
After a week off recovering from my cold I was glad to be back at the gym today. It was a solid "Saturday Workout." In our house a "Saturday Workout" is more than just a working out on Saturdays. A little back story...
When Sam and I first met neither of us were very active. We were both former athletes but not doing any physical activity on a regular basis. To top this off we were not eating very healthy (ice cream sundaes every night?) and we smoked. We had been members of a gym for about a year but we went sporadically and never saw results.
On January 1, 2007 we quit smoking cold turkey. The day we quit we also started working out to prevent weight gain and distract us from cravings. For the first month we were going to the gym 11 times a week! Monday through Thursday we would get up at 6am to workout in the morning, then go to the office, come home and go back to the gym, eat dinner and go to bed. We took Fridays off to recover and Sundays were "easy" days with stretching, core and easy cardio. But Saturday? On Saturdays we killed ourselves. We would spend 3-4 hours at the gym. Usually around 2 hours of weight lifting and another 1-2 hours of cardio. It was intense and quite possibly insane.
When Sam and I first met neither of us were very active. We were both former athletes but not doing any physical activity on a regular basis. To top this off we were not eating very healthy (ice cream sundaes every night?) and we smoked. We had been members of a gym for about a year but we went sporadically and never saw results.
On January 1, 2007 we quit smoking cold turkey. The day we quit we also started working out to prevent weight gain and distract us from cravings. For the first month we were going to the gym 11 times a week! Monday through Thursday we would get up at 6am to workout in the morning, then go to the office, come home and go back to the gym, eat dinner and go to bed. We took Fridays off to recover and Sundays were "easy" days with stretching, core and easy cardio. But Saturday? On Saturdays we killed ourselves. We would spend 3-4 hours at the gym. Usually around 2 hours of weight lifting and another 1-2 hours of cardio. It was intense and quite possibly insane.
After a month we quit the weeknight workouts and stuck with a 6 day a week schedule and continued with our killer Saturday Workouts. Fitness and health became a focal point of our lives. We quickly saw results. I was toning up and I had some pretty kick ass guns. And Sam? He lost over 95lbs! He promises to show before and after pictures in his guest post :)
Since starting triathlons this year we have not had many Saturday Workouts. Our weekends were spent on long training runs/rides or races. In the last few weeks we have started with our Saturday Workouts again and I'm glad to have them back. Today I spent about 45 minutes lifting weights (bench press, squats, shoulders, triceps, biceps, etc.) and 30 minutes doing core work. Then I took a "Cycle Burn" class which combines x-bikes (indoor mountain bikes) and Pilates. Then, since I still can't run because of shin splints, I spent 45 minutes on the elliptical machine. It was awesome!
The other perk about Saturday Workouts? A delicious guilt-free dinner! Tonight we are heading to an amazing Cuban restaurant in Greenwich Village!
Since starting triathlons this year we have not had many Saturday Workouts. Our weekends were spent on long training runs/rides or races. In the last few weeks we have started with our Saturday Workouts again and I'm glad to have them back. Today I spent about 45 minutes lifting weights (bench press, squats, shoulders, triceps, biceps, etc.) and 30 minutes doing core work. Then I took a "Cycle Burn" class which combines x-bikes (indoor mountain bikes) and Pilates. Then, since I still can't run because of shin splints, I spent 45 minutes on the elliptical machine. It was awesome!
The other perk about Saturday Workouts? A delicious guilt-free dinner! Tonight we are heading to an amazing Cuban restaurant in Greenwich Village!



