Back At It

Planet Fitness finally opened about 9 days ago and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I've only been there twice so far but I'm going to start going at least 3 days a week. I'm actually on day 2 of the Couch-to-5k plan and I'm really proud of myself. I've been doing it on a treadmill and my first day I didn't think I would actually last the full 30 minutes, but I pushed through it and it was an amazing feeling. I was doing the brisk walk at a speed of 2.1 and the jog part at a speed of 3.1-3.3. Today I decided to pick it up just a little and for the walking part I maintained a speed of 2.5 and for the jogging part a speed of 3.5. I wound up walking 1.32 miles...yay! I've also done the 30 minute circuit workout (it reslly does work every muscle group and you can work up quite a sweat from it, which is a good thing!) both times and have used two machines in the Ab Station as well. The first machine is the Ab Coaster, it works abs and obliques and it's actually really fun! I don't know the name of the second machine but it works your torso and obliques, I can definitely feel the burn. I did some free weights today with my hubby and his friend, so it was kind of cool because I actually learned some new stuff and how to use some new machines. After my workouts I've been pampering myself by using the red light therapy booth. It's like a stand up tanning booth but it's infrared lights and is supposed to rejuvenate the collagen in your skin. You can also make the footpad vibrate and it's like a little massage, very relaxing! I'm thinking the next day I'll go to the gym is on Tuesday, but instead of posting after every workout I think I'll just do a weekly update. And yes Xen, I really will keep up with it lol.