Life Lyn Style

Today’s class was a treat.  The JCC recently opened a new fitness center.  Today, I had a 30 min appt to get set up on the new equipment at 9am.  This meant that going to the spin class at 9:30am was going to be tough.  Yesterday, as I was leaving, I noticed that Ilia would be subbing in today’s ZUMBA class at 9:30am.  Yeah!  I love Ilia’s classes.  Ilia doesn’t teach ZUMBA in the traditional sense.  He teaches a Cardio Dance Fusion class.  Basically, it’s a cardio dance class where you are challenged and moving and having fun.  Since he has an extensive background in dance and dance education, he really teaches us what to do.  I was fortunate to have him as my instructor for my first cardio dance/ZUMBA type of class at the JCC.

It took me several times in Ilia’s class to get the hang of everything, but now I can complete all of the moves with energy and vigor (well, except those darn pivot turns).

He co-teaches the 4pm Sat class with his wife Maria, but I can’t usually make that time.  Maria and Ilia have their own dance studio.  I may take a class sometime just to learn the pivot turns.  You can check them out here.  http://www.danceatwhym.com/teachers/

For the past few weeks, I have been working out with a second trainer, Chelsea.  Chelsea is a great trainer and I always get a challenging workout from her.  I don’t think I am lazy when I work out on my own, but when a trainer is pushing me, it is always more challenging.  My workouts aren’t planned in advance.  Chelsea has a good idea of what we are going to do, but it varies based on equipment availability, how I feel and how well I am doing the exercises.  Eventually, I will be getting copies of my workouts after the fact and my posts will hopefully be more complete.

Here’s my summary of today (in my own words as I don’t know most of the technical terms :-))

15 min warm up on the Elliptical

30 min w/Chelsea

• hack squat machine (This is a new machine and it was my first time.  I think the jury is still out).  I did one set of 10 or so without weights and then 2 sets with 25 pounds on each side.  It looks like this  http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/SLHackSquat.html
  
• lat pull down – 2 sets of 10 with 80 pounds
• row – 2 sets of 10 with 70 pounds
• chess press on incline bench w/12 pound dumbbells
• same thing with one arm while the other was held straight and up with weight while the other pressed (alternate hold)
• bicep curls w/10 pound dumbbells
• variety of squats – some with an 8 pound ball and others with 12 pound dumbbells
• assisted plank (meaning I am leaning on some type of bench and I am not all the way on the ground)-we did these 3 different times.  I finally held one for over 30 seconds.  My personal goal is 1 min on the ground.  We’ll see how long that takes
• abs machine – this was my first time on the new machine.  It was a slightly different motion than the previous machine, but I liked it.  I ended up with a weight of 60 and did quite a few.  I’m not good at counting.

I finished up the workout with some cardio.  I did 10 min on a new AMT (Adaptive Motion Trainer) machine and then an additional 15 min on the Elliptical.  The AMT was strange.  I’m not sure if I like it or not.

Tomorrow’s workout:  new equipment orientation and then cardio dance with Ilia.