After an all-round workout with Terri yesterday, I felt my body searching for some rest today. I felt tired very early today, whereas normally I am struggling with going to bed earlier. Today, my body was naturally looking for some bedtime.
On top of everything, I am sore in my legs and my shoulders. The first time for a long time. I started thinking that my muscles aren’t responding anymore. But here we go-seems like we all got a little wake-up call. This blog is short, since I want to stay within my window and get some sleep.
After Terri advised me to take a Yoga class or Boxing class, I was a little bit reserved. I’ve taking boxing classes years ago and was quickly turned off since the instructor just didn’t give a damn. Well, earlier today I’ve taken one boxing class and my disappointment was yet again confirmed. The instructor rather took the time to squeeze in his own workout as opposed to keeping track on the clients’ posture etc.
He also created a whole circuit/boot camp out of that class which made everyone pretty much moving at all times. Well, at least that was good. Thanks to Terri and her teaching me the basic boxing techniques, I simply applied those at my own pace. When we’re up at push-ups, I did those that I usually do with Terri. And finally, my abs exercises (which I got to love, believe it or not) were easily applicable as well. So even though the boxing class was a let-down, I was moving around for a steady 60 minutes and got some rehearsal time before I will show my form to Terri at our next personalized boxing class. So long.
As I was twisting, turning and extending myself for the last few weeks, I got to realize that it helped me overall when executing other exercises, for example abs workout. It is so much easier to ground my feet now, since I’m overall connected in doing so when I practice Yoga. Evidently, my abs exercise was more successful. I can easily do 300 crunches on my own. In a little while, the fat over the abs will melt away.
…that’s what I would have said before I met Terri - and another day, another week, another month would go by. When in fact, I learned that I have to make time for certain things, such as working out. To my dislike, I want to train myself to get up and work out in the morning before the other big challenges of the day. So far, it didn’t work out at all. I’m sleeping like a baby - 10 hours or so every night. I wake up just on time to get ready for my professional day. But that has got to stop. I’m planning to go to bed by midnight. I want to hit the gym tomorrow at 8a.m. I have to because not only is there a spinning class, but also no more time in my schedule afterwards. If I cannot make, I will lose another possible day of working towards my goal. So wish me good luck and hopefully you’ll hear from me afterwards. Sweet dreams…dreaming of my strong WILL and DEDICATION.
It’s another weekend amidst winter in New York City. Today, it’s even snowing and the wind chill is unbearable. I was planning on going to the gym, but I found myself too lazy to follow up on. In fact, I am only guilty because I had too many carbs yesterday. Overall, I worked out three times this week - reasonably. I am striving for four times a week, but don’t feel like going today.
Most importantly, working out is about consistency. So whether I go four times one week or three times another week - it DOES NOT MATTER. It is all about CONSISTENCY.
So I’m going to lay off and enjoy tonight’s Grammy’s show. Working out with Terri tomorrow - I will work extra hard.
Well, I’ve been working out with Terri for less than 3 months, and start experiencing the results that I get. I not only fit comfortably into my skinny jeans - no, there’s even room in there. I used to come home and look forward to the moment to take off the supertight jeans off. Now, I come home and I lie in it until I finally change to go to sleep. It’s amazing to be able to call my tight jeans my new/old best friend. I haven’t had the chance to work out as often as I would like to this week. But overall, it really is about consistency.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Kickboxing. In the beginning, I thought, that is going to be dreadful, since I didn’t have any good experience in the past with it. Terri started me off, as always, from the basics. This is so important, because one has to learn why a certain posture has to be maintained - no matter if it looks good or not. On another note, I learned for the second time this week, how much more important it is for the mind to work along with the training. As soon as the brain repeats the movements required, one will find fluidity and in-sync in the movement.
The result today is, that I feel my entire back muscles like I never felt them before. The amazing part was, that I didn’t use much weight at all. I expected to hurt most in my shoulders today, but I guess since they’ve gotten stronger, it was my back that has been awakened to a new purpose in life. I didn’t think that I would say it, but I’m actually looking forward to some more kickboxing in the future.
Terri and I finally reached that special moment of taking measurements and tracking the progress of my fitness goals. To my surprise, I’ve lost 2 inches off my waist and I lost an amazing 6% of body fat. I couldn’t believe it, but I learnt that the muscle mass is increasing and evidently, eliminating the body fat.
It was a total success that I have achieved thanks to my determination and regular working out with Terri. I never believed that I would see such results, but everyone can do it, with the right motivational, savyy and energetic Terri.
I’m continuing to work out only imagining what the next readout will show.
Hoping to get up early tomorrow to hit the gym in the morning. Try it, too.
Even though I had to drag myself to the gym yesterday, the euphoria and hormonal flow I experienced after the workout was well received. I was aching a lot from the day before yesterday, yes…when Terri pushed me so far as to realize how many more muscles my harmstrings have. I wasn’t sure whether I could work out yesterday. Luckily, I was scheduled to work my upper body, so being sore in my lower body was just a weak and lousy excuse of my mind wanting to get away from a healthy lifestyle.
I hit the gym and worked out using my legs on the bike. All those aching muscles knew that they had to hang in there and toughen it out. It felt so good afterwards…I really pushed myself and made sure to use my core even more so due to the weakness of my legs. I felt so rejuvenated that I even sprinted home. Today is my day off before I get measured tomorrow. I’m very sure the results will be supporting all the effort that I put in in the last two months. Until then, happy working out!
I have been following my workout routine religiously these past weeks. It has really become a joy to work out and feel pumped up afterwards. I never thought that I would say that. But currently, it fits just right into my lifestyle. No strain, no hassle, just pure fun. Luckily, the public gym is not too crowded which is a key. Otherwise, waiting for equipment or room can bring down the motivation down. I recommend to pick a time and a spot when one is not bothered by the crowd-that is if you have the luxury of a flexible time schedule.
Tomorrow, I’ll head to the gym for my upper body. Already now, I feel the blood pumping in my legs from today’s workout.
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