Working hard or hardly working .......

So many people are starting their new healthy lifestyles in 2011; and then, there are those of us that never stopped.  But what are we doing in the gym, working hard or hardly working?  I feel like I have a much better perspective on this now that I'm doing two very different workouts each week.

I'm in the Crossfit box three days a week for a serious total body workout.  These workouts will challenge the fittest of the fit, yet can be scaled for a beginner.  You're lifting heavy and light weight, using body weight exercises like push ups and pull ups, jumping, running, even climbing ropes.  When you finish, you know you've given your all because it's on the floor around you (as are your fellow workout partners)!  It's an experience you don't want to miss if you're interested in really getting fit.  I suggest finding your local Crossfit Affiliate and giving it a go; that is, if you're really serious about stepping up your game this year.

The other side of the fence is your local big box chain.  My local gym is not a national chain, but they have what I need to fulfill my weekly bodybuilding workouts.  I am committed to competing in my first figure competition, June 2011, so a bodybuilding style workout has to be a part of my plan.  I bring this up because each time I'm in the globo gym, I can't help but make the comparison to my Crossfit Affiliate.  I look around and not a single woman is in the weight room and if they are they are using the minimum amount of weight on the rack.  They quickly complete their reps and rush to the first open piece of cardio equipment.  Even worse, are the ones that hit the cardio equipment first and then do a few quick reps with the lightest dumbbell they can find!  Ridiculous if they expect to actually make a change.  I really do wonder if they consider themselves working hard, because I can assure you, they're not!

I find myself, laughing at myself, because I wonder if people think the same thing about me.  You tend to see the same folks each day and there I am, doing my arm curls, leg extensions, lat raises, etc.  Don't get me wrong, serious bodybuilders, using serious weight are indeed working hard.  Mind you, I'm attempting to move as much weight as I can but I save the serious stuff for the box.  No need, for me, to over do it.  I want to look good, not hurt myself.  So, there I am working my pretty muscles like a good little droid and I do expect to look awesome come June.  But, I still believe much (if not most) of that will come from those serious 6am workouts in the box.

So, what are you doing .... working hard or hardly working ?

By the way, I'm scheduled for my first adult gymnastics class tomorrow and I attended my first pole dancing class :-) last weekend.  Yeah, yeah, I know ...... but those are stories for a different day.

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Tomorrow is not promised

---so, I'm living life to the fullest today!