?Keep pushing, Simone!?
Gerren?s voice rings out through my back room as our eyes meet in the mirror. I don?t expect it but can?t deny the rush that shoots through my body. For the last eight weeks, I?ve been testing out Mirror from Lululemon and these tiny thrills have (sadly") become one of the highlights of my days. 
Although the world seems to be moving towards reopening, in my world?the one where I live with an infant and five-year-old?house arrest is just a side effect of being a parent. 
During the day, I?m a victim to the double nap trap, and in the evenings, attempting to go any further than my couch once the kids have (finally) gone to sleep feels like a big ask. And so I find myself, nap after nap and night after night, meeting up with Gerren (or Lance or Pilin or Patricia) for a 15-minute cardio boot camp, a 30-minute advanced pilates class, 45 minutes of strength training or even a 5-minute meditation. The options feel endless and the convenience is palpable.  Mirror is one of the latest installments in the home gym sphere. Though it?s been on the market since 2018, Lululemon acquired it in July 2020 and brought it to Canada in the fall of 2021. 
It was created by Brynn Putman, a formal professional ballerina and creator of a high-intensity interval training program, who just couldn’t manage going to the gym and keeping up with classes while pregnant and suffering with awful morning sickness. She wanted to be able to enjoy a quality workout from ...