Elliptical

Ann on August 30th, 2012

So you have made the decision to start exercising (or maybe you haven’t but this post may just motivate you). Now where to begin? I recommend starting slow. You don’t want to hurt yourself or do something unpleasant that makes you never want to exercise ever again. When I started exercising seriously (believe me I [...]

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I went down to the work gym today about 4:15 (later than I wanted, lately something seems to come up at work to push into my exercise time) and the spin bike was being used. First time in about seven months that I have gone down and wanted to use the bike and it wasn’t [...]

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Ann on October 11th, 2011

Today I debated on if I should do my regular Tuesday exercise routine on the spin bike (and if time permits, weights and abs) or switch it up a bit. I decided to try something different. We have three regular ellipticals in the work gym and one “crazy” one: it’s a Precor Adaptive Motion Trainer. [...]

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Ann on September 30th, 2011

At work we have a pretty nice little gym: treadmills; ellipticals; spin bike; free weights; weight machines; big TV and area to do yoga or P90X or whatever you want. Most of the cardio machines have a TV or some sort of media attached. The guy at work who designed the gym (and took suggestions from [...]

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Ann on April 14th, 2011

I had planned to take the 4:15 shuttle home from work. That would get me into Emeryville about 5. I planned to run a few errands before the 6:30 Thursday night spin class. Right before I left work I checked my personal e-mail and had a message from my friend Jenn who teaches the Thursday [...]

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Ann on April 11th, 2011

I worked out in the new swanky gym at work today. The gym is about 75% set up. I was the only one in there the whole time I was spinning. For about 40 minutes today I worked out on the eSpinner. There is a video of a guy on a bike telling me what [...]

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Ann on March 21st, 2011

Over my Vegas weekend I hit the hotel gym twice. That is pretty good. Most vacations I pack my workout clothes and they never leave the suitcase. I seriously think having a workout partner, Jen, made all the difference. So, Jen, I think you must go on all vacations with me. Day 1 was crazy [...]

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Ann on March 19th, 2011

Jen and I hit the hotel gym this morning. Access to the gym came with Curt’s and my room. Jen did the treadmill and I did some crazy elliptical type machine. We both had a good workout. Every machine had a TV attached and headphones provided. Pretty swanky. After our workout we showered and met [...]

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Ann on November 1st, 2010

Today something was going on at work so I missed my noon spin class. I planned to go to the evening spin class. But I really wanted to watch the Giants game tonight. So I worked out on the elliptical at the gym in my work building. It wasn’t the greatest workout ever. But it was [...]

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Ann on August 18th, 2010

At the gym tonight one of my fellow gym-goers said to me, You’ve lost weight. I thanked Rona. But I told her that my weight is actually going in the other direction. Her husband, Jim, mentioned the whole thing about muscle weighing more than fat. I have always thought that was a myth. I mean [...]

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