I just returned from the gym not long ago. The plan was to be there by 9:30 this morning, but me and plans don't have the best of relationships. I just couldn't get out of the house this morning because I was in a funky mood. I'm much better now after expending some energy and moving that much closer to my fitness goals. I'm still a little cranky, ( Read more... )

I almost never go to the gym between the hours of 4pm and roughly 8pm because of the after-work crowd. I did it today, got my workout done and left. However, someone engaged in one of my all-time gym pet peeves which was this. I go into the room people use for ab and some upper-body exercises. There's a mat at one end of the room to do crunches, ( Read more... )

I'm feeling great these days. I've been keeping a regular schedule with my workouts and the results have been fantastic. I'm at week six and it's time to regroup and see what I'll do next. So far, I've been sticking to an all-body workout, three days a week and I think I'll keep it that way. A couple of weeks, including this one, I've missed one of ( Read more... )

There are two things that are major pet peeves of mine in gyms. There are more, but these are at the top. The first are people who don't have the common curtesy to put the weights they were using back where they found them. The second are those who refuse to wipe down equiptment, after sweating all over the place ( Read more... )

Back from the gym. Second work-out this week and things are going really well. I have to make some adjustments to my eating habits, particularily my pre-exercise meals. I have to remeber to make sure I get some carbs into my system an hour or so before I work out. I ate, but only had a couple of pieces of fruit-an apple and banana along with water ( Read more... )

Just returned from my first gym workout in 8 months. My body is saying, "Oh, thank you, sir...may I please have another?". Soon, very soon, Wednesday, in fact...