God, I'm Good!!!

I got up at 5:30am this morning and did a workout!! Yes, that’s 5:30am in the morning!!!!!!!! :D Just thought I’d share my utter lunacy with everyone!! :D

Aw man, I'm usually just getting into bed at 5:30......

Originally posted by Heep
Aw man, I'm usually just getting into bed at 5:30...... Do you work nights or something or are you just an insomniac???? :p :hehehe:

Nah, I'm just adjusted to about 5 time zones west of me for some reason. I guess I normally go to bed at 4 or 4:30, but I don't get up until noon

Originally posted by FTO Girl
I got up at 5:30am this morning and did a workout!! Yes, that’s 5:30am in the morning!!!!!!!! :D Just thought I’d share my utter lunacy with everyone!! :D

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Oh man I cannot work out that early. I need to wait until I've been up for a couple hours at least.

I've tried the early morning workouts, but just can't do it. I have a hard enough time getting out of bed to come to my office, much less getting up 2 hours earlier to pump some iron. Congrats, and keep up the good work...;)

Forgot to mention that I had to make a stop at Starbucks on the way to work to make up for the VERY early start (also picked up some toothpicks to wedge my eyes open) :p :hehehe:

Originally posted by FTO Girl
(also picked up some toothpicks to wedge my eyes open) :p :hehehe:

GAH! Scary....NOTHING sharp or even blunt comes near my eyes except my glasses and my grubby fingers. I'm freaked out by eyes, and horrified of hurting them...

Originally posted by Heep


GAH! Scary....NOTHING sharp or even blunt comes near my eyes except my glasses and my grubby fingers. I'm freaked out by eyes, and horrified of hurting them...

Or worse, concussions!:D:D:hehe:

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL


Or worse, concussions!:D:D:hehe:

Nah, bonkin' my head doesn't bother me anymore. Got used to it :D:D

Congrats :) I need to get back into some kind of routine :o especially with the holidays coming and all the junk food will soon be pouring into the office...but I am making up my mind I am only gonna take a taste and not a helping this year. I was doing good for awhile but got caught up in so many other projects I just haven't had the time.

Tonight Alex n I are supposed to go to the Bally's gym up by my house and check it out. My mom has a membership with them and there is supposed to be some deal where family members can be guests for 90 days for free. So I told Alex we should check it out during that time and see if we like it there.

Originally posted by KatWoman
Tonight Alex n I are supposed to go to the Bally's gym up by my house and check it out. My mom has a membership with them and there is supposed to be some deal where family members can be guests for 90 days for free. So I told Alex we should check it out during that time and see if we like it there. Awesome! It feels great when you get into a workout routine, it's very addictive!!.

We’ve got a small sort of gym set up at home (treadmill, bench, bars, weights, dumbells and swiss ball) so that’s where I do my workouts. I used to go to a gym, but found it got too crowded at the times that I wanted to go. This is the first time that I’ve got up early to do a workout (I used to do them after work). I’m not usually much of a morning person. :p

Good for you. I cant do my workouts in the morning. Thats for sleeping! I save them for the evenings. Hope you can keep at it.

Originally posted by YogsVR4
Good for you. I cant do my workouts in the morning. Thats for sleeping! I save them for the evenings. Hope you can keep at it. Hehe, me too!! :D

Hehe. I did a 4 hour intensive workout on Saturday. If that counts for anything. I can also now easily do 60 pushups in less than 40 seconds.

Originally posted by Porsche
Hehe. I did a 4 hour intensive workout on Saturday. If that counts for anything. A 4 hour workout!!!! Wow, you must be exhausted after that one!!!! :eek:

My Biceps and Triceps are still hurting today. I sorta lost count of what I was doing, so I'd do like 14 sets (12 reps per set) of something and then eventually move on.

I had been working out for like the last 3 months (not at 5.30am though) but the last week ive had a cold so ive stoppped and now im starting to feel better im struggling to start again

Originally posted by Porsche
My Biceps and Triceps are still hurting today. I sorta lost count of what I was doing, so I'd do like 14 sets (12 reps per set) of something and then eventually move on. :eek: How do you manage that??? I only do 3 sets of 15 reps per exercise and that totally burns!!!

Originally posted by FTO Girl
:eek: How do you manage that??? I only do 3 sets of 15 reps per exercise and that totally burns!!!

You can build it up pretty quickly, I started doing about that, now im doing reps of like 35-40

Originally posted by dejoux


You can build it up pretty quickly, I started doing about that, now im doing reps of like 35-40 But surely that means that the weight is too light if you can manage those high reps (at least that's what our trainer told us).

Originally posted by FTO Girl
But surely that means that the weight is too light if you can manage those high reps (at least that's what our trainer told us).

