Introverted.

I'm back.  Yes, It has been awhile since I have blogged, I have been trying to keep myself busy.  Busy I have been.

Ok, so at this new gym I have figured out a definite formula for workouts that work best for me. But before I go on, I have to talk about an especially memorable trip to the gym. I am a stick my earbuds in and rock out until you knock this out kind of person at the gym.  You will find me totally in the zone, unless there is some interesting eye candy,  of course, or I am there with a buddy. This particular day was a usual.  I did my 15 minutes on the power mill to get my heart rate up and headed to the open room to do some strength training.  There was an older guy, who appeared to be doing some personal training with another gentleman.  I presume he did not think what I had selected to do for the day was sufficient.  He politely got my attention and instructed me on how to do some core exercises.  He showed me four, and told me to how to many sets, reps, and frequency each week.  I needed to change things up so I did what he said.  Two weeks later, I am getting comments from co -workers it appears I am slimming in the area I most want: my mid section. For the up coming week I am going to try and increase the number of reps.  I still have this wedding in about a week. So my current work out, thanks to the guy at the guy who provided me what he thought i should be doing.

15 minutes on the power mill  (The stair stepper).  I was starting on a 3 setting, now I start on four and try to increase every 5 minutes to reach 7.

The four excercises the guy gave me were:

 

I also added one more to make the fourth:

      and    to keep my heart rate up.  This lasts for a total of 20 minutes.
I finalized my work outs with a 15 minute cool down and stretch.  I am reminded at 3 am the importance of stretching before and after a workout. Cool down would be either on low setting on treadmill or stationary bike.


I have come up with great at home work out for those days I stay in.  Everyone around me is looking forward to the cold weather change.  I kind of like the feeling of living on an island all year round, personally.

My at home work out:

  Which is 15 minutes along with the following video, which is 20 minutes:

I trying to find someone to go with me to the gym, kind of like a buddy to keep me accountable. I can bring a friend on my membership for free; I have one person that goes with me on Tuesdays.  Praying for a gym buddy for Thursday, Friday (this is a optional date night) and Saturday.