Fitroversion: Even introverts should try group fitness

  • ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH | DISPATCH RECORD Group workouts, even in organized settings like this east Houston competition, encourage rapport, healthy competitiveness and accountability.
    ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH | DISPATCH RECORD Group workouts, even in organized settings like this east Houston competition, encourage rapport, healthy competitiveness and accountability.
  • STRAIGHT SHOOTING ON HEALTH BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH
    STRAIGHT SHOOTING ON HEALTH BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH

    I am a massive introvert.

    Despite my career in journalism, where talking to people and forming connections is the number-one aspect of my job, I prefer to spend my time in solitude. That attitude ends abruptly, however, when it comes to exercise.

    Ten years ago, I learned the joy of walking into a welcoming gym environment where there was encouragement, healthy competition and a unified mission to be…