It's Saturday and you guessed it...started my weekend with a nice detoxifying spin class! Usually I'm up bright and early on a Saturday morning but when my alarm went off at 7:00 am, it was a struggle to get my tired ass out of bed. Not even my dog who usually begins his pacing / crying / shaking / jumping on my bed / starting at me until I move wake-up call around 6:30 had any interest in getting up on this dreary rainy morning. But alas I knew I had a glass of wine and a martini to burn off from last night's birthday outing so I refrained from hitting the snooze and grudgingly exited my happy place.
Arriving at World's at my usual time of 8:00 (nice and early to ensure I get a spin pass as well as my first pick of bikes), I cracked open a Celcius and began with some all-over stretches to try and wake up my muscles. I really wasn't in the mood to do weights this morning so I decided to use my free 45 minutes to hit a few target areas that always need improvement. Yesterday I did a shoulders-only extra long weight sesh that I copied out of this month's Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine so shoulders were definitely out of the question. Lesson learned...any more than 3 exercises of the same muscle group is a waste because at that point its a major struggle to keep going and I sacrifice not only on form but also settle for reduced weight and reps!
Today's quickie routine began with 4 sets of 10 standing leg lifts (2 sets forward and 2 sets side-to-side). Then I moved on 4 sets of 10 barbell bicep curls while standing on the bosu. Returning to abs I then did 4 sets of 12 incline crunches, 2 sets forward while holding a plate and 2 weightless sets side-to-side. The incline bench was already set-up with 5 risers when I got there. Of course it wasn't until halfway through when I wondered why I was struggling so much that I realized it wasn't my usual 4. Funny how just a few inches can make such a huge difference! Lastly, I did 4 sets of 10 (each arm) tricep dumbbell extensions. I wanted to get in a third ab workout since I only did one yesterday but time was running out as I got caught up into a conversation with one of the usuals so I had to call it quits.
I was feeling much more energetic when I entered spin class and despite what the instructor may think about my less than par RPM average, I got a great workout today and feel like I was able to push myself much harder than the past few weekends. I think it may be due to the fact that I only did 2 spin classes this week rather than 3-4 like I had been doing so my quads weren't quite as exhausted this morning. I'll have to hit up class again on Monday or Tuesday because I think my 1-month membership will be expiring early this week and I'll be taking a week or two off from spin in order to get some serious lower body weight sessions in without having exhausted muscles. I'm sure that as usual the excellent playlist also had something to do with my burst of energy as I had completely lost myself in the music by the end of class :) Okay, I'll stop the cheesiness here but seriously I cannot get that song out of my head...great way to end class!
Anyway, that was all for today's workout. Not sure what tomorrow's will bring; maybe a good run and ab sesh will be a nice way to round out the weekend. I know I'll need something to keep my mood lifted as its back to work on Monday after 9 days out of the office. Ughhh the thought of sitting on my ass staring at the computer screen for 9 hours is making me cringe already. I'll have to plan some good post-workday workouts to keep me going this week! Happy gymming everyone and on this note I'll leave you with my favorite lines from "Lose Yourself"...just something to think about and hopefully keep you motivated on this icky rainy day:
Arriving at World's at my usual time of 8:00 (nice and early to ensure I get a spin pass as well as my first pick of bikes), I cracked open a Celcius and began with some all-over stretches to try and wake up my muscles. I really wasn't in the mood to do weights this morning so I decided to use my free 45 minutes to hit a few target areas that always need improvement. Yesterday I did a shoulders-only extra long weight sesh that I copied out of this month's Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine so shoulders were definitely out of the question. Lesson learned...any more than 3 exercises of the same muscle group is a waste because at that point its a major struggle to keep going and I sacrifice not only on form but also settle for reduced weight and reps!
Today's quickie routine began with 4 sets of 10 standing leg lifts (2 sets forward and 2 sets side-to-side). Then I moved on 4 sets of 10 barbell bicep curls while standing on the bosu. Returning to abs I then did 4 sets of 12 incline crunches, 2 sets forward while holding a plate and 2 weightless sets side-to-side. The incline bench was already set-up with 5 risers when I got there. Of course it wasn't until halfway through when I wondered why I was struggling so much that I realized it wasn't my usual 4. Funny how just a few inches can make such a huge difference! Lastly, I did 4 sets of 10 (each arm) tricep dumbbell extensions. I wanted to get in a third ab workout since I only did one yesterday but time was running out as I got caught up into a conversation with one of the usuals so I had to call it quits.
I was feeling much more energetic when I entered spin class and despite what the instructor may think about my less than par RPM average, I got a great workout today and feel like I was able to push myself much harder than the past few weekends. I think it may be due to the fact that I only did 2 spin classes this week rather than 3-4 like I had been doing so my quads weren't quite as exhausted this morning. I'll have to hit up class again on Monday or Tuesday because I think my 1-month membership will be expiring early this week and I'll be taking a week or two off from spin in order to get some serious lower body weight sessions in without having exhausted muscles. I'm sure that as usual the excellent playlist also had something to do with my burst of energy as I had completely lost myself in the music by the end of class :) Okay, I'll stop the cheesiness here but seriously I cannot get that song out of my head...great way to end class!
Anyway, that was all for today's workout. Not sure what tomorrow's will bring; maybe a good run and ab sesh will be a nice way to round out the weekend. I know I'll need something to keep my mood lifted as its back to work on Monday after 9 days out of the office. Ughhh the thought of sitting on my ass staring at the computer screen for 9 hours is making me cringe already. I'll have to plan some good post-workday workouts to keep me going this week! Happy gymming everyone and on this note I'll leave you with my favorite lines from "Lose Yourself"...just something to think about and hopefully keep you motivated on this icky rainy day:
"Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not
So here I go, its my shot
Feet fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You can do anything you set your mind to."
- Eminem
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