On a spur of the moment, prior to leaving the house on her Sunday run, Gym Ninja decided to email The FitCast regarding some advice she required. After all, who better to go to for advice than the FitCast?
Now for those who have never heard of The FitCast, you need to go check it out via the link I posted under their name just now, or via iTunes. It is a fantastic weekly podcast on all things health & fitness related. New exercise techniques, nutrition, supplements, injuries, latest trends..you name it, they cover it, and they also do a weekly mail bag so listeners can call in and ask the experts (and they do have some big name experts on their show). This is exactly what Gym Ninja did...she needed some advice/guidance on what type of equipment to buy for her new mobile Personal Training business and who better to ask than these guys?
So, about 37 minutes in to the latest episode, 172, imagine Gym Ninja's delight when her email was read out and they gave her some advice. Gym Ninja even signed it off with her blog signature 'Toodle Pip' that completely baffled the American guy Kevin Larrabee who presents the show. Fantastic, lol! It's podcasts like these that give accurate, up to date quality information that's so beneficial for anyone out there wanting to further their knowledge and stay up to date with the latest fitness industry info. You've 172 episodes online waiting for you to start educating yourself with. Scroll through and start with the topics that jump out at you, or do what Gn did and start from Episode 1. Perfect for commutes, if you have to drive for a living, or just want something to listen to as you work out or do housework/chores/gardening. It's not 'high brow' but done at a very accessible level, so even if you are just starting out on your quest to get in shape you'll understand what they say. Oh and it's funny too! You'll learn LOTS!
Then today, again spur of the moment, Gym Ninja realised that it is Easter this weekend (duh!) and that if she wants her regular order of Maximuscle supplements to arrive in time for next week at the FitPro Spring Convention (well, Gym Ninja always travels with a healthy supply stash) she'd best place the order as it won't arrive magically of it's own accord!!!!
So Gym Ninja ordered what she deemed the 'basics' for travelling with. Gym Ninja ordered a box of Maxi-Milk (so she can quaff those during the long lectures), a box of Promax Diet Bars (again, easy to carry should she get hungry travelling or 'learning' ....and a fairly new addiction of GNs) and of course the obligatory box of Promax Crisp Bars (Happy Easter present to oneself!). That order was placed at 11.30am today.
By 2.30pm Gym Ninja received an email..to tell her that her Maximuscle order HAD BEEN DISPATCHED!
WOW!
No need to have panicked eh? Is it just Gym Ninja, or does anyone else think that is an incredibly rapid service?
Gym Ninja also decided to try and track down a telephone number so she could contact Vistaprint about her incorrect business card order. After all, what is GN supposed to do with 250 cards in the wrong colour? After much searching, she found an 0800 number and was put through to somewhere 'far away'. Gym Ninja explained the problem...that the preview had shown a white background but the cards arrived with a blue background and GN had needed them urgently for this weekend.
The Vistaprint girl checked and saw that the preview did indeed show white..and then also found that the 'proof' document also online (what? Where IS the proof?) showed blue. The girl then went and put GN on hold for 10 minutes...oooer. This isn't boding well!
When the girl came back she admitted that for some reason the upload had caused the background to change and that as it was their fault they would rectify it and dispatch urgently free replacement cards (well, they aren't really free are they seeing as Gym Ninja paid for 250 freaky blue cards) and that they will be with Gym Ninja on Friday.
Wow.
Impressive seeing as the Post doesn't get delivered on Friday (or does it?). Fingers crossed they arrive looking perfect!
So, although it is a few days away, what does everyone have planned over Easter? is it just Gym Ninja, or does anyone else see Bank Holidays as extra bonus time at the gym? Admittedly due to the final weekend of exams (eeek) Gym Ninja cannot attend her usual Saturday Slaughter Session, so will cane it Friday instead. Let us call it a Fearsome Friday FitDay. What does that entail? Hmm, GN has no clue as of yet but will soon plan something suitably hardcore so she starts Easter in a fit and healthy way. What will you do on Fearsome Friday FitDay? GN does not partake in chocolate (unless it's wrapped around a Maximuscle bar or in a Maximuscle shake) so Easter Eggs are not a temptation, so staying on track will be fairly easy. That'd be unless someone puts some bunny ears on a box of Promax Crisp Bars.....
Toodle Pip (!)
Gym Ninja x
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Procrastinator Ninja
Uh oh!
Will you look at the time?
WHY has Gym Ninja left it sooooooo late to blog?
WHY is Gym Ninja still up and faffing online?
WHY has Gym Ninja appeared to have 'forgotten' she has a pretty hardcore Anatomy exam this Sunday coming?
EEEEEEK!
Gym Ninja is in the middle of a Procrastination Meltdown!
