Michelle (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} husky83) wrote,@ 2006-04-05 22:21:00 |
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Hmmm been leading what is to myself a somewhat disciplined life -- save yesterday when i had a huge chocolate swiss roll. Felt sick the whole day... And one more advice to my friends... don't ever try the gym with a full stomach -- kept burping and can't speed up. :(
Looking back my lifestyle's quite different from half a year ago... when i used to just sit in front of tv/computer and vegetate... play bit of badminton which is no sweat exercise when u can't play properly... took up exercise after my mom who wakes up religiously at 5am everyday to run and gym.... but I'm not so much a runner anyway. I take my own sweet time for my half hour slot. TO be honest I enjoy weights more than running. Toned muscles make you feel fantastic even when u're sitting down i think... My fav machines? Triceps and hamstrings machine... my theory is that these muscles aren't used by me normally anyway -- it hurts to work them to a point, and after stretching and some rest, you can actually tighten and feel the muscles there! Not floppy anymore! But slightly worrying cos I don't want my things to be bigger than it is already... but I like working it. So even if it's gonna hypertrophy, so be it -- the feel good factor is more impt. :P
What others do I do... oh recently I tried the pectoris machine, where u sit back and push the handbars forward - the first time I tried hurt my pects like hell... but actually feels quite gd!
So my normal 1.5 hr regime... consist of me cycling down to school/gym...
30 min treadmill jog (currently only at 3km bah....i like taking my time.....5 min warm up cool down siah..)
2x20 thigh abductors
3x20 thigh adductors (cos in sports med i learned that runners can get patello femoral syndrome where the knee cap is pulled to one side by stronger abductor muscles... so i just add one more set...)
2x20 pectoral muscles
1x20 biceps (dun like the bicep machines - prefer free weights which i always forget to do...)
3x20 triceps press
3x20 hamstrings
variable number of sit ups...
I think that's it.... Try to go on alternate days.. if i have badminton I do a lighter regime....
I've been cycling to my GP for the past 4 wks.... from south london almost to north london.... challenging big trucks! Ahhhh so scary sometimes when I try to squeeze past cars and trucks, or when big trucks brush by me, I almost feel death waving at me.. but miraculously I'm always fine --- the only time i injured myself was when i was cycling on a lane with almost no cars, when i lost balance and stubbed my toe against a gate (swear words came out ....) Used ot take me 45 min to cycle there, yesterday with little traffic i reached there in 20min. Cycling is really a great way to cycle, free.... and healthy. but i hate breathing in the smoke and exhaust... but i hate more to get on the bus during rush hour. I think Singapore should have a cycling culture as well... but probably I'll get honked at and looked at ridiculously if I decide to cycle back home.........
Library everyday... but it's more fun cos my best (only) friends are there as well....
but sometimes I miss home.... when people talk about meeting "old school friends", I hardly have any here.... miss my old friends.... who've seen me come through the years....... not the new packaged one...
anyway... will start pasting my chinese fantasy novels soon haha... muahahaha my own blog I'll do whatever i like....
Looking back my lifestyle's quite different from half a year ago... when i used to just sit in front of tv/computer and vegetate... play bit of badminton which is no sweat exercise when u can't play properly... took up exercise after my mom who wakes up religiously at 5am everyday to run and gym.... but I'm not so much a runner anyway. I take my own sweet time for my half hour slot. TO be honest I enjoy weights more than running. Toned muscles make you feel fantastic even when u're sitting down i think... My fav machines? Triceps and hamstrings machine... my theory is that these muscles aren't used by me normally anyway -- it hurts to work them to a point, and after stretching and some rest, you can actually tighten and feel the muscles there! Not floppy anymore! But slightly worrying cos I don't want my things to be bigger than it is already... but I like working it. So even if it's gonna hypertrophy, so be it -- the feel good factor is more impt. :P
What others do I do... oh recently I tried the pectoris machine, where u sit back and push the handbars forward - the first time I tried hurt my pects like hell... but actually feels quite gd!
So my normal 1.5 hr regime... consist of me cycling down to school/gym...
30 min treadmill jog (currently only at 3km bah....i like taking my time.....5 min warm up cool down siah..)
2x20 thigh abductors
3x20 thigh adductors (cos in sports med i learned that runners can get patello femoral syndrome where the knee cap is pulled to one side by stronger abductor muscles... so i just add one more set...)
2x20 pectoral muscles
1x20 biceps (dun like the bicep machines - prefer free weights which i always forget to do...)
3x20 triceps press
3x20 hamstrings
variable number of sit ups...
I think that's it.... Try to go on alternate days.. if i have badminton I do a lighter regime....
I've been cycling to my GP for the past 4 wks.... from south london almost to north london.... challenging big trucks! Ahhhh so scary sometimes when I try to squeeze past cars and trucks, or when big trucks brush by me, I almost feel death waving at me.. but miraculously I'm always fine --- the only time i injured myself was when i was cycling on a lane with almost no cars, when i lost balance and stubbed my toe against a gate (swear words came out ....) Used ot take me 45 min to cycle there, yesterday with little traffic i reached there in 20min. Cycling is really a great way to cycle, free.... and healthy. but i hate breathing in the smoke and exhaust... but i hate more to get on the bus during rush hour. I think Singapore should have a cycling culture as well... but probably I'll get honked at and looked at ridiculously if I decide to cycle back home.........
Library everyday... but it's more fun cos my best (only) friends are there as well....
but sometimes I miss home.... when people talk about meeting "old school friends", I hardly have any here.... miss my old friends.... who've seen me come through the years....... not the new packaged one...
anyway... will start pasting my chinese fantasy novels soon haha... muahahaha my own blog I'll do whatever i like....
