curves - sign me up

I cancelled my gym membership as I wasn't getting to the gym (read: I have been totally lazy!) I think getting to the gym has been the big thing and wanting to get home in time to cook. Anyway excuses, excuses, excuses.

I cancelled my gym membership but became a member of Curves! There are a few reason why I think this is going to work better:

1. It is literally a 5-10min walk from my house.
2. The totaly workout time is 30 mins (yes I said 30 mins).
3. It has been created for women.
4. I have heard heaps of great stories of women losing weight.
5. You can do it when you are pregnant (no I am not pregnant yet but if and when I do you can still go to curves).
6. You don't have to sign a contract so you can cancel whenever.
7. You apparently see results fairly quickly.
8. They recommend 3 times a week (as it is right where I get off the bus I might try and go a little more frequently).
9. It has been shown that interval training is better for women to burn fat and lose weight.
10. They take all your measurements and get you to come up with some goals, then each month they measure you again so see if you are heading in the right direction to achieving those goals.
11. It's ladies only.

So yesterday I had my first workout, it was really good. It's a combo of weight machines, the hydraulic kind - which means you can adjust how hard it is just by how fast you go. The faster you go the harder it is.

Every other piece of equipment is one of these machines working different parts of the body (arms, back, legs, abs) and then in between you have little stations where you jog on the spot, do jabs or just march (you can do what ever you feel like really it's just to keep the heart rate up but it can also be a rest station).

Every 8 minutes you check your pulse to make sure you are working within your fat burning category (they let you know how you work this out).

You do two circuits, stretch and then you are all done after 35 mins.

Women of all ages can do it and you can adjust how hard you work out and after my first workout I would thouroughly recommend it.

Will keep you posted on how I go!

we did it, but....

..... I am so tired this morning. This morning marked our fourth visit to the gym this week. Woo Hoot! I was tracking OK but this morning when I woke up my body didn't want to play gym. Once we got there it was fine, I did 40 mins on the cardio equipment, a little less than I have been doing the rest of the week and then we did some ab work.

Now I am sitting at work, my body just managing to work with me, I had a fruit boost drink from Boost with an extra shot of something which was meant to keep me going, an hour later IT IS NOT WORKING! I have to push through the tiredness and get to three weeks. Three weeks = routine!

Anyhoo, remember that weekend I was talking about, it starts tomorrow - Yeh!

Hope you guys all have an awesome weekend! Enjoy!

nixter = official gym member

Yes it is true, SP and I have finally joined up to a gym. After much talking and debating we popped into a gym yesterday, one which is between home and work and signed up, tonight is our first night. I am going to meet SP there, work out for a while and then we have our 'orientation'.

I am pretty excited and keen to get back in shape after no exercise since SP and I got married and then lots of eating over Christmas. I dislike the 'sluggish' feeling we have both had and when I run up the stairs I nearly have a heart attack. We are both pretty unfit at the moment but we are looking forward to frequenting the gym about 4 times a week.

Watch out Arnie is all I can say!