Well, I finally made it home at 11pm last night (6am according to my body's time zone differential)...aka I had been up for 24 hours straight and was not in a good mood after having a 10 hour flight with an undisciplined child kicking the back of my seat the whole time followed by a 6 hour layover in the awful Philadelphia International Airport due to my connecting flight being cancelled.
Don't worry...I'm done my rant for now :) The idea was to sleep in this morning and wake up refreshed and back on schedule but of course my body decided to get up at 4am! I lay around for a couple hours and then decided to get up and take on the day. Luckily I had taken today off of work in order to readjust to the time change. After a hearty scrambled egg & provelone on rosemary foccaccia sandwich and two cups of coffee (thank you Borealis Breads for opening early on a morning when I had nothing in my fridge!) I decided to begin my post-vacation detoxification process. Off to World's I went around 8:30am where I purchased a Celcius and a 1-month spinning membership (the coffee was just not going to cut it today).
Spin class was to begin at 9:30 so I had plenty of time to get in a good weights sesh beforehand. My plan is to hit the cardio hard this month to erase the effect that Summertime Coronas, my cut-back on cardio, and the London/Greece-vacation baklava, souvlaki, and wine indulgence has had on my body! According to the scale I only gained 1 pound while on vacay but I think its deceiving...probably more like I lost 4 pounds of muscle and gained back 5 pounds of fat! We did walk about a million miles a day though so I guess that somewhat made up for my lack of gym sessions. Hey, its not totally my fault...I only saw one gym the entire time I was away! Apparently Europeans are not as into the fitness craze as Americans are.
Anyway, I decided to target bi's, tri's and abs today. The gym was nice and empty just like on the weekend so I had no problem getting the equipment I wanted...sure wish I could work out at that time everyday! After a good 10-minute total body stretch, I started off with simple bicep curls (3x8) standing on the bosu ball. Next I did my favourite tricep bench dips with my feet on a stability ball and a 25 lb plate on my quads (3x10) and followed these up with teepees (3x8), balancing on the ball in between sets. Next I circled back through the muscle groups beginning with tricep cable push downs (3x8), bicep cable curls (3x8), and the air crunches where you put your knees over the rollers on the lat pull down machine and crunch backward (3x16). I was thoroughly exhausted 45 minutes later but I psyched myself up to take on the 60 minute spin class. Unexpectedly it was my favourite Saturday morning instructor teaching this morning so I was able to push through due to the amazing-as-usual song list! I thought I was going to either pass out or puke half-way through but then that feeling of exercise-elation came over me and I was able to finish without making a scene lol.
Leaving the gym in a heap of soaked and sticky workout gear, I stopped by the grocery store to stock up on healthy food for the remainder of the week. Lunches this week are Greece-inspired whole wheat pitas with tzatziki, cucumbers, feta and capers. Delicious and only 185 calories each! I'm seriously exhausted right now so I think its nap time. Hope I don't fall asleep for too long since my body thinks its now 9:30pm. Tomorrow's workout will likely be a shoulder routine followed by another spin class...assuming my legs aren't complete jell-o after today!
Don't worry...I'm done my rant for now :) The idea was to sleep in this morning and wake up refreshed and back on schedule but of course my body decided to get up at 4am! I lay around for a couple hours and then decided to get up and take on the day. Luckily I had taken today off of work in order to readjust to the time change. After a hearty scrambled egg & provelone on rosemary foccaccia sandwich and two cups of coffee (thank you Borealis Breads for opening early on a morning when I had nothing in my fridge!) I decided to begin my post-vacation detoxification process. Off to World's I went around 8:30am where I purchased a Celcius and a 1-month spinning membership (the coffee was just not going to cut it today).
Spin class was to begin at 9:30 so I had plenty of time to get in a good weights sesh beforehand. My plan is to hit the cardio hard this month to erase the effect that Summertime Coronas, my cut-back on cardio, and the London/Greece-vacation baklava, souvlaki, and wine indulgence has had on my body! According to the scale I only gained 1 pound while on vacay but I think its deceiving...probably more like I lost 4 pounds of muscle and gained back 5 pounds of fat! We did walk about a million miles a day though so I guess that somewhat made up for my lack of gym sessions. Hey, its not totally my fault...I only saw one gym the entire time I was away! Apparently Europeans are not as into the fitness craze as Americans are.
Anyway, I decided to target bi's, tri's and abs today. The gym was nice and empty just like on the weekend so I had no problem getting the equipment I wanted...sure wish I could work out at that time everyday! After a good 10-minute total body stretch, I started off with simple bicep curls (3x8) standing on the bosu ball. Next I did my favourite tricep bench dips with my feet on a stability ball and a 25 lb plate on my quads (3x10) and followed these up with teepees (3x8), balancing on the ball in between sets. Next I circled back through the muscle groups beginning with tricep cable push downs (3x8), bicep cable curls (3x8), and the air crunches where you put your knees over the rollers on the lat pull down machine and crunch backward (3x16). I was thoroughly exhausted 45 minutes later but I psyched myself up to take on the 60 minute spin class. Unexpectedly it was my favourite Saturday morning instructor teaching this morning so I was able to push through due to the amazing-as-usual song list! I thought I was going to either pass out or puke half-way through but then that feeling of exercise-elation came over me and I was able to finish without making a scene lol.
Leaving the gym in a heap of soaked and sticky workout gear, I stopped by the grocery store to stock up on healthy food for the remainder of the week. Lunches this week are Greece-inspired whole wheat pitas with tzatziki, cucumbers, feta and capers. Delicious and only 185 calories each! I'm seriously exhausted right now so I think its nap time. Hope I don't fall asleep for too long since my body thinks its now 9:30pm. Tomorrow's workout will likely be a shoulder routine followed by another spin class...assuming my legs aren't complete jell-o after today!
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