Gym Ninja is blogging today with slightly darker hair.
Can you tell?
You see, Saturday night ended up to be something of a boring affair, so Gym Ninja, fed up with the slices of red and blonde through the mid layers of her hair (remember Parrot Hair from a few months back?), decided to whack on a temporary colour (28 washes-how terribly precise of them). The temporary colour was 'Medium Brown'. Gym Ninja's actual hair colour is dark brown, so the medium brown should allow darkness but with shades of lightness where the streaks had been. On went the colour, and 20 minutes later Gym Ninja rinsed it off. After rinsing, she also noticed that she had a fetching streak of brown across her shoulders and also her abs...seriously, her abs? How did Gym Ninja manage to drip dye on her torso????? Never mind, time to dry her hair before bed....
Did you all know, that the Hair Dye Industry class 'Medium Brown' as 'pretty goddam close to black with a matt finish'?
No?
Neither did Gym Ninja.
Seriously, since when did 'Medium Brown' come out THAT dark? Looking back at Gym Ninja in the mirror was something akin to a Lego character.
Nooooooooo!
LEGO NINJA!
Crap. Maybe it'll look better in daylight? It usually does?
Anyway, after the almighty workout that was the 'Saturday Slaughter Session', Gym Ninja returned to the gym Sunday morning for another round of 'sweat until you die'. Luckily Gym Ninja has never won this game, hence the continuation of the blogs...
Incidentally, no, the Lego Hair did NOT look better in natural daylight. Maybe it'd look better after the first proper wash eh? You know, to soap out the remnants of the last dregs of dye?
Where were we? Ah yes, Lego Ninja was back at the gym. However, there was one problem. Glycogen depletion on a big scale. That'd be the energy stored in Gym Ninja's liver & muscles to fuel the next workout and it was running somewhat low. Uh oh! Maybe Gym Ninja should have refuelled with a few more carbs than usual? Maybe Gym Ninja should have planned a more low intensity workout? Or maybe Gym Ninja should have gotten herself to bed a lot earlier instead of faffing until 1.30am the night before, dying her hair an unflattering shade of boot polish black (oh pardon me, 'Medium Brown') ????
Either way, it was all Gym Ninja could do to drag herself to the gym. Once in the changing rooms, Gym Ninja found a locker, stuffed her bag in, forgot to take out of her bag the gel seat cover for the spin bike (for all the good it does!), dragged the bag back out of the locker, spilled the contents of the bag onto the floor, stuffed the contents back into the bag, retrieved the gel seat cover, returned the bag back into the locker, realised the padlock was still in the bag, dragged it back out of the locker for the second time to retrieve it, before finally closing it.
As Gym Ninja stood at the aptly named Vanity Area, fiddling with the knot of wire that was supposedly her headphones, she felt something.....something like an intense feeling of being watched. Snapping her eyes upwards to the mirror, Gym Ninja saw a woman stood behind her, staring at Gym Ninja via the reflection of the mirror. Now that Gym Ninja had noticed, she waited for the woman to look away.
The woman did NOT look away.
The woman continued to stare.
Hmm.
Does the woman think she is a Vampire and that she cannot be seen in the mirror?
Is the woman just hard faced?
Or is there a huge streak of hair dye down the neck and over the ears of Gym Ninja?
Gym Ninja decided that out of the three, quite possibly option 1 (vampire) was most likely, closely followed by brown ears like a teddy.
PAH!
Gym Ninja aka Lego Ninja aka Teddy Eared Ninja headed to the Spin Studio. Would the regulars notice that GN had been replaced by a plastic Lego Character?
if they did, they were too polite to mention it. In fact the lego hair appeared to draw people to Gym Ninja.
"Got yourself a job yet?' Barked Dangly.
Gym Ninja stared back at him with her best 'it is 24 hours since I last saw you and also the weekend so don't even ASK me that and not expect to get a rude answer' face.
Then, a guy who Gym Ninja now recalls as the same guy who approached her months ago to try and 'recruit' her for Yoga began to talk to her. Let us name him 'Cult Man'.
"They are starting up Kangoo again today you know. Have you ever tried it?" Asked Cult Man.
Gym Ninja shook her Lego head in response.
"Ahh, well you really should you know. All you need it a big thick pair of socks, and you reserve the Kangoo boots at reception. It's really low impact. Reduces impact by up to 80%. Remarkable!"
