Today marks three years since I started working out. The 4-days-a-week routine now contains two different aerobic workouts: One is an 25-minute HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout, followed by a ~12.5kph run for 20 minutes. The other is a steady state 10kph run for 1 hour. The HIIT workout is always hard, but the [...]
I get a lot of positive reaction for the work I do at the gym. I take it for granted now, but I’m also always afraid that one day I might just quit. So far I’ve been doing OK :) Anyway, I wanted to tell you why and how I started working out: While working [...]
I noticed yesterday that I’ve been working out with the same schedule for exactly one year (here’s my detailed workout schedule). With the weights I’ve been slowly pushing harder and harder, but aerobics-wise I think my body has adjusted and I gained some weight. It doesn’t bother me too much but it’s always a good [...]
Today marks 2 years since I started working out. I still follow the same 4-days-a-week workout schedule from March this year. I must admit that having Tuesday off from workouts is a nice relief and also a chance to move workouts around the week when there’s a need to do that. I think I’ve reached [...]
If you’re looking for the out-of-the-ordinary workout, here’s one you can try… it’s the shoveglove. The guy who invented it seems very serious about it, so I guess it’s worth a shot. I think I’ll stick to the gym, at least for now. (via Freakonomics Blog)
Starting next week I’ll move to a 4 days/week workout schedule after following a 6 days/week schedule for almost a year and a half. The change comes because of quite a few reasons, but basically my workouts include 2 Pilates and 2 Yoga lessons which are nice to have but I don’t feel they’re such [...]
Exactly one year ago I started working out. I went to the gym with no expectations what-so-ever. I didn’t have anything that I bought especially for working out – I went there with boxer shorts and one of my worn out T-shirts. During this one year I did exactly 300 workouts. Well, actually 299 – [...]
There is a fine line between being determined or persistent and being stupidly stubborn. It’s the same fine line that separates the brave and the dumb. Today I think I was just stubborn, but to tell you the truth, right now I’m happy about it. Yesterday I was at a wedding, and slept only 3 [...]
I told you a little about John Stone in my first post and now I would like to tell you the story on how I got to his website. You know those stupid emails you get at work? Usually there are images or movie clips in them, but sometimes there are links. Before I started [...]
Here’s my current weekly workout schedule: Sunday: HIIT #1 on an elliptical; Pilates. Monday: HIIT #1 on an elliptical + 20 minute run at 85% MHR; Yoga. Tuesday: Muscles: chest, legs, triceps; Pilates. Wednesday: HIIT #2 on an elliptical; Muscles: shoulders, biceps, upper-back. Thursday: HIIT #2 on an elliptical + 20 minutes run at 85% [...]