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Monday… monday… sighhhh I hate Mondays!!! They are like the beginning of all sorts of bad things. Yes yes I’m trying to keep my chin up. Lets start of first, which was I didn’t feel very productive today. Then on top of that I didn’t manage to go to gym in the morning so blllehhhh, was feeling all sluggish. Had a meeting up in Damansara Uptown which was suppose to be at 1.30pm or so I thought according to the agenda. Then found out we don’t have to be there till 2.40pm. Which meant i coulddo gym during lunch hour. Unfortunately decided to finish off some work instead. Then finally when it was nearly time to go, thought there wouldn’t be a jam so left around 2.20, which should be alright. Turns out there was jam just in front of the office argh! So rushed like some speed demon, weaving in and out here there everywhere. Got honked at. Finally made it to the destination and guess what as I enter the carpark, got some ding dong sloooooow of the slooowwwww driver in front of me. Every turn he took, he took his time. Hellooooo I’m rushing!! As I rush to the basement 3 of the parking and into one bay, the guy also turns into the same bay. Well the bay in front me anyway. So it looked like we were going to the ‘chicken’ with a distance of 100cm. Oh yeah, my colleagues who left earlier arrived same time as me…. not bad. So rushed on up the elevator and into the 15th floor, cause thats where i was told to go. But there were two glass doors!! Which one!!!  SO i just picked and asked someone and she pointed me to this conference room. I thought the meeting was already running and my colleagues were in so. The two big sliding doors, stood in front of me and I slid one open. Starred at the room and tried to look for my colleagues pixie haircut, as everyone else starred at me too… Nope nada.. Sorry… wrong room. Closed it and then went to the other glass door.  Finally got to the right place and in the end.. the wrong room i went to was where i was suppose to go. Needless to say, Malaysian time affects and INFECTS everyone, to be late. So the meeting dragged for 3-4 hours. Sigh ok. Fine. Then on the way back. pondered. considered. Should I go home? Go to gym at Raintree? Go to gym at the Curve? Had a mine to not…then as I saw all the cars on the road… oh what the heck. It’ll be the jam anyways. So turned into the curve. As I got into the carpark though – Prasie The Lord! I found parking immediately at the door. While walking up said to myself to focus and just go gym don’t look at anything. Needless again to say. The first store as I came up from the escalator was…Nikewomen….Oh I lost it. Then finally after much starring.. I went to look for Fitness First. Great when I got in, it was packed. Went to the locker to change and waddyaa know…. No Top!!!! Arghhhhh! Had the pants and shoes… but no top!! What to do? Went out to Nike women and got something. Figured, I’m going to charge it anyway, might as well regret later. ohhh i regret and not regret at the same time. Found a top of my size, M… everything was S! What the hell!! I could fit the S but wow did it feel like I was in a corset. SO ok, found the top and found an interesting jacket cause no way was i walking out with no top and just the training top. And got a relay nice jacket now. SO feminine and sporty hehe. Thennnnnnnn.. couldn’t pay by card.. only cash!!! Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Why me… so ok good thing i had pressed some cash at the ATM, had enough to pay for the top, least i got 10% off cause of Fitness First. That done ran to Nike to look for the jacket… Done! Then went to the gym. I was dropping and being such a clutz in the changing room. Sigh. Headed to the wave machine and guess what. Because of the number of people who are so inconsiderate there. The blasted handles were all STICKY!!!!EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! What is the matter with people and hygiene. It was soo disgusting but just went with it anyway. I wanted my workout!!!!!!! Didn’t seem to have enough energy. Only burnt like 210 calories and then went to do shoulders. The weights were so pathetic. Everything was HEAVY. With only ONE pair of 5 pounds and 2 pairs of 15 pounds. Sheeeeshh. FINALLY my day ended when i got home. I crashed…. And theeeennnn…. today started.. Hahaha… Had a much better workout. Yay! 250 calories in 17 mins and another measly 62 in what 7 mins? I couldn’t be bothered with that. But the weights was great, think i killed my butt and my tri. Ah well… BTW i confess.. i confess I’m compelte NIKE Addict. I’m totally in love with the brand. Damn Wieden and Kennedy.
I haven’t been working out and I feel terribly guilty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So far the whole week till today I’ve only gone once to the gym. Heck you know what I think I’m gonna pow it out with the Bodycombat video that I managed to download. Please don’t hate me for it. It was there, I don’t know how it got there, but i got ti and I’m going to make full use of it. Come now at least I get to do bodycombat in the comfort of my home. Yeah I think I’ll do just that. Give me another 10 mins, wanna blog a bit more. …….. I’ll be fair, those who want the bodycombat video. Do tell me. I won’t put it here, anycase the file is too big. But I can leave you with a demo :P I know it looks a bit lame.. but it packs a punch… :)
I tried a few applications on Facebook, that is suppose to monitor my workout schedule but unfortunately they weren’t working so well. One was the Training application and another was the ‘My Die’ application. While convenient, since I’m on facebook most of the time. It wasn’t very conducive since, it couldn’t really monitor my progress very well. So instead i’m trying this new web service called Gyminee. Gyminee allows you to motivate and keep track of your fitness level. Like so in what they call the Locker Room. Hahaha so suitable.

