Saturdays are my favorite day of the week. It’s the day of the week I usually don’t have anything pressing to do and I can take my time with my own workouts. I try not to schedule workout appointments with my clients also. I usually start my
By admin | December 13, 2008
This morning after I completed my strength workout at the Fort Bend YMCA, I went to the basketball gym hoping there would be people playing full-court. Unfortunately, not one single person was playing in the gym. So, rather than going back to the fitness area to workout on
By admin | November 23, 2008
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
By admin | November 20, 2008
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
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By admin | November 14, 2008
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 [...]
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By admin | September 1, 2008
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,
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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
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
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
By admin | January 21, 2008
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
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