At this, Cult Man rolled his eyes knowingly.
See, now here's the thing. The LAST exercise craze Gym Ninja is likely to partake in is Kangoo. Are you all aware of it? Think bouncing around, Benny Hill style, on roller blades without the blades (and in their place bit springs). Here is a link... www.kangoojumps.ch
Once you have stopped laughing, click on Kangoo Jumps Uses and enjoy the comedy value of the video..
Gym Ninja's favourite parts of the video are the humiliation on the face of the guy in black as he boings up and down inbetween the two girls in the sun, the fact they are trying to tell people that ARMY boot camp people use Kangoo boots (yeh right) and the ABSOLUTE BEST bit that you will unfortunately have to watch the video until the end to see, is what they call 'Kangoo Power'. Seriously, HOW mental does that guy look?????
So...no. No, Gym Ninja will never ever try Kangoo. Never! Gym Ninja does not 'boing in a comedy fashion'....
Spin was typically torturous. Luckily the Instructor decided that it would be Spin Climb which allowed for more standing hills, which did help reduce the 'Spin Saddle injury' Gym Ninja had done to herself the day before. However it was tough. NOOOOOOOO glycogen to fall back on, and only the scent of sweaty, newly dyed hair to spur her on alongside the view of a chubby man's bottom wiggling in front of her. Yuk!
Once the class finished an hour later, Gym Ninja dried off in the changing rooms, popped some BCAAs and continued with her upper body session. Taking up a seat on the cable row, Gym Ninja selected her weight and then...
*boing boing boing boing boing boing boing*
Circling the weights area on the top floor of the gym (it is spread over two floors) is an indoor running track. Now running along the track were the participants of the Kangoo Class....
OMG.
No.
Get AWAY with the freaky boinging. Make it GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gym Ninja had to put up with at least 3 laps of boinging as she worked her back. Bloody infuriating it was, especially as there were at least 3 girls (and 2 men) who should have worn a sports bra before 'boinging' like that! Time to get focussed and work that upper body hard. That way, no amount of boinging would distract Gym Ninja.
True to her word, Gym Ninja slaughtered her upper body. Upping the volume by throwing in an additional exercise for each muscle group worked to surprise the body and encourage growth. By the end of the workout, Gym Ninja had completely blasted any strength and co-ordination remaining which resulted in an infuriating case of 'Drop the Sweat Towel'. It goes a little something like this...
Finish final set of Skull Crushers.
Sit up, then reach for the Sweat Towel on the floor to wipe onself down.
Hold the Sweat Towel for all of 2 seconds before dropping it.
Grasp Sweat Towel again.
Get Sweat Towel a little closer to face before dropping it back on the floor.
Look around to check if anyone nearby is sniggering at Gym Ninja?
Attempt a third grasp of the Sweat Towel, wipe away sweat, begin to stand up and...drop Sweat Towel.
AHHR!
It was like a game of Grabber; the game whereby you use a joystick to try and steer a giant claw into picking up the empty iPod box nestled amongst a selection of acid green and yellow cuddly toys, having paid £2 for the privilege.
Stretching out of the muscles ensued, before Gym Ninja headed back to the changing rooms for her post workout Maximuscle shake and a nice hot shower...let us all hope that Drop The Sweat Towel does not manifest into a more advanced adult game of Drop The Bath Towel or it'll be yet another case of .Naked Ninja blinds the 5000...........'
Right!
Enough already. You should all be doing something else instead of reading this blog as well you know. See you back in the gym.....
Gym Ninja xx
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Back with a Vengeance! Saturday Slaughter Session
Having skipped the usual Saturday Slaughter Sessions the past 2 weeks due to other escapades (such as BodyPower), this weekend saw Gym Ninja return to her usual routine. To those unaware, it involves a one hour intense Spin Class (the only fitness 'class' GN will partake in) then a weights session.
Up & bursting with energy (gotta love the effects of Udos Oil already), Gym Ninja packed up her bag, slithered into her 'go-faster' lycra and pootled off to the Gym.
Ahead of Gym Ninja at the gym entrance was a Tall OAP. Freaky things Tall OAPs. This one was well over 6 foot....he walked through the door and promptly let it slam in GN's face!
Correction, Tall OAPs are both freaky and RUDE...
