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(Saturday, January 16, 2016-)
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So i had my first session at Genesis gym today.
was introduced to Elena and she went through with me the routine and the forms and the normal things you do at a gym.
first. the warm-up and stretch.
This, my dear friends, was one of the most painful things ever! It started with the foam roller thingy that i had to kinda side-plank on and roll a cylindrical piece of foam between my hamstring/hip area and the floor. that thing hurt! or rather, it was my muscles and tendons that hurt! she said it was due to the stiffness and knotting that came from my years of running and badminton. I had to keep rubbing and rolling to kinda roll the knots out. then came the stretching for my shoulder and quads. not too bad for those.
then came the first superset:
squats and lifts.
my legs died at the squats. even though it was just body weight.
the lifts were to utilise the back muscles, which i have trouble recognising. i have to squeeze my shoulder blades back. and thus i was reminded: if it hurts else where then the muscles you are supposed to be training, you're doing it wrong. Elena drilled that in.
second superset:
dead lift and chest
the lifting of a dead object, in this case, a kettlebell.
this was difficult to master. I had to brace my abs, tighten my but, use my quads and dun hurt or bend my spine while doing it.
the chest lift was the direct reverse of the first superset. also tough to maintain the correct posture due to the starting position of the bells. not too near or too far.
last superset:
plank for 75secs
battle ropes for 75secs
GG. i say. GG.
Elena was kind enough to reduce all my sets by one. else. woohoo. GG.
next one on Saturday. and here we go!Labels: jemgetsfit
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(Monday, January 11, 2016-)
+10:09 PM]*
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so i signed myself up at genesis gym. this has been an overdue decision that i intentionally stressed on myself for 2016. i made sure to read and check up other gyms and all and made sure to at least book a session before i went to malacca.
Jen saw me today and gave me a consultation as well as an assessment of my body. they are really thorough in the assessment portion, and you can tell that they sure know what they are doing.
after testing out my flexibility, i just gave a minor quip on how my left shoulder has been giving me problems lately and Jen went to spend the next half an hour diagnosing it and fixing it. call me impressed. O_O
he pressed here and there. and amazingly i could feel it getting better and better. he was able to accurately tell me where was hurting and what was the muscle group and all. then he went on to fix it up. it was actually quite painful going through the fixing up. but as i said, you can tell he knew what he was doing. and it worked out well.
he then taught me to get a soft ball and to press against my shoulder blades between a wall for 3 sets of 3 seconds to kinda smoothen out the knot there. thumbs up man. i am impressed.
am slated to do my first personal training session on wednesday. am actually pretty pumped up for this.
aside for the calorie counting habit i must now abide with.Labels: jemgetsfit
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