So I just got back from my third Cross Fit class. Actually, the classes are called Foundation (it's the beginning class that you have to take about 6 times before you move onto the intermediate class which is called Cross Fit). Today we started off with the rowing cardio machine and did it for 200 meters, ran 100 meters, and did 100 skips with a jump rope. Got back on the rowing machine for another 100 meters, run 100 meters, and finsh with 50 skips.
Like always we did out pole stretches and got into practicing out forms for our workout for today. To make sure our forms were correct, we had to do squats in front of a pillar with no weight. Then we practiced doing front squats with a light plastic pole, followed by the overhead squat. After we practiced our form, we started our workout: 5 push ups, 10 sits, 15 squats. We had to do 6 sets of this. The first two which consisted of us doing just body weight squats, the next two sets consisted of doing front squats with a barbell, and the last two sets...overhead squats with the barbell. The push ups and sit ups were a breeze for me, but when I got to the front and overhead squats I started to hurt. I finished in a time of 7 minutes and 20 seconds.
Since we finished out workout early, we went on doing dead lifts with medicine balls, which then turned into doing medicine ball clean and push jerks. The way Zach and Joe made it look, I thought it was such an easy thing to do. Boy was I wrong!!! It's all about form in these beginning classes to prepare you for the intermediate class.
We'll see if I can make class on Saturday. I wanna keep up with this Cross Fit classes...it's a great workout program and the trainers, Zach and Joe push you which at times I need that.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Cross Fit (Part 2)
Today I didn't have to work at the casino, so when I got off from work at 4pm from Escada I decided to hit the Cross Fit Gym. I was excited to hit that gym since they really work you out of your mind. During the workouts you are dying, but you keep pushing yourself as our trainers are there pushing you along the workout.
We started off with the rowing cardio machine with a nice and steady run of 100meters. We then went on with the pole exercises which consist of hold a pole in front of you with your elbows locked and slowly raise it over your head, moving it behind you (without unlocking your arms) and continue till it hits your butt and bring it back over your head in front of you. Then we did good mornings with the pole, and squats with the pole being held over our head at all times (helping with our form). We did mountain climbers, with burpees, and jumping jacks
Today's main workout consisted of pull ups, push ups, and squats. The pull ups aren't the traditional pull ups, but ones that you swing a little and kick up into a pull up. Our trainers gave us 10 minutes to do as many sets as we could doing 5 pull ups into 10 push ups, and finishing it with 15 squats. They wanted us to do at least 5 sets of that within the 10 minutes they gave us. Surprisingly, I finished 10 sets in 10 minutes. The only junk thing was that during our practicing of the pull ups, my hands gotten a beating and impeded me from doing the actually hanging pull up, instead I had to stand on a box and swing and kick up into a pull up. The work out was great and I can't wait to hit the Cross Fit Gym tomorrow morning. Here's a few pictures of the beating my hands took.
We started off with the rowing cardio machine with a nice and steady run of 100meters. We then went on with the pole exercises which consist of hold a pole in front of you with your elbows locked and slowly raise it over your head, moving it behind you (without unlocking your arms) and continue till it hits your butt and bring it back over your head in front of you. Then we did good mornings with the pole, and squats with the pole being held over our head at all times (helping with our form). We did mountain climbers, with burpees, and jumping jacks
Today's main workout consisted of pull ups, push ups, and squats. The pull ups aren't the traditional pull ups, but ones that you swing a little and kick up into a pull up. Our trainers gave us 10 minutes to do as many sets as we could doing 5 pull ups into 10 push ups, and finishing it with 15 squats. They wanted us to do at least 5 sets of that within the 10 minutes they gave us. Surprisingly, I finished 10 sets in 10 minutes. The only junk thing was that during our practicing of the pull ups, my hands gotten a beating and impeded me from doing the actually hanging pull up, instead I had to stand on a box and swing and kick up into a pull up. The work out was great and I can't wait to hit the Cross Fit Gym tomorrow morning. Here's a few pictures of the beating my hands took.
There's A First For Everything
So, last Thursday I was leaving the Forum Shops after working at Escada. The weather here in Vegas has been a little weird this summer and it was raining a bit when I finished work. I was driving on Frank Sinatra heading towards Russell, when my car started to swerve then it started spinning towards the rock wall on my right. The car smashed against the wall, damaging my car's left side.
I was in total shock and I quickly called my roommate, Ali'i to come and pick me up. After hanging up the phone with Ali'i, I quickly called my father all frantic. Ali'i arrived and called AAA to have a tow truck come and get my car, but it was gonna be a 3 hour wait, so I called the body shop that I was going to take my car to, send a tow truck to get the car since the body shop was to close in 2 hours.
