Workout Routine

Again I started to do fitness at home after a long break. So I'm still not used to it, but I definitely like to do it.

I do it before bedtime. Yesterday trained late at night, time has flown by so quickly  it turned out that yesterday , from 00:00 to 02:00 am I trained, and it seemed to me that it has been 20 minutes. I've always loved to do it in the evening. First, at this time I'm most active at this time. Secondly, at this time I have much inspiration. Finally, scientists have proved that that sports more effective after sunset. And already used to it from the time when I worked out with my sister. Unfortunately, I don't have a partner in fitness, as my sister lives with her family now.

So, what do I do? I have a special little book on fitness at home, so I love to try different exercises. I always start with stretching and simple exercises such as "bicycle". Incidentally, this is probably my favorite exercise and it is good for the belly and legs. This is almost the same as that ride on a bike.

More I squat, press and training with my little pink dumbbells, seem to me they are very easy (one kg), but it's good for start. Another course I'm training on the wall bars, because I have it in my room.

Я снова началась заниматься фитнесом дома после долгого перерыва. Так что я еще не привыкла, но мне определенно нравится это делать. 

Занимаюсь я перед сном. Вчера я вообще занималась поздно ночью, время так быстро пролетело, оказалось, что вчера от 00:00 до 02:00 ночи я тренировалась, а мне показалось, что прошло 20 минут. Я всегда любила заниматься в вечернее время. Во-первых, в это время я больше всего активная. Во-вторых, обычно в это время имею вдохновение на это. И последнее, ученые доказали, то что занятия спортом более эффективные после заката солнца. Да и уже привыкла к этому с времен, когда я занималась со своей сестрой. К сожалению, сейчас у меня нет партнера по фитнесу, так как сестра живет со своей семьей.

Итак, чем я занимаюсь? У меня есть специальная небольшая книга по фитнесу дома, так что я люблю пробовать разные упражнение. Я всегда начинаю с растяжки и простых упражнений типа "велосипед". Кстати, это наверное мое любимое упражнение и тем более, оно хорошо влияет на пресс и ноги. Это практически тоже самое, что ездить на настоящем велосипеде. 

Еще я приседаю, качаю пресс и занимаюсь с моими небольшими розовыми гантелями, мне кажутся они очень легки (по одному кг), но для начала путь будут. Еще конечно я занимаюсь на шведской стенке не зря же она есть в моей комнате.

Workout Supplements, Good or Bad?

Why do some people have 4 different bottles with them to the gym? Do they really need to drink so much water or are they just too lazy to refill one bottle. Unfortunately they don't only have water in the bottles. What you are experiencing at the gym is some wannabe “hardcore bodybuilders”. These people bring at least 4 to 5 different bottles with different supplements that are supposed to give them muscle growth, energy and boost their testosterone level. Something that they can do without any of these products.

I don’t know why so many people believes in these products, maybe the pictures of the anabolic men on the products makes it believable. Americans are spending millions of dollars each year on workout supplements and the companies that makes these products are in war with each other and everyone are trying to get a piece of the money pie.

So how do you know which product you should choose when you walk into GNC? If you have never been to GNC I can tell you that they have everything you could imagine when it comes to workout supplements.  There are three things that can make a difference for you to buy a certain product:

1.       Design- Like clothes, a workout supplement depend on its design because the first thing that catches your attention is the design on the product, the pictures of muscular men and how they have been transforming from an unfitted person to a bodybuilder by just taking that product.

2.       Price- Some people believes that if it is expensive than it got everything I need and that is wrong, you are just fooling yourself and your wallet. Most of the expensive products have a lot of things that we don’t need but it just look fancy to have it written on the product.

3.       Reputation- If someone recommend it at the gym than it means it will work, but what if that person only believes that it works and what if that product only works for him/her. Not everything are made for everyone, do not forget about it.

I don’t want the be that person to make you sad, but unfortunately none of these products work and if they do, they will work on a small marginal that you will not have any help of. Why people think that their product work is simple, they only think it works!