Gym Ninja warmed up with a 10 minute run. BCAAs were popped to preserve the lean muscle prior to such an intense workout, as was a cheeky energy shot in readiness for what lay ahead. Then it was upstairs to the Spin Studio to take up residence on her usual Spin Bike. Woe betide anyone who may have taken it in her two week absence.
Warming up in the Spin Studio was Dangly Cross Earrings Man (who incidentally has never worn those earrings since so maybe needs a new name?) who takes the bike next to Gym Ninja's. Pleasantries were exchanged...along the lines of..
"Where have you been for the past two weeks lazy arse?"
"Well hello to you too", Replied Gym Ninja, before explaining the reason for her absence (plus also mentioning the 'getting fired from her job' escapade).
Thus followed an oddball selection of conversational topics as the bikes were set up, mostly revolving around hairy people in the swimming pool, as Dangly had just been for a swim himself.
"I find it weird that the men with excessive body hair wear swim caps" Confided Dangly, screwing his face up in disgust. "There's this one guy who swims in the pool and he's covered in black hair! It's disgusting!"
"Soggy Teddy Man? Eww, yes I've seen him!" Remarked Gym Ninja. "He looks like a bear that fell in the water and his hair looks like it all knots up when it gets wet".
At that last comment, both Gym Ninja & Dangly went quiet, both horrified at the image that had just popped up in their brains...an image that was dissipated on arrival of the Fab Spin Instructor.
The room soon filled up with the regulars.. Bread Head was in, as was Clippy. Short Shorts sat on his usual bike, as did Mouth and Co (she brings a younger guy with her to every class and he sits there 'mute' throughout-hence now being recognised as 'and Co'). The lights were lowered, the stereo cranked up and off everyone went......
Holy Schmoly, the session was HARDCORE! Yet Gym Ninja's energy levels were high so the sweat just poured out, plastering her hair to her head (who's a Soggy Teddy now eh?). T'was as if Gym Ninja wore blinkers too, as she barely noticed Short Shorts with his out of rhythm bouncing around in front of her bike (very infuriating if you do notice it).
After an hour and nearly 600 cals later (not bad going for Gym Ninja's frame..calorie burn is linked with body weight you see) Gym Ninja staggered out, drenched in sweat and wondering why, despite using her padded gel seat cover, she still felt marginally violated by her Spin Bike?
But there was no time for resting. Not when energy levels were still bubbling. So, with more BCAAs popped, Gym Ninja began her leg workout.
Squats, Deadlifts, Lunges in various directions, Romanian deadlifts, Leg Press, Leg Extension, Hanging Roman Chair Alternate Leg Raises........Gym Ninja totally beasted her lower body until it could barely totter across the gym.
Whilst resting between sets, Gym Ninja took a peek out of the window overlooking the Hydropool and Main Swimming Pool.
Hmmm......
Sat incredibly close together in a swirl of bubbling foamy water (bleuurr), were two men and one woman. It went 'man, man, woman' as the order they were sat in. Middle aged people, nothing to look at....and yet there was something a bit 'odd' about them. A 'vibe' they were giving out? Maybe they looked a bit too excited by the bubbles of the Hydropool? Was that it? Perhaps the fact they were sat SO incredibly close to each other? Maybe that was it? Or, perhaps it was all of these things, combined with the fact that one of the men had lifted his legs up so he jiggled in the bubbles? Either way, Gym Ninja really regretted looking out of the window!
Quick! Look away!
Bleuurr!
Gym Ninja's eyes rested upon Skins. Now Skins is a guy who manages to colour-match to perfection his swimming trunks to his skin tone, making him appear naked as he walks about around the pool. This is really not a good thing....and right up there with flesh toned lingerie in Gym Ninjas LIST OF BAD THINGS. Gym Ninja snapped her head around....and was promptly met with a view of the Threesome again, who by now had become quite giggly and were stroking each others arms... Time to wind up this Gym Session! Gym Ninja quickly headed back to her barbell, finished off her moves and stretched out to finish. PHEW! Well done Gym Ninja!
Staggering down the stairs and into the Changing Rooms (always a sign of a good leg session when Gym Ninja walks like a baby giraffe) it was time for a quick shower, running the risk of third degree burns should the showers again be at the water temperature of the sun. Luckily the water temperature was fine. However, Gym Ninja did not manage to nab the only shower cubicle that has all of the strip lighting above it and instead had to shower in near darkness in one of the others. PLEASE sort the lighting out? Gym Ninja does not wish to shower in darkness.