However, in a higgledy piggledy way, she has indeed crossed off a few 'To Do's' off her list. Thus follows...
1. Gym Ninja managed to remain employed for another day.
Phew! No easy task seeing as Gym Ninja struggles to find anything enjoyable about her current job, nor does she have an interest in what she sells (which, as you can imagine, makes for tough going!).
2. Gym Ninja managed to get hold of someone at the local Government New Business Start Up Advisory Service.
Wow! Two weeks and counting Gym Ninja has been playing telephone tennis with them...albeit a bit of an 'Ace Filled' game to be fair as GN was making all the calls! Today Gym Ninja didn't bother asking for the one person on this planet who appears to be even more of a Procrastinator than GN is right now, and instead asked the advice of the woman who answered the phone...
*cue tangent*
Diane is the MOST efficient Government Advisor in the world. She talks rapidly, her worlds like machine gun bullets, 'bam bam bam bam bam'. No, that's NOT what she said. BAM makes no sense. Within a 10 minute telephone call where Gym Ninja cautiously enquired about courses for New Business Start Ups, Diane had virtually signed GN up for a 4 week evening course (GN only escaped as it clashed with an upcoming bland 4 day Expo for work), told her how she needs to get a wriggle on with the business plan (yeh yeh), suggested HSBC as a bank to use as they give the company a £40 referral fee, (crikey, a business account already?), ways to get a £500 start up grant.....plus a sneaky fast track advisory service that would appear to fit in with GN's plans better.
Gym Ninja came off the phone a tad overwhelmed. Great! More stuff to do!
3. Gym Ninja designed her new business cards.
Yep! Using the gorgeous logo she'd had designed for her 'so far' make-believe Personal Training company (!), Gym Ninja decided she'd fire off some cheap business cards, courtesy of Vistaprint. Freebies soon turned into the Premium Business Cards, that soon became full colour front and back premium business cards...... Who KNEW how difficult the actual writing part of the business card would be? Gym Ninja actually spent 3 WHOLE HOURS of her evening when she should have been studying, faffing around with variations of a theme for what should go on the card and how it should look. But, fingers crossed, the cards will look pretty hot when they arrive. Assuming there is no spelling errors. Gym Ninja is certain that the day they arrive there will be some typo that makes a word appear rude/confusing/slanderous....?
4. Gym Ninja researched some new lower body moves for her fitness programme.
By this of course GN means exercises as opposed to dance moves,...courtesy of her new professional tool, the online 'PT On the Net' website. Shame GN never had enough time (damned business cards!) to get there tonight!
5. Gym Ninja squashed in some revision whilst skipping!
Yep. It got to 10pm and GN felt VERY guilty about not having trained today. So, with a sudden new found eagerness (or stupidity?), Gym Ninja rummaged around in her gym bag and pulled out the skipping rope.
Skip skip skip skip.... diabetes used to be known in the 17th Century as 'The Pissing Evil'...
skip skip skip skip skip...in some cases they can end up with Diabetic Ketoacidosis as the body is unable to utilise carbs and glucose as fuel so instead relies on fat, which in turn produces ketone bodies that can alter the acidity levels of the blood...and can kill!...
skip skip skip skip....
and so on.
So, before Gym Ninja could bugger off to bed, she suddeny realised...she'd left you little Ninjarettes all alone! Gasp! hence this cobbled together blog post! But the moral of the cobbled together blog post is, that just because life gets in the way, that is no reason to neglect your exercise.
Gym Ninja was toooooooo busy today. Too many distractions to hit the gym. Toying with an outdoor run fell out of GN's head thanks to Vistaprint (don't even GET GN started about mugs, keyrings etc), and then it was 'too late' to go...but it's never too late to do something! It all adds up. Skipping was GN's quick fix tonight..... Easy enough to do in the house assuming you don't have too many trinkets within rope smashing distance? But maybe you don't have a rope? SO why not do some Walking lunges from one room to the other? Ab work during TV ad breaks maybe? Wall squats whilst talking on the phone....you get the idea eh? MOOOOVE yourself! Use it or lose it. Then enjoy a good night's sleep knowing you worked your body even for just a few minutes of an otherwise busy day. Then get in front of your diary and book in some exercise time with yourself. No excuses. Treat it like a hot date. In fact, it is a hot date. A hot date with the new body you'll soon get yourself.... ;-)\
OK Ok...so this is quite a naff blog post after all!. Ah well...better luck tomorrow eh?
Gym Ninja x ...coming to a Premium Printed two sided full colour (stopped short of foil print!) business card near you!
Will you look at the time?
WHY has Gym Ninja left it sooooooo late to blog?
WHY is Gym Ninja still up and faffing online?
