I joined the gym to lift weights and work on my glutes, but while I’m there, one of my favorite things to do is HIIT on the treadmill! HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, is interval training where you alternate short bursts of less intense workouts with bursts of high intensity workouts.
I actually really look forward to doing this every week, which is great because looking forward to anything when it comes to exercise is something to jump on! Continue reading
One of the reasons I chose the gym I did, besides the no sign up fees, was location. There is one close to my office and one close to my home. My first trip to the location by my house was a weekday at lunch.
I’m lucky to be able to work from home one day a week and I go to the gym on my lunch those days. Having done my research in GREATER detail on what exact machines and exercises I want to do, I’m a little more confident in my second week at the gym. (Click Here to read about my first week) I’ve got my glute workout planned out, got my gym gear on, and head out to the new location.
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The adventures continue with my first week at the gym…
So I’ve joined the gym, scheduled my free personal training for the first day (click here to read that fiasco) and packed my bag the night before. I’m all set! Or so I think…. Once I get to work, I realize I’ve forgotten both a towel and an armband. No big deal, I can make due without the towel and armband for my first day. Once I get to the gym however, I realize I’ve also forgotten a lock! Soul Cycle was the last ‘gym’ type thing I had been to and they have locks for you built into the lockers. Oy!
I change, shove my purse and bag into a locker that’s broken, hoping no one will use it and go ask the front desk if they happen to have loaner locks. At this point, I am already wary of the gym in general, but I have goals and I was so excited to join the gym, I am not going to let this deter me! The front desk doesn’t have a lock for me to borrow but the kind gentleman told me he would place my stuff behind the counter while I workout. Better than nothing!
With my stuff secure and the trainer busy, I go and get in my pre-planned HIIT session on the treadmill while I wait for him. Earlier in the week I had looked up glute workouts to do at the gym so I had a rough mental list of exercises I wanted to do that day. Once I completed the HIIT workout and figured out my trainer was now unavailable, I set out to do the glute workouts.
Here’s where the fun begins…. I go to the leg press machine, I had done this in the high school weight room (some 12 years earlier!) and I didn’t remember it being too difficult to figure out. I got this! Continue reading
I have had many mishaps and adventures in the month since I joined the gym and I thought they would make a great first few posts to my blog. I’m titling them the “Gym Chronicles” hopefully they entertain and you can learn from my mistakes! xo
So I Joined the Gym…
After much reading, online research, and with my current at home weights not being heavy enough (strong girl problems), I finally gave in and decided it was time to join the gym. I have joined the gym a few times in the past and I usually went for the cardio machines or a workout class here or there. My gym memberships never lasted more than a few months at best. I have never much liked the gym, maybe you can relate? It’s pretty intimidating with all those hard bodies and fit chicks. But thanks to my BBG workouts, I was feeling more confident, and dare I say even one of them!? Continue reading
Nikki Kirk 