Once clean, dressed and ready to leave, Gym Ninja mixed up her usual refreshing Promax protein shake in choc mint flavour, and then headed out of the door, freaking out about 3 guys training on the gym floor who had blatantly never seen a woman drink from a Protein Shaker bottle before....uhhr!
Until tomorrow Ninjarettes.....
Gym Ninja x
Up & bursting with energy (gotta love the effects of Udos Oil already), Gym Ninja packed up her bag, slithered into her 'go-faster' lycra and pootled off to the Gym.
Ahead of Gym Ninja at the gym entrance was a Tall OAP. Freaky things Tall OAPs. This one was well over 6 foot....he walked through the door and promptly let it slam in GN's face!
Correction, Tall OAPs are both freaky and RUDE...
Gym Ninja warmed up with a 10 minute run. BCAAs were popped to preserve the lean muscle prior to such an intense workout, as was a cheeky energy shot in readiness for what lay ahead. Then it was upstairs to the Spin Studio to take up residence on her usual Spin Bike. Woe betide anyone who may have taken it in her two week absence.
Warming up in the Spin Studio was Dangly Cross Earrings Man (who incidentally has never worn those earrings since so maybe needs a new name?) who takes the bike next to Gym Ninja's. Pleasantries were exchanged...along the lines of..
"Where have you been for the past two weeks lazy arse?"
"Well hello to you too", Replied Gym Ninja, before explaining the reason for her absence (plus also mentioning the 'getting fired from her job' escapade).
Thus followed an oddball selection of conversational topics as the bikes were set up, mostly revolving around hairy people in the swimming pool, as Dangly had just been for a swim himself.
"I find it weird that the men with excessive body hair wear swim caps" Confided Dangly, screwing his face up in disgust. "There's this one guy who swims in the pool and he's covered in black hair! It's disgusting!"
"Soggy Teddy Man? Eww, yes I've seen him!" Remarked Gym Ninja. "He looks like a bear that fell in the water and his hair looks like it all knots up when it gets wet".
At that last comment, both Gym Ninja & Dangly went quiet, both horrified at the image that had just popped up in their brains...an image that was dissipated on arrival of the Fab Spin Instructor.
The room soon filled up with the regulars.. Bread Head was in, as was Clippy. Short Shorts sat on his usual bike, as did Mouth and Co (she brings a younger guy with her to every class and he sits there 'mute' throughout-hence now being recognised as 'and Co'). The lights were lowered, the stereo cranked up and off everyone went......
Holy Schmoly, the session was HARDCORE! Yet Gym Ninja's energy levels were high so the sweat just poured out, plastering her hair to her head (who's a Soggy Teddy now eh?). T'was as if Gym Ninja wore blinkers too, as she barely noticed Short Shorts with his out of rhythm bouncing around in front of her bike (very infuriating if you do notice it).
After an hour and nearly 600 cals later (not bad going for Gym Ninja's frame..calorie burn is linked with body weight you see) Gym Ninja staggered out, drenched in sweat and wondering why, despite using her padded gel seat cover, she still felt marginally violated by her Spin Bike?
But there was no time for resting. Not when energy levels were still bubbling. So, with more BCAAs popped, Gym Ninja began her leg workout.
Squats, Deadlifts, Lunges in various directions, Romanian deadlifts, Leg Press, Leg Extension, Hanging Roman Chair Alternate Leg Raises........Gym Ninja totally beasted her lower body until it could barely totter across the gym.
Whilst resting between sets, Gym Ninja took a peek out of the window overlooking the Hydropool and Main Swimming Pool.
Hmmm......
Sat incredibly close together in a swirl of bubbling foamy water (bleuurr), were two men and one woman. It went 'man, man, woman' as the order they were sat in. Middle aged people, nothing to look at....and yet there was something a bit 'odd' about them. A 'vibe' they were giving out? Maybe they looked a bit too excited by the bubbles of the Hydropool? Was that it? Perhaps the fact they were sat SO incredibly close to each other? Maybe that was it? Or, perhaps it was all of these things, combined with the fact that one of the men had lifted his legs up so he jiggled in the bubbles? Either way, Gym Ninja really regretted looking out of the window!
Quick! Look away!
