Krystle’s Training Blog

Of all things that happen, life events and problems, the gym is still the 1 place I can go to vent through iron and music. Once the ear phones go in, it’s all about me and my body and what I can do to improve it. By body, I am referring to my mind and physical being. With my latest program, show time, it really allows me to lift my heart out and then take about 10-12 minutes to reflect and think. Sometimes I’m feeling sappy, sometime I’m feeling like Wolverine. Granted most of the times it’s Wolverine, I think there’s no better place than to just let yourself feel and think about the not-so-positive things that are going on in my life that I need to either fix or work on. Now these things could be directly about myself and my character, or how I interact with other people and their character and if it’s positive to have that type of relationship in my life. Ah, it’s a neverending battle it seems sometimes. The gym, at about $30/month, is the cheapest therapy session anyone could buy. Sometimes it takes someone to help you think outside the box, but you know yourself and are probably pretty intelligent and can think for yourself, you just can’t forget that, that’s the thing. These are things that constantly go through my head while I’m working out. They keep my head thinking and my heart pumping while I’m lifting or doing some crazy HIIT. Given the past few days of my life, I’ve learned to trust your instincts and your body. If something or ’someone’ hurts, why keep doing it? Therapy through fitness has pulled my through some tough times, and is about to pull me through some more tough stuff again. Now I’ll summarize my leg workout last night, it’s the first leg workout on week 3: 5 min. warm up, 90# smith squats (6) ss 12# db rev lunges (40) for 4 sets; leg extension triple drop-set up to 20 reps on each d/s and max. weight 120; inner thigh machine 4 x 20 at 80#; leg press triple drop-set up to 18 reps and max. weight 210; elliptical HIIT for 10 min.; seated leg curl triple drop-set up to 20 reps max. weight 105; lying leg curl tds 15 reps max. weight 80#, finished it up with 15 min. HIIT ellip. I have pretty even muscle soreness in every group for once, not a lot, but definitely enough to notice when I take a step. I’m ready for another session tonight; I have some more self-improving to do, in my mind and body. Day by day.

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