I filed my claim on Friday when I found out that the damages came to a total of $4400. Luckily, I do have insurance and I got a $500 deductible. Vegas sucks when it comes to public transportation so I had to rent a car. I haven't heard anything from the insurance company since I filed my claim and I'm gettig worried because I can't afford to rent the car any longer. I'm hoping I can get through all this and just get my car back.
I'm trying my best to look at the positive side of this. Things could have been worse. I could have spun and hit another car or I could have gotten injured and sent to the hospital. Yes, this was my first accident and I'm praying that it will be my last one.
I was in total shock and I quickly called my roommate, Ali'i to come and pick me up. After hanging up the phone with Ali'i, I quickly called my father all frantic. Ali'i arrived and called AAA to have a tow truck come and get my car, but it was gonna be a 3 hour wait, so I called the body shop that I was going to take my car to, send a tow truck to get the car since the body shop was to close in 2 hours.
I filed my claim on Friday when I found out that the damages came to a total of $4400. Luckily, I do have insurance and I got a $500 deductible. Vegas sucks when it comes to public transportation so I had to rent a car. I haven't heard anything from the insurance company since I filed my claim and I'm gettig worried because I can't afford to rent the car any longer. I'm hoping I can get through all this and just get my car back.
I'm trying my best to look at the positive side of this. Things could have been worse. I could have spun and hit another car or I could have gotten injured and sent to the hospital. Yes, this was my first accident and I'm praying that it will be my last one.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Cross Fit
So, my roommate Ali'i had informed me of this gym called Cross Fit. He was telling me how a lot of his co-workers from Tao Beach have been training at this gym. I went to the website just to check out the gym and see what it was about. Honestly, the gym membership sounds too expensive to afford. The monthly membership is $150 or you can pay $20 per class. Now, I was really skeptical about this gym. I really wanted to know if the money was worth the "great workout" my roommate was raving about.
Today, I went to check out the class since today was my one day off from both jobs. I got up at 7am to check out the 8am class. Now you got to know that there are 3 levels of classes at this gym. There's the beginning class (Foundation) that you start off with. After you do 6 Foundation classes you move onto the intermediate class (Cross Fit), then the advance class (Agoge) is a class that you have to be invited to.
The Foundation class start off with holding a pole and locking your arms and lifting it over your head continuing to move the pole behind your back and hit your butt while still holding on to the pole....like so...
Now, you may think it's easy, but let me tell you....it works your shoulder and back muscles like crazy. After that we did squats and "good mornings" with the pole to help us with our form. Then we did a set of pull-ins with gymnastic rings as well as push ups. We did 2 sets of these exercises and went on to our hell workout.
Our instructors gave us (there was only other guy and I) a 10 pound medicine ball. They showed us that they wanted us to throw the ball up and catch it as it's coming down and perform a squat with the 10 pound medicine ball. Now, this part I thought the instructor was joking...when they told us they wanted us to do 150 wallball shots and performing a squat each time we caught it....and they wanted it done in 7 minutes. I really thought I was going to die. My legs & arms were killing me that I rested quite a few times. Surprisingly, I finished the 150 in 7 minutes and 15 seconds. Then the instructors had us do an ab workout for 4 minutes, but it was a hard 4 minute ab workout.
Right now, my legs, arms, shoulders, and back are killing me. It's crazy sore and I know it's only gonna be worse tomorrow. This has to be one of the best workouts I've ever done and I'm committing to working out at this gym. Yes, I may not be able to do often due to my 2 jobs, but I will keep up with it at least once a week. I hope I can get myself in tip top shape with this gym.
Today, I went to check out the class since today was my one day off from both jobs. I got up at 7am to check out the 8am class. Now you got to know that there are 3 levels of classes at this gym. There's the beginning class (Foundation) that you start off with. After you do 6 Foundation classes you move onto the intermediate class (Cross Fit), then the advance class (Agoge) is a class that you have to be invited to.
The Foundation class start off with holding a pole and locking your arms and lifting it over your head continuing to move the pole behind your back and hit your butt while still holding on to the pole....like so...
Now, you may think it's easy, but let me tell you....it works your shoulder and back muscles like crazy. After that we did squats and "good mornings" with the pole to help us with our form. Then we did a set of pull-ins with gymnastic rings as well as push ups. We did 2 sets of these exercises and went on to our hell workout.
Our instructors gave us (there was only other guy and I) a 10 pound medicine ball. They showed us that they wanted us to throw the ball up and catch it as it's coming down and perform a squat with the 10 pound medicine ball. Now, this part I thought the instructor was joking...when they told us they wanted us to do 150 wallball shots and performing a squat each time we caught it....and they wanted it done in 7 minutes. I really thought I was going to die. My legs & arms were killing me that I rested quite a few times. Surprisingly, I finished the 150 in 7 minutes and 15 seconds. Then the instructors had us do an ab workout for 4 minutes, but it was a hard 4 minute ab workout.
