Over the past couple of weeks of being back to the real world I've been hitting the gym seriously hard, getting back into pre-vacation training mode. People in the gym sometimes ask me if I'm training for something. Well no, I'm not exactly training to be in an upcoming fitness competition or some crazy triathlon or anything but I suppose you could say I'm on a constant training path toward being in the best shape I can possibly be. That's training for something, right? It may not even be fully attainable since in my mind there's always room for improvement, but it sure is fun trying! I have to say I feel great right now and I have spin class to thank for it. Being a major cheap-ass and needing to get the biggest bang for my buck, I've been fitting in at least 3-4 spin classes each week (any more and my legs may literally fall off my body). I figure a minimum of 3 classes per week for a month straight ends up being about $1.25 per class. Now, that's a price I am satisfied with haha. I've hit up just about every one of the the trainers by now and definitely have my favorites but honestly I can't complain about any of them. I plan to hit up the 6pm class tomorrow which has an instructor I've never had before so I'm excited for that. I've found that some of the instructors add-in some really good core and tricep work in addition to the regular moves so that's been an added bonus. At this time tomorrow I should be seriously burnt out!
Doing so much spinning has kind of put a damper of my usual leg routines so I'll probably be hitting them up pretty hard again when my 1-month membership is up. It should be a nice re-shock to my muscles for a bit before I return to the bike again. Yesterday my legs had had enough so I took it as a rest day and did nothing other than walking my dog. Then, wanting to get back into the gym but not wanting to exhaust my legs again I started today's workout with a short 1-mile run. Last week I finally broke down and bought myself some way-too-pricey Asics which, according to the salesboy working at Maine Running Company, are going to help correct my supposed pronation and eliminate my knee/shin issues. I still didn't feel too great running today but it was my first run with the new shoes so I'll give it a few tries before I decide if his spiel was a total crock or not. Either way, at least the colors are cute!
I was on a mission to bust out a fast weight workout today because I had a meeting with the maXtreme app creator at 5:30. Luckily I had a work event today that allowed me to hit up the gym earlier than usual. Sorry coworkers but I am not going to choose your beer and nachos happy hour over my beloved gym time! You may as well call it a depression hour because that's exactly how I'd feel after consuming all those calories and then likely being too lethargic and tipsy to make it to the gym afterward. I don't have anything against treating yourself but over-indulging before you've had the chance to get in any real activity in a day's time is not the way to do it.
I opted for bi's and tri's today and kept it simple:
3 sets of 8 bicep curls standing on a bosu
3 sets of 10 overhead tricep extensions standing on a bosu
3 sets of 10 hammer curls standing on a bosu (increased reps because I had to lower the weight)
1 set of 8 dual-arm tricep push-downs using the rope and 2 sets of 8 single-arm push-downs
For abs I only had time for one thing so I'm going to have to triple them up tomorrow. Since time was running out and I was already at the station with the lat pull-down and other cable equipment, I did 3 sets of 12 air crunches. I still can't think of a better name for these so I hope by now all you regular followers know what I mean :)
After wrapping these up I scooted off to meet the app creator. I thought I was going to get the app put on my iPhone tonight but instead I got a demo of the almost-finished product and hopefully Wednesday (crossing fingers and knocking on wood here) I can get the real deal. Let me just say...FUCKING AMAZING. I can't apologize for the profanity because honestly that doesn't even begin to describe how awesome this product is. It has absolutely everything you could ever want in a workout app and then some....and it's only the first edition! Ahh its just so exciting I could spend hours talking about the different levels to choose from, the special awards you can unlock once you reach certain goals, the build-your-own workout options... Ugh but I have a million things I need to get done here tonight so I'll leave it at that for now and leave it up to you to purchase the app and try it out for yourself! Literally anyone can benefit from it because there are routines and hundreds and hundreds of moves for every activity level. Even better, no one can use the age-old excuse of "I just don't have enough time" because you can create your workout based on whatever time you do have. If you only have time for a 20 minute ab-focused routine then that's exactly what you'll get! There's even a special option for those on-the-road and lacking a gym but I'll keep my mouth shut for now and leave you in anticipation! If all goes well this week it should be ready for submission to Apple this Sunday and then assuming Apple approves it (cross fingers knock on wood again please), it will be going live to the public on October 1st. Countdown is on! From there on out the possibilities are endless. There are already so many future build-outs in the works, I just can't help but let my mind race with all the exciting things to come over the next few months. I'm just going to have to continue this crazy workout streak because once it goes public who knows what kind of promoting and marketing I'll (hopefully) be involved in. Continue to switch up my routines and shock my muscles into extreme transformation is my main goal right now. Whoops, I mean maXtreme transformation!