Im talking push ups and chin ups and stuff like that.

Im to slack to go to the gym (even though I can get in for free :D)

I think putting on weight just so Pushups were more effective would be pretty pointless:D

Originally posted by FTO Girl
I got up at 5:30am this morning and did a workout!! Yes, that’s 5:30am in the morning!!!!!!!!

5:30 :eek: I used to get up real early every day, but the last yr or so, I really cant get up early anymore.

Getting up that early violates my commandments. (im out of time, but will explain lator)

Congrats on being able to have the willpower to actually go through with it. I really need to start working out, im just so lazy tho.

Alex n I went and checked out that Bally's earlier tonight. HUGE thumbs down. I asked them about that 90 day thing under my mom's membership and the guy we talked to looked at me like I fell off the turnip truck. He first started our tour by bashing other local health clubs, LA Fitness is their big competitor. He was going off about how all their equipment was the best and LA Fitness couldn't beat anything they had to offer, blah blah blah. When I asked him for prices, etc. he asked how much we were willing to put down. We also told him we don't wanna be under a 3 year contract because what if something happens (i.e. illness, unemployment, accident/health problem) then we would be stuck paying for 3 years. We asked about a month to month deal and he said we were only setting ourselves up for failure which I thought was a load of crap. He was very negative, unprofessional, arrogant...I can keep going on n on. All he wanted was our $$ and his commission.

Afterward we went over the LA Fitness. The guy who took us on a tour there was a lot friendlier and didn't put on the pressure like the Bally's prick. This place was cleaner, better lit, more open, and the overall atmosphere there was a lot better. And the prices are sooooo much better....plus we can do the month-month membership.

Needless to say we will most definitely be joining LA Fitness at the end of the week...and most likely starting regular work outs Monday nite of next week :)

Originally posted by KatWoman
Alex n I went and checked out that Bally's earlier tonight. HUGE thumbs down. I asked them about that 90 day thing under my mom's membership and the guy we talked to looked at me like I fell off the turnip truck. He first started our tour by bashing other local health clubs, LA Fitness is their big competitor. He was going off about how all their equipment was the best and LA Fitness couldn't beat anything they had to offer, blah blah blah. When I asked him for prices, etc. he asked how much we were willing to put down. We also told him we don't wanna be under a 3 year contract because what if something happens (i.e. illness, unemployment, accident/health problem) then we would be stuck paying for 3 years. We asked about a month to month deal and he said we were only setting ourselves up for failure which I thought was a load of crap. He was very negative, unprofessional, arrogant...I can keep going on n on. All he wanted was our $$ and his commission.

Afterward we went over the LA Fitness. The guy who took us on a tour there was a lot friendlier and didn't put on the pressure like the Bally's prick. This place was cleaner, better lit, more open, and the overall atmosphere there was a lot better. And the prices are sooooo much better....plus we can do the month-month membership.

Needless to say we will most definitely be joining LA Fitness at the end of the week...and most likely starting regular work outs Monday nite of next week :)

Now it's time to call the manager of the other place and rub it in that he sucks :D:D:D

Originally posted by Heep


Now it's time to call the manager of the other place and rub it in that he sucks :D:D:D

Funny you should say that....I was telling my mom about it this morning and she was shocked. She literally got red carpet treatment when she went in and signed up and they even gave her a personal trainer for a year. So next time she goes in she's gonna talk to her trainer and tell him what happened.

The guy who treated us like this was a younger jock who had that "i look good and know it" attitude. I can't stand that :rocket:

Originally posted by KatWoman

The guy who treated us like this was a younger jock who had that "i look good and know it" attitude. I can't stand that :rocket: I hate that too. Some people who are gym members (guys and girls alike!) can be so up themselves. They spend half their time staring at their reflection in the mirror instead of actually working out! I hate people like that! :mad:

I know that when I was looking at the gyms back home this summer I went and toured every one in town, and perhaps my biggest interest was how they treated me, and how they discussed other gyms. I went to the most popular sports club in town and found the employees to be very non-chalant...if you want to join, fine, if you don't, it doesn't matter to us. They were far too smug with their pockets overflowing with cash. And the large 'shrine' to a local football hero, who also happned to be the owner of the gym was quite a turn off as well..

So I headed across town to the local racquetball club and I got the five star treatment. I'll admit...I'm a tough customer and I interviewed the hell out of these guys, but they stood up to the challenge. The other members turned out to be really friendly as well.

Hmm...I miss my racquetball club. :(

My idea of a work out is figure skating HARD for about an hour/2 hours straight... I just did it last night, and boy did it feel good! I still have half my jumps and spins from 2 years ago!!! :D