Right now, my legs, arms, shoulders, and back are killing me. It's crazy sore and I know it's only gonna be worse tomorrow. This has to be one of the best workouts I've ever done and I'm committing to working out at this gym. Yes, I may not be able to do often due to my 2 jobs, but I will keep up with it at least once a week. I hope I can get myself in tip top shape with this gym.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW...THIS SHOULD BE DATED FOR APRIL 2008
So, it's my last day here in Utah before I fly back to the City of Sin. LoL!! This trip has been a fun and enjoyable one (even though I didn't have my car to travel around in) due to the fact of having the pleasure of spending time with my family. Four of my five siblings live in Utah (because they are attending BYU Provo) and my mom and dad decided to fly up to Utah to spend time with them for about a month.
It's been great spending time with my oldest brother, George, his wife, Jenny, and my adorable nephew, Carlitos. I have spent my days and nights here at their apartment and it's been nice to just chat and catch up when they're not running all over the place or working. My nephew is just a bundle of joy and I loved spending time with him. He's growing up so fast and it's great to see how much he has grown. He can understand and speak both Spanish and English and it amazes me how smart he is. He loves to dance and go crazy when he hears "Cyclone" or "Kiss, Kiss". The things I will miss when I return back to Vegas.
It's been forever since I've seen my younger brother, Tana. I believe it's almost been two years so it's been great to see him (even though I barely did up here). I just found out that he got onto the BYU football team, so I'm proud of him and eager to at least go to one of his football games.
My two younger sisters, Sia and Ame have been a pleasure to hang out with. How the years have passed and my two little sisters have grown up to be two beautiful women. It was great to be able to see both of them perform in the BYU Luau and perform different Polynesian dances (how it brought back memories of May Day back in Hawaii). Sia had her last pulic performance that I would be able to see. I can't believe how great of a dancer she has turned out to be (don't get me wrong....she was always good, but she's just incredible now). I love watching her Living Legends performance and it was exciting to see that she had the leading female role in the Fijian section of the show.
It was great to see my mom and dad. Even though they're on vacation it seems like they're constantly working or keeping themselves busy from fixing up the apartment that they bought for the kids going to college, to babysitting Carlitos, to running errands or cooking for get togethers. Such amazing parents I got and how blessed I am to have them. This trip has been full of great memories even though it lasted 5 short days, but it will forever be remembered in my thoughts and my heart. Growing up, I wanted to get away from my family as soon as I could. However, now I know the importance of family and how much they mean to me. I can't wait to see them again and hope it'll be sometime soon.
So, it's my last day here in Utah before I fly back to the City of Sin. LoL!! This trip has been a fun and enjoyable one (even though I didn't have my car to travel around in) due to the fact of having the pleasure of spending time with my family. Four of my five siblings live in Utah (because they are attending BYU Provo) and my mom and dad decided to fly up to Utah to spend time with them for about a month.
It's been great spending time with my oldest brother, George, his wife, Jenny, and my adorable nephew, Carlitos. I have spent my days and nights here at their apartment and it's been nice to just chat and catch up when they're not running all over the place or working. My nephew is just a bundle of joy and I loved spending time with him. He's growing up so fast and it's great to see how much he has grown. He can understand and speak both Spanish and English and it amazes me how smart he is. He loves to dance and go crazy when he hears "Cyclone" or "Kiss, Kiss". The things I will miss when I return back to Vegas.
It's been forever since I've seen my younger brother, Tana. I believe it's almost been two years so it's been great to see him (even though I barely did up here). I just found out that he got onto the BYU football team, so I'm proud of him and eager to at least go to one of his football games.
My two younger sisters, Sia and Ame have been a pleasure to hang out with. How the years have passed and my two little sisters have grown up to be two beautiful women. It was great to be able to see both of them perform in the BYU Luau and perform different Polynesian dances (how it brought back memories of May Day back in Hawaii). Sia had her last pulic performance that I would be able to see. I can't believe how great of a dancer she has turned out to be (don't get me wrong....she was always good, but she's just incredible now). I love watching her Living Legends performance and it was exciting to see that she had the leading female role in the Fijian section of the show.
It was great to see my mom and dad. Even though they're on vacation it seems like they're constantly working or keeping themselves busy from fixing up the apartment that they bought for the kids going to college, to babysitting Carlitos, to running errands or cooking for get togethers. Such amazing parents I got and how blessed I am to have them. This trip has been full of great memories even though it lasted 5 short days, but it will forever be remembered in my thoughts and my heart. Growing up, I wanted to get away from my family as soon as I could. However, now I know the importance of family and how much they mean to me. I can't wait to see them again and hope it'll be sometime soon.
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