vow to WOW! A Wedding Workout
Week 2 in review
Previously: WeightWatchers launches new mobile app
Hello, gym. It has been so long since we last spent time together. Oh look at how you have redecorated, and I like the energy you have going here. I guess I should get going. It has been nice talking to you.
Does this remind you of a recent conversation between you and exercise? Are you like us that at one time you used to be intimately familiar with the gym, or an aerobic schedule, and now it seems like a long lost friend that you have just reconnected with on Facebook? Well we did, and yet there stands that looming 52 week body makeover goal of ours.
I did the math, and apparently the calories I consume in a day do not just magically work themselves off my body by sheer will. So I dusted off the old gym bag, and packed it with my get moving clothes and headed to the gym. Oh but the best part is that the groom was with me. We are on this journey together through sweat, and yea gross sweat – we are in love.
In the past we have both had gym memberships to Gold’s Gym here in Salt Lake City. We mostly enjoyed the spin classes and he played raquet ball during lunch breaks with friends. However, we recently adjusted our budget and found that we could join our community recreation center for a fraction of the price and still enjoy all the same classes and machines of our gym. Many communities are building really nice rec centers that may surprise you on what they offer at an affordable price.
We went the first week or so and just did machines with the usual rotation between cardio and weight lifting. After a few sore days we figured out two things:
- It really hurts to move your body when it is used to sitting all day
- It takes a lot of said movement to burn off one little bite size candy bar
To make it a bit more easy for us to get the most out of our time at the gym, we once again went to our good pal the iPhone and searched for a trainer application that would track our efforts and give us workouts that would get the most calories burned during our 1 hour session. We have been using THI Personal Trainer. It has over 120 exercises it comes loaded with pre-made work outs and the ability to create your own custom workouts and exercises. Plus the logging, graphing and videos make this app a steal for 99 cents.
WOW, what a difference a small application can make in your workout. With just an exercise ball, dumb bell weights and a cardio workout we were really working out. Sweat dripping, and cardio moving activities burned more calories in our short 45 minutes than we had done all week on our own. Working with the WeightWatchers system we earned ACTIVITY points that we could exchange for a bonus glass of wine to celebrate.
I highly suggest some structured workout program that keeps you moving even when you are ready to be done. Something about being able to “complete” the workout is not only mentally satisfying but gets you closer to toned and sexy for the big wedding day.
The results are in, and we are reporting out.
Bride to be says:
- Weight loss this week was .5 lbs
- I have figured out how to have the 1-2 glasses of wine I enjoy with my dinner by working out for at least 30 minutes and then it all feels like a true ‘reward’ for my hard work.
Groom to be says:
- Weight loss this week 2 lbs
- I feel like my appetite is decreasing a bit and seems to be more manageable than when we first started
Mother of the bride to be says:
- I got on the recombinant bike this week, and it was a good introduction back into regular exercise for me.
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