Observations at the gym

• Wear shoes with laces. Keds never have been and never will be acceptable at appropriate gym attire.
• Same goes with tank tops for guys. Especially if I can see your nipples.
• Please don’t wear perfume/cologne. I don’t want to be on the bike and you walk by reeking of Abercrombie. But DO please wear deodorant. THAT can be scented.
• The cardio and weight floor should not be immediately next to the cafe. Especially when smells of coffee and cookies are present.
• Teen night is stupid. It allows teens to congregate around machines I need to use. And they’re probably infecting the machines (and each other)
• There should be an appropriate distance between each individual in the stretch area. I do not need you to do squat holds 6 inches away from where I am doing core work. Especially if you have gas, which you probably do.
• Please control your toddlers in the locker room. Also, you don’t get free reign in there just because you came in with babies.
• Speaking of babies. I think going to the gym during normal business hours is really good birth control. I cringe when I see a room full of those brats in their Spiderman outfits with dirty hands and a screechy laugh.
• NO SNACKS!
• I can see you when you flex in the mirror.

Perhaps those aren’t observations, but more like what annoys me. Anyhoo….

Now back to pv.body (yes, I’m pimping it again)

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Not only am I going to write about what bugs me at the gym AND provide you with a sweet hookup for some awesome activewear and prizes, but I am also going to leave you with a sweet workout!

WORKOUT

Cardio: your choice. Incorporate INTERVALS. >It’s only for 20 minutes< Go at a moderate intensity with rest periods, then shorten the rest periods and increase the intensity. Before you know it, you’ll be huffing and puffing, but you’ll be DONE.

Strength: Lately I have been concentrating my strength workouts to specific areas (upper body, lower body, core), but this workout will be a total body one. You’re welcome.

• Single Leg deadlift (using body bar)
• Standing hamstring extension (same leg)
• Single Leg deadlift with overhead press and hamstring extension (building on the original moves)
• Bosu ball weighted squats (I do these for the length of a song- incorporating different counts to change up the effectiveness of the move. For example: 4 count on the way down, 1 up; 8 count down and up, 2 count each way, etc…)

Go through set with other leg

• Stability ball concentration curls (10) and half curls (to fatigue)
• Overhead presses
• Tricep Kickbacks
• Arnold Presses

Go through set again with curls done on other arm

• Plank up-downs with toes on bosu ball
• Side plank hip dips
• Single Arm over head press and reach with side knee crunch

Done 3 x thru

 Phew! All this fitness talk makes me want to go to the gym now! 😉