I just started work and it's your usual 9 to 6 grind. Thus, by the time I get home, it's 7pm. How do you squeeze in exercise when you're half dead from deadlines and whatever you were rushing at your desk?
1. Exercise for 10 mins in the morning before you head out (Monday to Fri):
20 sumo squats
40 side lunges
20 push ups
(repeat twice)
Stretches
That should take about 7 to 10 minutes, depending on fitness level and kind of stretching and yoga/pilates positions you employ.
I realised that after a boost like that, I don't feel sluggish in the morning.
2. Exericse for 10-15 mins on alternate evenings with weights
This is my plan:
Monday: Upper body
Wed/thurs: abs
Sat/sun: Legs
This adds up to 20-25 mins on days you do both periods.
So for the whole week, you get in: 95 minutes of exercise.
It isn't so tough plus you don't have to look GREY like the people in the office. It scares me to death, thinking I will look grey and dull after a while if I don't get my blood circulation flowing right.
INSPIRATION!
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Motivation and misc.
I'm the kind of girl who enjoys reading articles that aren't "nice" to readers. To give you an example of a NICE article, read this.
An example of a not so nice article, is this.
The second article isn't the most brutal article I have come across, but still, first timers who are so damn addicted to SHAPE magazines- it is brutal.
Why?
- It tells you the COLD HARD TRUTH
- It makes women who just do random yoga poses and 15 reps of everything without extra resistance feel like they are back at square one.
- Hey! It even makes women who trained with weights feel like they are back at square one.
- There's more truth packed in without all the fluff and stuff. I hate fluff and niceties in an article that is supposed to be motivating. Motivation burns like fire, it does not float around like bubbles.
Dear faithful SHAPE reading females, try a one-legged deadlift. Heck, try doing deadlifts with moderate weights. Then tell me how do you FEEL in the morning. I love that soreness. I smile when I stumble off my bed and crawl to my bathroom when I get up.
In other updates on life:
-Body fat is definately down.
- Muscle mass increasing (rather drastically the past few months)...I hope to gain another 1 to 2 kg in March.
- Operation in April to be scheduled. Bye bye muscle gain. =( I hope not too much loss during recup.
An example of a not so nice article, is this.
The second article isn't the most brutal article I have come across, but still, first timers who are so damn addicted to SHAPE magazines- it is brutal.
Why?
- It tells you the COLD HARD TRUTH
- It makes women who just do random yoga poses and 15 reps of everything without extra resistance feel like they are back at square one.
- Hey! It even makes women who trained with weights feel like they are back at square one.
- There's more truth packed in without all the fluff and stuff. I hate fluff and niceties in an article that is supposed to be motivating. Motivation burns like fire, it does not float around like bubbles.
Dear faithful SHAPE reading females, try a one-legged deadlift. Heck, try doing deadlifts with moderate weights. Then tell me how do you FEEL in the morning. I love that soreness. I smile when I stumble off my bed and crawl to my bathroom when I get up.
In other updates on life:
-Body fat is definately down.
- Muscle mass increasing (rather drastically the past few months)...I hope to gain another 1 to 2 kg in March.
- Operation in April to be scheduled. Bye bye muscle gain. =( I hope not too much loss during recup.
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