get her out more and get her to exercise a little bit.
Personally, I like to work out in air conditioning, like in a dance club or gym, but, my sister used to spend a lot of time outdoors, so I tried to think of things to do outside.
We took the kids to the lake swimming, but, my sister didn’t swim. She barely got in the water. And she got a terrible sunburn, despite using sunblock. So, I got her to check out a hiking trail with me. We left in the morning when it was cooler, but it wasn’t cool enough. It was summertime in the south and we probably didn’t even make it half a mile before we were heading back to the cool air conditioning in my car. We were both getting overheated so I just asked my sister straight out if she would be interested in working out in a nice air conditioned gym. It turned out that she was. Although my sister used to be outdoorsy, she has changed and now prefers air conditioning over the hot outdoors, and in the air conditioned gym, we don’t have to worry about overheating and sunburn. The gym even has a play room for kids. My sister bought a membership and we meet at the gym three times a week now. I’m glad because I don’t like the heat and prefer to do my hiking on a treadmill in an air conditioned gym.