“My workout doesn’t look like a workout”

May 6, 2026

“My workout doesn’t look like a workout”

Daily writing prompt

How can you build a regular fitness routine?

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30 seconds at a time.

3:06 p.m.

Busy day.

Vet visit.

Deliveries.

My fitness routine isn’t really traditional.

I deliver paper and plastic bags every day.

That means lifting cases constantly.

10 pounds.
20 pounds.
30 pounds.

One drop after another.

So even when I’m not “working out”…

I kind of am.

Then when I have time…

I lift free weights in my studio.

Or I wake up early and go to the gym at USC.

So my routine isn’t perfect.

It’s just built around my life.

And honestly…

I think that’s why it works for me.

💬 Reader question

Does your fitness routine fit naturally into your life… or does it feel separate from it?

If this felt real… I write moments like this.

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Echoes of the Garage is my running record of rebuilding—structure, soul, and stubborn hope. I’m writing, illustrating, and hustling in LA, turning the everyday into story. If you’re learning to carry weight without losing yourself, you’re home here. Read more on the About page.

About Me

I’m Roberto Sanchez — illustrator, writer, and delivery driver in Los Angeles.

By day, I sell plastic bags out of a van across South Central.

By night, I draw, write, and build my life brick by brick.

I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2022 with a BFA in Illustration, but art has never been just school to me. It’s survival, reflection, and expression. My illustrations come slow — patience is part of the work.

I live and create out of a converted garage.

That small room became Echoes of the Garage — the place where I put words, drawings, and the pieces of a life I’m rebuilding one step at a time.

Here you’ll find journal entries, Hood Chronicles, and visual experiments that try to capture the absurd, the painful, and the human in everyday life.

This is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

This site is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

Echoes of the Garage