Doing so much spinning has kind of put a damper of my usual leg routines so I'll probably be hitting them up pretty hard again when my 1-month membership is up. It should be a nice re-shock to my muscles for a bit before I return to the bike again. Yesterday my legs had had enough so I took it as a rest day and did nothing other than walking my dog. Then, wanting to get back into the gym but not wanting to exhaust my legs again I started today's workout with a short 1-mile run. Last week I finally broke down and bought myself some way-too-pricey Asics which, according to the salesboy working at Maine Running Company, are going to help correct my supposed pronation and eliminate my knee/shin issues. I still didn't feel too great running today but it was my first run with the new shoes so I'll give it a few tries before I decide if his spiel was a total crock or not. Either way, at least the colors are cute!
I was on a mission to bust out a fast weight workout today because I had a meeting with the maXtreme app creator at 5:30. Luckily I had a work event today that allowed me to hit up the gym earlier than usual. Sorry coworkers but I am not going to choose your beer and nachos happy hour over my beloved gym time! You may as well call it a depression hour because that's exactly how I'd feel after consuming all those calories and then likely being too lethargic and tipsy to make it to the gym afterward. I don't have anything against treating yourself but over-indulging before you've had the chance to get in any real activity in a day's time is not the way to do it.
I opted for bi's and tri's today and kept it simple:
3 sets of 8 bicep curls standing on a bosu
3 sets of 10 overhead tricep extensions standing on a bosu
3 sets of 10 hammer curls standing on a bosu (increased reps because I had to lower the weight)
1 set of 8 dual-arm tricep push-downs using the rope and 2 sets of 8 single-arm push-downs
For abs I only had time for one thing so I'm going to have to triple them up tomorrow. Since time was running out and I was already at the station with the lat pull-down and other cable equipment, I did 3 sets of 12 air crunches. I still can't think of a better name for these so I hope by now all you regular followers know what I mean :)
After wrapping these up I scooted off to meet the app creator. I thought I was going to get the app put on my iPhone tonight but instead I got a demo of the almost-finished product and hopefully Wednesday (crossing fingers and knocking on wood here) I can get the real deal. Let me just say...FUCKING AMAZING. I can't apologize for the profanity because honestly that doesn't even begin to describe how awesome this product is. It has absolutely everything you could ever want in a workout app and then some....and it's only the first edition! Ahh its just so exciting I could spend hours talking about the different levels to choose from, the special awards you can unlock once you reach certain goals, the build-your-own workout options... Ugh but I have a million things I need to get done here tonight so I'll leave it at that for now and leave it up to you to purchase the app and try it out for yourself! Literally anyone can benefit from it because there are routines and hundreds and hundreds of moves for every activity level. Even better, no one can use the age-old excuse of "I just don't have enough time" because you can create your workout based on whatever time you do have. If you only have time for a 20 minute ab-focused routine then that's exactly what you'll get! There's even a special option for those on-the-road and lacking a gym but I'll keep my mouth shut for now and leave you in anticipation! If all goes well this week it should be ready for submission to Apple this Sunday and then assuming Apple approves it (cross fingers knock on wood again please), it will be going live to the public on October 1st. Countdown is on! From there on out the possibilities are endless. There are already so many future build-outs in the works, I just can't help but let my mind race with all the exciting things to come over the next few months. I'm just going to have to continue this crazy workout streak because once it goes public who knows what kind of promoting and marketing I'll (hopefully) be involved in. Continue to switch up my routines and shock my muscles into extreme transformation is my main goal right now. Whoops, I mean maXtreme transformation!
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