Archive for the 'My Workout Today' Category

I woke up around 7:00 a.m. with my music alarm to some crazy type of pop music.  It get’s me up quickly because I find this type of music irritating (Country Music too). 
My wife made breakfast with whole grain pancakes/blueberries and soy sausage links.  Also, 1 cup of Colombian coffee using stevia as a sweetner [...]


Tonight as I sit in my living room drinking a Michelob beer watching Mexico get their butts kicked by Honduras in soccer, I was saying to myself, “man, I had a great workout tonight!”  (I did an intense lower body workout of supersets and then took a group fitness class at Lifetime Fitness)
I asked myself the question, [...]


On Wednesday night I decided to be a little spontaneous and try a new class at Lifetime Fitness, the Barbell Strength Class.  I figured it would do me well by totalling surprising my body with a new workout.
The Barbell Strength Class is a full body, strength training workout using barbells and dumbbells.  You spend about [...]


Finally I get the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits of water fitness for myself.  This past weekend I attended 2 classes at Lifetime Fitness as a participant, not as an instructor.  It was great.  Didn’t have to worry about arriving 15 minutes early, selecting music, planning exercise routines, or the blistering heat.  I just showed [...]


Last Sunday my workout was not my typical cardio workout.  I actually did a cardio workout for 45 minutes, compared to my usual 20 minutes or less aerobic workouts. 
You see, last Sunday Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played in the Wimbleton Championship Match that took place for most of the day.  There were a few rain [...]


Today I decided to start a new workout phase to surprise my body. 
For the most part, I perform my strength exercise repetitions between a medium to high volume number of repetitions (12 - 24 reps) with a lower amount of resistance and a brief of time for recovery between sets (less than 30 seconds).  This produces a [...]


Today I wanted to do something different for my cardio workout, so I played soccer.
I rounded up a group of friends of mine at the YMCA and organized a pick-up game of 4 on 4 soccer.  I kinda got the feeling they were itching for a change besides the treadmill too, so there was plenty [...]


My strength workout today was super intense. I’m feeling kind of exhausted as I write this blog, but I know it’s the good type of pain, or more precisely, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). It’s the type of pain that indicates you’ve made some sort of good accomplishment in your workouts. You’ll get this type [...]