“Cheats” are important in any fitness routine. Everyone has their favourite foods, and generally they’re not on the “top 5 things I love to eat” list. Cheating allows your body to realize that you don’t live off of vegetables and tuna all day (although eating healthy doesn’t mean resorting yourself to just that ). [...]
I recently joined Good Life Fitness. Today’s workout was a warm up to ease back into the routine after my month off (not including yesterday). They have a quick fit (or something like that) circuit set up with 9 machines
2 Cycles:
Quad Extensions
Hamstring Extensions
Bicep Curls
Back Extensions
Ab Crunches
Chest Press
Seated Rows
Shoulder Fly’s
Tricep Extensions
After that it was on to [...]
In tribute to CrossFit’s naming of their workouts after women – I figured I’d follow suit. My workout today:
Alternating 5 wide grip pullups, 95lb shoulder thrusters (3 sets)
10 burpees (3 sets)
Alternating 25 traditional crunches, 25 bicycle kicks
That was enough to kick my ass today. I guess my month off hit me harder than expected.
Shendy.
I did my first shop for 2K9 yesterday to stock up on everything I needed to keep my self on the path to success. Among the items on my plan:
Breakfast
1 16oz glass of water (a glass of water as soon as you wake up will kick start your metabolism after not consuming anything for at [...]
It’s almost the New Year. I have definitely been off the wagon for about a month now, but this is still my healthiest holiday to date. Check back for progress updates, posted weight, size decreases (and increases). I’m armed with 2 gym memberships, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, and everything else I worked for [...]
