An open letter to newbies in the gym

To all the new gym rats,

It is not that I don’t like having you in the gym because i think everyone should have a healthy lifestyle and workout. But I do have a couple of requests for you.

First if you are watching me workout and have questions I do not mind being interrupted to explain the movement and the mechanics behind it. But if I take 5-10 minutes to do that do not go back to where you were working out and still do the exercise wrong. It just pisses all of us off. Second if you don’t know how to use the equipment please for the good Lord’s sake ask someone before either you hurt yourself or you screw the equipment up. Also if you think you are a workout warrior 9 out of 10 times you really are not so please don’t try to lift a lot of weight. It only makes you look bad. Also if you need a spot then ask no one really has a problem helping out.

Also please don’t ask someone to help you design a workout for you and think it is going to be free. No one is going to do that. And lastly if you are just sitting on a piece of equipment staring at a good looking girl or guy then please move it is really annoying when a real gym rat is trying to work out.

Sincerely,
Me

And onto another subject. Workouts have gone good for the last two days and cardio on Monday and Tuesday. Totally changed up my workout and cardio days. Always remember that day 1 does not have to start on a monday. Mine starts on a wednesday. That is all for today.

Day 1

Well did cardio this morning on a stepmill. 50 minutes on the fat burn program kinda sucked, but I gotta get this body fat off fast so not going to think about it. Will do a 30 minute Zumba session also on the Wii. Always good to do different types of cardio.

My diet is straight forward. One meal of carbs and that is it. I get oatmeal at breakfast. So looking forward to July 17th. Then again it is really bad on your body to overload carbs right after a show so I will work up to a normal level of carbs over 2 weeks.

Also planning to take a nice vacation with my wife up to Tennessee so she can see all her friends and I can see all the spots she hung out and worked at. Never been to Nashville so I will try to find out from Nashville residents Flex Lewis or Brendan Curry where a good gym is located.

Well time to Zumba.