When asked what someone loves to do, the reply usually isn’t “exercise.” But that’s exactly how Lany Wynn would respond.

Wynn, 37, of Tooele, had been sporadic about exercising for the majority of her life until about six years ago when she began to make fitness a habit.

“I’m 5 feet tall and I weighed about 145,” Wynn said. “Some people shrug 145 off as no big deal, but if you think about my height, that’s quite a lot.”

Wynn wanted to work with a personal trainer, but with a husband in college she wasn’t able afford one. So Wynn decided to become a trainer herself.

“I figured if I could train myself to do what I needed I could help others,” she said.

Wynn works at Sweat Fitness in Tooele and also uses the gym for her own workout.

Her weekly exercise routine includes basic cardio and weight training five days a week.

Wynn runs on a treadmill or an elliptical machine for 30 minutes or roughly 3 miles at 6 a.m. and then she’ll take a break to re-energize herself. Around 10 a.m., Wynn will return to do weight training after she’s had some time to rest and eat breakfast.

She switches her cardio routines between running a steady pace and running different intervals of speeds every other week.

Wynn also works on different muscles when weight training on different days of the week so she can use all of her energy each time, instead of slowing down due to soreness.

“I have the time to spend between an hour and an hour and a half to exercise,” she said. “It’s not necessary to take so long for those who don’t have the time, but if you do have the time there’s no reason to hurry.”

She’s lost 30 pounds since starting her exercise routine, combined with eating right, and is currently focusing on building definition.

Even for someone who loves exercise as much as Wynn does, she admits she also has her down days where she doesn’t feel very enthused about hitting the gym.

“Most of the time I can get myself to the gym and within 10 minutes of warming up I’m good to go,” she said. “But sometimes I just don’t have anything to give for whatever reason and I just have to cut my losses and go home and rest.”

Down days are impossible to avoid according to Wynn, but if you do decide to skip out on exercising, it’s best to use one of your regular days off from exercising to make up for the lost day.

“The fun thing about exercise is there’s always room for improvement,” she said. “You just keep improving on what you’ve already improved upon.”

compiled by Natalie Tripp

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