Me and Arnold. Why “uninhabited” often means “uninhibited”. Oh, and the trainer…

The elliptical trainer, that is. Man, this is one weird machine. I hate to admit that there is a part of me that is actually getting a kick out of  this little challenge – that must be the masochistic part – but nonetheless, it is true… I am quite enjoying loving to hate this whole [...]

I’m a hard-working girl. Saturday @ Ultimate Fitness.

Upper body – though not a lot of chest, because I already did that this week. But… dreaded shoulders… And triceps, which I don’t mind. Followed by a little bit of cardio on the elliptical trainer. Saturday. Most people are out having fun. I’m in the gym, earning my pizza and beer. And earn it, [...]

My abs, a weight update, and… I’m in danger of becoming a Cardio Queen…

Nah, not really. I weight-train far too hard for that, thank goodness. But I have been doing more than the usual amount of cardio in an effort to shed some of this… fluff… around my middle. It’s been necessary, because even though I have been being a very good girl for a while now, I [...]

I got legs… and I know how to use them…

… which is rather surprising after yesterday’s elliptical cardio day… Oh, believe me, they’re not legs like these: … my legs weren’t that skinny when I was six… Nope. They’re more legs like these… and these: … that are capable of handling this: … and this: … and this: … not to mention this: Yeah. [...]

Elliptically Speaking, a New Challenge.

I’m a pretty straightforward person – okay, okay, occasionally bordering on “brash” and “in-your-face” if I’m having a bad day – so it’s no secret whatsoever how I feel about the elliptical trainer. As I have recorded numerous times on this site, I absolutely HATE it. The motion feels unnatural, I have to concentrate to [...]

Back Again. And “Back and Chest”. Tuesday @ Ultimate Fitness.

(Hey Mike: read the note at the end re: the elliptical. I’m in need of some advice.) I’m back in my native land once more – but you would never know it from the heat. We broke records today, hitting a high of 32.3 degrees Celsius (90 F). And tomorrow promises to be hotter still. [...]

Friday with my man, Mike. And a new PB.

Ouch, my aching quads. I have been saying that all weekend, much to Doug’s amusement. He has recently started back in the gym again after a long hiatus – he has time now that injury has forced him to stop running – and he has been hurting a bit himself. Last week, his abs were [...]

Jae struts her stuff – no ifs, ands or …. well, there was ONE butt…

My gym partner, Jae, hates to train legs. If she had her way, our workouts would be all bench press, all the time… and that is only a slight exaggeration. She loves training chest. I, on the other hand, detest it. And so it was completely a tribute to how much I like her that [...]

Sometimes, I’m such a wimp.

And today, that was the case. Consider: My cardio was 10 minutes on the stepmill, and 15 minutes on the treadmill. Wimp-city. And: That was my entire workout for the day. I cannot lie. So, super-wimp-city. I just had no legs today, and as tomorrow is actually “Leg Day”, it seemed rather unproductive to push [...]

Monday. Chest & Back. And Hard Core Ab Porn.

That, folks, is exactly what my trainer called it and even though I am the “Queen of Core”, I agreed with him. It was a tough little bout that started off the session that followed ours -  Mike’s next clients were Charlie, Steve and Matt – and just for fun, Jae and I joined in. [...]