WHY has Gym Ninja appeared to have 'forgotten' she has a pretty hardcore Anatomy exam this Sunday coming?
EEEEEEK!
Gym Ninja is in the middle of a Procrastination Meltdown!
However, in a higgledy piggledy way, she has indeed crossed off a few 'To Do's' off her list. Thus follows...
1. Gym Ninja managed to remain employed for another day.
Phew! No easy task seeing as Gym Ninja struggles to find anything enjoyable about her current job, nor does she have an interest in what she sells (which, as you can imagine, makes for tough going!).
2. Gym Ninja managed to get hold of someone at the local Government New Business Start Up Advisory Service.
Wow! Two weeks and counting Gym Ninja has been playing telephone tennis with them...albeit a bit of an 'Ace Filled' game to be fair as GN was making all the calls! Today Gym Ninja didn't bother asking for the one person on this planet who appears to be even more of a Procrastinator than GN is right now, and instead asked the advice of the woman who answered the phone...
*cue tangent*
Diane is the MOST efficient Government Advisor in the world. She talks rapidly, her worlds like machine gun bullets, 'bam bam bam bam bam'. No, that's NOT what she said. BAM makes no sense. Within a 10 minute telephone call where Gym Ninja cautiously enquired about courses for New Business Start Ups, Diane had virtually signed GN up for a 4 week evening course (GN only escaped as it clashed with an upcoming bland 4 day Expo for work), told her how she needs to get a wriggle on with the business plan (yeh yeh), suggested HSBC as a bank to use as they give the company a £40 referral fee, (crikey, a business account already?), ways to get a £500 start up grant.....plus a sneaky fast track advisory service that would appear to fit in with GN's plans better.
Gym Ninja came off the phone a tad overwhelmed. Great! More stuff to do!
3. Gym Ninja designed her new business cards.
Yep! Using the gorgeous logo she'd had designed for her 'so far' make-believe Personal Training company (!), Gym Ninja decided she'd fire off some cheap business cards, courtesy of Vistaprint. Freebies soon turned into the Premium Business Cards, that soon became full colour front and back premium business cards...... Who KNEW how difficult the actual writing part of the business card would be? Gym Ninja actually spent 3 WHOLE HOURS of her evening when she should have been studying, faffing around with variations of a theme for what should go on the card and how it should look. But, fingers crossed, the cards will look pretty hot when they arrive. Assuming there is no spelling errors. Gym Ninja is certain that the day they arrive there will be some typo that makes a word appear rude/confusing/slanderous....?
4. Gym Ninja researched some new lower body moves for her fitness programme.
By this of course GN means exercises as opposed to dance moves,...courtesy of her new professional tool, the online 'PT On the Net' website. Shame GN never had enough time (damned business cards!) to get there tonight!
5. Gym Ninja squashed in some revision whilst skipping!
Yep. It got to 10pm and GN felt VERY guilty about not having trained today. So, with a sudden new found eagerness (or stupidity?), Gym Ninja rummaged around in her gym bag and pulled out the skipping rope.
Skip skip skip skip.... diabetes used to be known in the 17th Century as 'The Pissing Evil'...
skip skip skip skip skip...in some cases they can end up with Diabetic Ketoacidosis as the body is unable to utilise carbs and glucose as fuel so instead relies on fat, which in turn produces ketone bodies that can alter the acidity levels of the blood...and can kill!...
skip skip skip skip....
and so on.
So, before Gym Ninja could bugger off to bed, she suddeny realised...she'd left you little Ninjarettes all alone! Gasp! hence this cobbled together blog post! But the moral of the cobbled together blog post is, that just because life gets in the way, that is no reason to neglect your exercise.
Gym Ninja was toooooooo busy today. Too many distractions to hit the gym. Toying with an outdoor run fell out of GN's head thanks to Vistaprint (don't even GET GN started about mugs, keyrings etc), and then it was 'too late' to go...but it's never too late to do something! It all adds up. Skipping was GN's quick fix tonight..... Easy enough to do in the house assuming you don't have too many trinkets within rope smashing distance? But maybe you don't have a rope? SO why not do some Walking lunges from one room to the other? Ab work during TV ad breaks maybe? Wall squats whilst talking on the phone....you get the idea eh? MOOOOVE yourself! Use it or lose it. Then enjoy a good night's sleep knowing you worked your body even for just a few minutes of an otherwise busy day. Then get in front of your diary and book in some exercise time with yourself. No excuses. Treat it like a hot date. In fact, it is a hot date. A hot date with the new body you'll soon get yourself.... ;-)\
OK Ok...so this is quite a naff blog post after all!. Ah well...better luck tomorrow eh?
Gym Ninja x ...coming to a Premium Printed two sided full colour (stopped short of foil print!) business card near you!
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