Pushing It

I've been to the gym for the past four out of five days, which has surprised even me! I never realised I'd actually commit to it and turn it into a routine!

After I had my one hour session with the trainer last Wednesday, I didn't return to the gym till Saturday because of work. Since then (excluding Sunday because of church!), I've been coming in every morning for at least an hour to work out. I've got to admit I've been feeling a little sore and tired afterwards (falling asleep in the afternoons!), but it's worth it!

It really has been making me feel more upbeat and happy, and it feels great that my body is getting a workout!

I bumped into my trainer again yesterday while I was working out, who said he had seen me working out and encouraged me to keep it up. He then introduced me to the abdominal crunch machine. Hopefully that'll give me some abs!

Today I had another session with the trainer, doing some cardio. Boy was I wasted afterwards! I really should take a 'before' photo so I can keep track of any progress and hopefully notice any difference.

The trainer wants me to keep a diary of everything I eat :O Fortunately he wants me to start next week, so I might spend the last few days enjoying unhealthy food! Or maybe not...

Beach body beach body beach body!

Beach Body Here I Come

This morning I had my complementary one hour session with Monty, my personal trainer. He took me through some warm-up cardio exercises, along with some workouts using machines that would work my front and back, my biceps and triceps, as well as my abs.

My main goals at the gym are to get some abs, improve my posture (I hunch over too much) and to get some muscles!

The last time I joined a gym was the uni gym, and I didn't commit to it at all, only going there three times in the space of a year.

This time I'm going to do it right, and as my trainer has repeated to me to motivate me...

BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY!

Time to Work Out!

I finally joined a gym today! A few months ago I found out that Jetts will be opening a gym in our area, so I registered my interest on their website, and they texted me this morning letting me know that they will be opening by the end of the month! Everyone who pre-registered were invited to sign up and get a discount on membership, so right before work my mum took me there and I signed up.

I booked a time for orientation since it's a 24/7 gym and we need to know all about security etc. They also gave me a three week pre-opening workout. I shall start on that next week!

Summer body here I come!

Back to the Gym

I went back to the gym for the first time in a while tonight! It wasn't very busy tonight, probably since this week has been pretty cold. What made me really want to gym was the fact I ate McDonald's last weekend, and had Wendy's after attending the university teacher's college open day last night!

I used a few machines that hurt...I mean strained my arms and legs before went rowing on the machine for 10 minutes and cycling for 10 minutes!  

By the end I was so sore in a thousand different places! 

I caught up with Angie for the first time in a while afterwards and I shouted Dunkin' Donuts before we caught  the bus home.

I think I just undid all my good work...

The First Step Towards Buffness

I finally joined the gym last Thursday after saying I would for the last two years, and today was the first time I actually went to the gym! 

Aonghas cycled in to the city to meet up with me after work and we went in together. Aonghas was more or less my personal trainer for the night, taking me around to some of the machines and teaching me how to use them. 

We started off doing some leg presses (is that what they're called?) where I sat down on this machine and pushed up against this platform with my feet. Aonghas told me to do 12 at a time, take a rest and do 12 more, then take another rest before doing one final set of 12. My legs were sore after that!

Next on the circuit was this machine that made me push these two bars forward using my hands and upper body strength. We also lifted weights, and used this other machine where I had to pull down this handle thing to lift some weights. Boy were my arms so sore by the end of it!

The final thing we did before we finished for the night were the good old sit-ups. Aonghas then cycled back home while I went to McDonald's (there goes all the hard work!).

I never expected working out at the gym to make me feel a lot better after a bad day at work!