The gym has been PACKED. Lots of people working on their New Years resolutions I’m sure! The real test will be if they’re still here in 2 weeks… :-/.
Group fitness has been booming with participants! We have over 50 classes on the schedule this semester, some new and some old. Power hour debut yesterday; the concept behind this class is HIIT and to get a kick-butt workout in under 40 minutes. I don’t think the participants caught-on at first, but by the end, they realized that the workout is coming to an end and they picked it up! Hopefully the numbers keep climbing throughout the semester!
This semester, I scheduled set office hours for my graduate assistantship. Last semester, I came and went and found that although I enjoyed the freedom, I didn’t feel like I accomplished much in my hours. My weeks will look like this:
- Monday’s 9-2pm
- Tuesday’s 6-1pm
- Wednesday’s 6-1pm
- Thursday’s 6-1pm
- Friday’s TBA
Why so many crack-of-dawns? I’m training more! Last semester, I taught ~4-5 classes a week and completed only fitness assessments when needed. This semester, I’m teaching 3 classes (and subbing where I can) and being a trainer in The Biggest Loser program we offer. My group will train Tuesday’s and Thursday’s at 6am and I do BLAST at 6am on Wednesday’s. I feel I have a much better grasp on getting things done in my designated hours.
This morning I completed a not-so-monotonous cardio workout. I only do 3-AT MOST-HIIT workouts a week, interspersed with strength, mind/body’s, and steady-state workouts too. I did a lot of strength workouts yesterday (Power hour, TRX demo) so today I wanted to do steady-state with some plyo’s at the end.
Slightly adapted from Julie at PBFingers’ Beat Boredom Interval Workout:
20-Minute Elliptical:
- 0-10:00 @ Resistance 7
- 10-12:30 @ Resistance 9
- 12:30-15:00 @ Resistance 10
- 15:00-20 @ Resistance 7
10-Minute Treadmill:
- 0-5:00 @ Speed 7, Incline 1
- 5:00-10:00 @ Speed 4.2, Incline 8
7:30-Minute Plyometrics:
- 1:00 Burpees
- 2:00 Jumping Jacks
- 3:00 Mountain Climbers
- 4:00 Speed Skaters
- 5:00 Jump Squats
- 5:30 Burpees
- 6:00 Jumping Jacks
- 6:30 Mountain Climbers
- 7:00 Speed Skaters
- 7:30 Jump Squats
Stay happy 🙂
