Getting Back in the Swing of the Gym |
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About two months ago, I got busy… really busy. My friend and I decided to start a company. We didn’t really expect all the clients we’d get right away. Well maybe my friend did, but I didn’t. At the same time, I was preparing to spend a month in Hawaii, Australia, and Thailand. So there was the natural, “I have to get ahead of my blogging - write and schedule a bunch of stuff.” That’s not only for this blog, but exponentially more popular, and more time-consuming, Lazy Man and Money. Of course there was the month away where I only got limited work done, which lead to another month of catch up upon my return. Sometimes I wonder if vacation is worth it, when you have to work twice as hard before and after you leave.
So with all this time gone, my gym routine was cut short. Instead of swimming every day like I had in the past, I worked. Now the weather is too cold for swimming even if I wanted to. Last week, I decided that enough was enough, and it was time to get to some exercising again. I didn’t do anything amazing, nothing that strenuous. I basically just wanted to put in some gym time to get back in the rhythm again.
I don’t know if I was there for ten minutes. However, I raced through everything quickly. I’d do a chest exercise, followed immediately by a thigh one. I follow that up with an arm or back exercise and then a calf exercise. Each body part was resting while the next was working. I found this a tremendous way to get a lot of exercise in quickly. Again, this kind of circuit training is nothing revolutionary, but it really worked to get me back in the habit again. I have been doing the same thing - though going longer each time - every other day last week. I think I’ll add 30 minutes of running at my fastest pace on the off-days. We’ll see how that goes.Featured Information
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October 29th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I know many that have resorted to full body workouts 3 times per week. Usually these folks are hard pressed for time, so they usually pop into the gym during lunch for a 30 minute full body session. While these workouts are brief, they are very intense and beneficial.
Good luck on getting back into the swing of things.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:05 am
I know what you’re talking about. I believe that October through December are the most difficult months to stay in the swing of workout.
But… the more focused you stay this time of year, the better the start of next year.
Did I say next year already?
November 8th, 2008 at 7:15 am
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