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Crossover Cable Machine at the Gym

June 12, 2013fitness, workoutarms, back, biceps, equipment, exercise, fitness, gym, lats, lift, muscle, Muscle & Strength, shoulders, strength, train, training, triceps, weight, workouthellokittyjunkie

I realized when I worked out with Amandabot that I really like the crossover cable machine at the gym. There are eight stations and many many exercises one can do on the cables — with different handles to adjust what specific muscle groups you want to target.

My usual go-to workouts are the triceps and biceps cable pull downs… I also like the lat pull downs… I like seeing my muscles work in the mirror… o___O Egotistical? I hope not — I believe it motivates me to push a bit harder. 😀

I do have to switch it up so I will be researching some new exercises to try out from Muscle & Strength’s instructional video library.

Richmade Workout Session with Amandabot

Sunday Workout

June 2, 2013fitness, food, workoutabdominals, abs, chicken, clean eating, dead lifts, exercise, food, glutes, lets, Postworkout, potato, Richef, smith machine, squats, stairs, strength, workouthellokittyjunkie

When something in life upsets you, go work out. And eat clean food. That pretty much sums up my Sunday.

Richmade Gym Regimen 06/02/2013

I went to the gym — stayed for about one and a half hour.

Here is my gym regimen:
10 min stair warmup (my intensity level is not so high yet — work in progress)

Abs
125 ab crunch machine (50-70 lbs)
450 ab crunches

Legs (3 sets below)
10 squats on smith machine (50 lbs)
10 lunges on smith machine each side (50 lbs)
10 dead lifts with barbell (45 lbs)
40 calf raises (no weights)
10 push ups

*Bonus
7 smith machine squats (70 lbs)

As usual, the best part was the postworkout meal! Chicken with onions and peppers with roasted red potato cooked by Richef.

Richmade Postworkout Meal: Chicken and Potato by Richef

And as always, it was delicious!

Working Out with My Gym Buddy

I had a great workout session with my gym buddy Amandabot last Saturday! We did a little warm-up and got our strength training on. It’s fun to workout with a friend at the gym — that way we can show each other any new tips we learned. Since we live far away from one another, we ave to plan to have sessions like these…

You Don’t Even Know It… Two hours passed and we got in a good workout and spent some quality time together. 😀

Hump Day Motivation

It’s Wednesday and like many people, I need some Hump Day Motivation! My motivation for my new fit lifestyle is Trainer J! He is so strong! Look at all those muscles! When Trainer J goes to the gym, he focuses primarily on arms — but his arm day still consists of 100 pull ups!

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