I just signed up on it yesterday so going to give it a proper try. The good thing that i like about this site, is the fact that not only does is already have set workouts you can choose you can also personalise them. And on top of that, for each workout there are videos along with description to show you how to do the movement.

As such. You get to add in your own exercises too. How cool. To my workout enthusiasts readers and friends. Do check it out. [flv width="400" height="300"]http://www.gyminee.com/videos/standing%20bb%20curl.dv.flv[/flv] Did i mention you can also create support groups to motivate you or your friends. They also have a gyming community you can link up with. So it is not just about working out, it’s the next level. You are bringing virtual friends in to motivate you too. Pretty cool.

I’m going to have fun with this lil’ baby.
Well I’m taking back the gym routine again, which is great and a lot of fun. So yesterday I made a drop at GNC to buy some supplements, since I’m lacking in protein for repairing the muscles I tore. Also I decided to drop hydroxycut (The slimming pill from GNC) since I felt that iw as not only not getting the results stated but because it was just giving me some negative effects. Like spinning head, slight dizziness, so figure it’s best to stop taking the pills. SO instead I spent around a good RM200plus on protein powder called Syntha-6, chocolate flavour and on anti-fatigue caplets by muscle tech. The protein powder is meant mostly for after workout to repair your so torn muscles. Taste is pretty good, especially when mixed with a good milo. Don’t mix with milk, I think you’ll have a an over dose of sweetness. I took to cups of cold milo with a good spoonful of it. By the way the spoon, if you get Syntha-6, it is stupidly buried in the middle of the bottle. I hadn’t realised until after i was pouring it out into a different container.

Here’s my new protein shake, I love the bottle. I’m going to turn it into a lamp when I’m through with it. Originally I wanted creatine, since I want to go back to doing the explosive workouts, like plyometrics to give me the extra push. But after much persuasion, I went for Gakic, the anti-fatigue caplets. It’s a heck of a price at RM538 for 128 caplets. The dosage for men in US is round 8 caplets (my gosh!!!!) per day and only while exercising.

Males: my friend whom I’m sharing it with, started off with two caplets. Females: the lady at the store recommended to start it off with just half a caplet per session and then work your way to slowly to 1. I took 1 on the first day, just to give an extra kick. So results? Well cardio wise, there was not much kick, however during the weight training period. We seemed to have quite a fair bit too keep pushing. In all fairness, if we hadn’t gone for an hour on cardio alone I think the muscles could have still been able to push more iron, or more reps in my case. I wanna be lean not mean. Hehehe. SO that was day one, but lets see what happens with the rest of the month with Gakic.
Well as far gyming goes, I need inspiration and also motivation in order to be able to keep up with the discipline of being consistent with gym. As that is my only source of releasing stress for now. SO just thought I’d share a few of the testimonies that saw atmy health club, Fitness First (giving them free marketing, even though they don’t need it). Actually I took this yesterday, after the morning workout session. 04092007580_resize_resize.jpg 04092007579_resize_resize.jpg See it is possible…. just a lot of hardwork.