Something most trainers ask for, when working with you for the first time, is a food log. So for the past two days, I’ve been incredibly conscious of what I’ve been eating… though now that I look back on it, my food choices haven’t been all that great.
Now that I’m working again, I started falling into a pattern of ordering my breakfast at Starbucks. Once the food log kicked in, I cut that out almost immediately… and started to pick up a banana instead.
After my first day back at the gym, it is remarkable how sore I am… and by extension, how out of shape I am. My upper body is worse, so it’s not as immediately noticeable… but my arms are more or less locked into 90 degree angles at the elbows.
We were running low on protein powder, and Liz came home with this. Truth be told, the main reason she got this was that our gym carried it… and the flavor was something we hadn’t had before. I haven’t really been keeping to a schedule with protein powder. I used to have it as a snack, once during the day….
Charles Eugster is 91 years old. Looking at his photo, my brain does a double-take. I have a certain image of what someone should look like at 91, and that image does not match what I see. After falling into what he describes as a sedentary lifestyle, he picked up rowing at 60 and began competing internationally. In his mid-eighties,…
My energy level is better in the morning than in the evenings. As a result, I prefer to work out at the gym before the day begins, as opposed to doing so after work. I find myself slowly losing energy and motion as the day wears on, so I enjoy how a workout will kickstart my day. Like most, I…
Ever since Liz and I started going to the gym, we’ve added protein shakes to our diet. Over the weekend, we ran out… and since we’re both using the stuff, Liz decided to upgrade and got the larger container (on the left). Seeing the two of these together made me chuckle, and I had to take a picture. Liz likes…
On Friday, I ended up working out my legs a great deal at the gym. Lorenzo and I went to the basketball court, and we spent most of our time there in the hardwood. It was early, so there was just one guy shooting baskets… and another person with a trainer, sharing the space. A lot of the exercises I…
It’s never a good thing when your trainer utters the words Holy shit. Remember how I wasn’t feeling well, during my last workout? Well this morning, Lorenzo put a heart rate monitor on me (the kind that straps around your chest, and sends data to a watch on your wrist). Lorenzo had a second watch that he synced with my…
I’m supposed to eat a little something, before each of my workouts. I meet with my trainer, Lorenzo, at about 6AM each session… which means I end up having to get up around 5 so that I can get ready, make some food, and chow down beforehand. I’m also supposed to get to the gym a little earlier, and run…
So it’s been about a week and a half, since Liz and I joined a gym and started working out. Last Wednesday, I had an actual training session with my trainer (Lorenzo), and it left me pretty beat up. He started me on the treadmill at a really relaxed place, just to get my blood going and my heart beating….
Last week, Liz and I officially got memberships at the local XSport gym (on Logan and Elston). Liz has worked out before, but beyond a few trips to a YMCA when I was in grad school… I’d never really done any kind of workout routine. Liz and I both felt like we needed a change, and needed to get a…