So now I hope I made two things for you, first I made you sad because now you think it is "impossible" to be athletic and big but I also made your wallet smile by saving you a lot of money

I just hope the supplement companies don’t read about this.

Berkeley VS Johnson & Wales University

Tonight Berkeley played their first official game of the season against Johnson & Wales University out in Charlotte North Carolina. Johnson & Wales have a history of staying unbeaten on their home turf. They had an amazingly loud crowd that was cheering for them. The level of the noise in the gym was extreme, every second felt like an hour.

The game was always close until the Wildcats took an eleven point lead and the game seemed as if it was over. But Coach John and Chris took a timeout to set up the system.

Coming out second half changed the whole game. The Knights came out with power and pride fighting back the supporters on the court.

Last few minutes of the game came to be the most important; the Knights were playing tight and changing baskets. The referees had been giving terrible calls towards the knights but that did not stop the knights from winning the game with one point. The crowd went crazy, they could not believe that they just lost their first game on their turf.

Next time the Wildcats might face Berkeley would be in nationals in February.

Working out at the David Barton Gym (Review)

Staying fit in New York is a norm, but the motto “Look better naked” by David Barton Gym makes you just want to work out even harder. That’s why today I decided to go down to “NYC’s finest gym” to try it out and see if it is “all that”.  

The gym I visited was the David Barton Gym on Astor Place because I have been walking by it a few times thinking that this place look like a nightclub. The main entrance gives you a feeling of a high end New York City lounge. When walking around in the club, I mean the gym I realized that it is pretty dark to be a gym. It was very relaxed; you could barely see anyone sweat. To me it looked more like a fashion spot, somewhere people with fancy clothes come to “chill”.  

The environment of the gym was very chic and clean. They had everything a gym should have, maybe a little more. The staff talks to guest’s, asking questions about their goals and their purpose of visiting the gym which to me is great if you come to the gym to develop but some people just like to come there and walk on the treadmill and then leave.  One thing I saw at this gym that I have never even seen at any other gym was the big disco ball. In this disco ball there is a DJ, this DJ plays lounge music for the guests. This was something I thought was pretty cool but unnecessary because many like me have their own music on. But if you are there to talk to others in between your sets then the music would to a great job.

The monthly charge is $97 (Students) $145 (non student). 

 End the Workout with a Titanic pose

Has Working out Become a Trend?

I’m starting to see a pattern among younger girls lately, and that’s that they’ve started working out. Facebook, Instagram and other social networks are filled with pictures of girls in their trendy gym outfits, shakes or check ins at the gym. 

 

As a gym freak myself, I thought this was a great thing, until I went in to some stores here in Sweden and saw that every female clothing store had a new section – workout clothes.

So now I’m starting to question if working out has become a trend, or if the clothing corporations are realizing that more and more people are concerned with their health, and takes the chance to make more money, and get more customers by expanding their range of clothes? 

I strongly believe that in order to become persistent in your workouts you need to do it for yourself, if you do it for any other reason, even if it’s because your friends are doing it, or because someone told you, or just because it’s trendy, you will not be able to keep up a persistent schedule and you will most likely lose your drive.

I think that working out is something everybody should do, but do it because you want to have a healthy body and lifestyle not because you feel the need to instagram it.

BODYBALANCE

As a basketball player it's important that I workout, especially now before the seasons start again. As a basketball player, or an athlete over all many things are important, like speed, strength, endurance, and flexibility. And flexibility is something I'm working a lot on, this summer in able to become the very best I can be for this upcoming season. So I would like to recommend bodybalance, which is a group session workout. 

Bodybalance is a wonderful mix of Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates where you become leaner, stronger and calmer. With a focus on breathing, concentration and stretch your body and strength training in various yoga and pilates positions to music. You get both training and an internal focus that gives you balance and harmony in the body. Bodybalance contains yoga based exercises and you need no experience of yoga in order to participate and get results of your workout. 








Advantages

•      Strengthen your abdominal and back muscles.
•      You become stronger and smoother throughout the body.
•      Improves your mobility and balance.
•      Reduces stress and tension.
•      Improves your posture.
•      Increases your concentration and mental presence.