work out at least 3 times a week

This gets somewhat re-started now because i’m starting full time work – i want to do two or three after-work sessions each week. Probably i’ll combine personal training with a fitness class (maybe body balance so that i’m not too tired from too much stuff) so that all the effort to get to the gym isn’t wasted. I’m yet to see how well this will go though coz i’m yet to see how tired i get, but i’d LIKE to continue going often because it’ll be a lifestyle change – less walking, more sitting around, probably more eating of bad/fast foods.

I’m currently doing this. For weeks i was only going once a week for my PT session (i doubt i’d even go that much if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s hard to get out of coz she’s my friend too) but now i’m doing RPM on monday, PT on Wednesday and Core on Thursday morning – impressive, huh? Problem being that i’m putting on a tiny bit of weight, and so i’m simultaneously trying to improve eating habits, and also i’m thinking of adding in one more cardio each week – whether it’s a run before/after PT, or maybe a combat class (but they hurt my feet after a while coz i’ve got running, not cross-training shoes…) – any suggestions?

so i’m not quite living up to this yet – i’ve been a member for…three and a bit weeks now? four and a bit weeks? and on average i’m going 5 times a fortnight, which is one less than three times a week, but the first time i was sick (as you’ve seen) and the second time i had a choice between gym, or cuddles with beth, so y’know. PRIORITIES, people.

BUT, she’s thinking of joining fitness first, so i’d totally kick her into taking classes with me (or…probably it would be more vice-versa) not to mention that if i stay at hers it’s less likely to just be a crazy-lazy sunday.

on the PLUS side, i’ve started doing interval training on the treadmill (only for 20 minutes at a time), walking and running, and my weights are coming along well (except for my legs, which never seem to get any stronger no matter what i do to them). i have this feeling i’ll end up like an upside down triangle, because my upper-body gains muscle like nothing else and i’ll just have little girl legs my whole life. sigh still, if they get a bit more toned i’ll look awesome in my skirts in summer (...that is, if i shave. i’m lazy).

...that is all.

okay, so week one suffered a minor setback in that i was all ready to do an RPM class on sunday morning with sarah – and boom, i get sick on saturday night. wake up with my alarm sunday and turn it off and send a message to sarah ‘no gym. ...ow, my head…’

however, we DID do a full workout today. arms, legs, abs, cardio, where as opposed to last week i went slightly easier on the weights, and slightly harder on the abs and cardio (i figure if i was still sore like 3 days after, i may have been pushing it slightly too far).

and beth told me a few days ago – ‘if you’re like lees…which i suspect that you are, you’ve got a really strong upper body and PISS-WEAK legs’ and considering i can lift about the same with leg-presses as i can with trapezium pull-downs, that sounds about right :P haha.

oh. my. GOD. first workout today, sarah showed me the weights machines (for legs and arms) and we did some ab-work and then finished with a 20 minute cardio on the treadmill. i think i may literally be about to die of tiredness and pain.

also, i am apparently simultaneously a weakling, a stick-insect and a tank. work that out :P haha.