Social Workout

Workout

on course again, aka, my triceps have already forgotton about me.

Last night I finally signed up with McFit. Don’t be fooled though…that doesn’t mean I worked out. Instead, I went food shopping, made myself a steak salad, poured a glass of Malbec, and indulged in a piece of 90% cacao dark chocolate. I figured that signing up alone was a good step in the right direction. Oh, and the cherry on top of my day? Making plans to grab a beer with bad-ass Ariane’s niece who lives in Berlin! Yes, that’s right! I think that means I’m now officially starting to meet people and build an actual life here! Yay!

Maybe it was that boost of positive energy that allowed me to get up by 6 this morning and head to the gym? Yup. I did a workout. A real one! Perhaps not the best ever, but it left my arms and legs spent and shaking, so I’d consider it a success.

I ran 3.2 km (about 2 miles) and then did a 20 minute circuit with 4 kg dumb bells (8.8 lbs). I did the sequence below 3 times without breaks between rounds. Then I stretched for

• 10 minutes.
• 10 bicep curls
• 10 hammer curls
• 10 upright rows
• 30 alternating lunges
• 15 chest presses
• 20 squats
• 12 tricep dips

So, you might have noticed that I did 12 dips per set instead of 20 that I normally do. Uhm…yea…it looks like my tri’s, long considered Trainer Mikes arch nemesis, have already forgotten what they’re able to do. Two weeks. That’s all it took. Damn, I thought we had something going on here…guess I need to invest some quality time again.

Oh, by the way, I also started the 100 push-up plan yesterday. I decided to starting in week 2, so I did sets of 14, 14, 10, 10 & max reps (which ended up being 20).