Bleuurr!
Gym Ninja's eyes rested upon Skins. Now Skins is a guy who manages to colour-match to perfection his swimming trunks to his skin tone, making him appear naked as he walks about around the pool. This is really not a good thing....and right up there with flesh toned lingerie in Gym Ninjas LIST OF BAD THINGS. Gym Ninja snapped her head around....and was promptly met with a view of the Threesome again, who by now had become quite giggly and were stroking each others arms... Time to wind up this Gym Session! Gym Ninja quickly headed back to her barbell, finished off her moves and stretched out to finish. PHEW! Well done Gym Ninja!
Staggering down the stairs and into the Changing Rooms (always a sign of a good leg session when Gym Ninja walks like a baby giraffe) it was time for a quick shower, running the risk of third degree burns should the showers again be at the water temperature of the sun. Luckily the water temperature was fine. However, Gym Ninja did not manage to nab the only shower cubicle that has all of the strip lighting above it and instead had to shower in near darkness in one of the others. PLEASE sort the lighting out? Gym Ninja does not wish to shower in darkness.
Once clean, dressed and ready to leave, Gym Ninja mixed up her usual refreshing Promax protein shake in choc mint flavour, and then headed out of the door, freaking out about 3 guys training on the gym floor who had blatantly never seen a woman drink from a Protein Shaker bottle before....uhhr!
Until tomorrow Ninjarettes.....
Gym Ninja x
Friday, 28 May 2010
Gym Ninja & the Mood Hoover
Well, this blog isn't supposed to be a diary in which Gym Ninja can let off steam, and yet today may just be a day that it is....however, firstly a gym update...
After NO gym yesterday (Wednesday by the time Gym Ninja posts this) GN wanted to fit in a cardio and abs session today, ideally in the daytime when she has more energy for cardio. However for some reason (OK, so the fact she is now in the habit of going to bed in the early hours) she found herself running late AGAIN! Pah! Then she realised she also needed to fit in a visit to see her grandfather who'd just been admitted to hospital. Naturally, visiting him was the main priority, so the cardio session would have to be shorter than planned.
So by midday GN had made it to the gym, walked through the turnstile and then..
*wedge*
That familiar 'jammed' sensation that GN had the other day. The old 'your bag is now stuck in the turnstile which in turn now means YOU are stuck in the turnstile' moment. Gym Ninja is always having bag/door jamming issues. Once when working at a Stockbrokers (yeh, get Gym Ninja!) she managed to hold up about 25 people because she'd managed to get her handbag trapped in a revolving door as she tried to pass through...
Once Gym Ninja's naughty bag was stuffed into a locker, the workout could commence. Some LSD today (Long Slow Duration remember, not any dodgy stuff).
Gym Ninja selected a treadmill that was sandwiched between two pensioners on treadmills too. Both were strolling along fairly briskly, which did kind of make it tough for GN to try and launch herself into a run. It can feel easier to run if the 'neighbours' are running. However Gym Ninja loves to see pensioners at the gym. They are bionic pensioners who will lead a very long healthy life (even if they do make GNs run a tad harder).
Opposite the treadmills were two TV sets.
NOOOOOO!
Is someone up there determined to make this a tough session?
LOOSE WOMEN was on.
OMG. Gym Ninja is all for fluffy TV but really? This? At least that Carol 'I have a toyboy and was married to Chris Evans for all of 5 minutes yet still bleat on about it' wasn't on it!
Gym Ninja ran faster to make the session speed up...then remembered she was basing this session on 'time' and not distance.
Duh! Bimbo Ninja.
Once the run had finished it was over to oooh, let's see, maybe the X Trainer today. Not been on the faffy old X Trainer for a while. Again followed more torturous cardio thanks to the continuation of LOOSE WOMEN...s'pose it makes a change from the cookery shows that usually distract GN on a Saturday Slaughter Session?
Once all cardio was complete, Gym Ninja went back into the changing rooms and passed a lady sitting on one of the benches in a towel. GN then headed to the far side of the changing area (yeh it's fairly big) ......only to then see the SAME lady in her towel, now sitting in the shower area.
WHAT?
Teleportation?
Tooooooo freaky for Gym Ninja today!
To finish off the brief yet (fingers crossed) effective workout, Gym Ninja headed back into the gym to work on her abs. Russian Twists with a med ball, Roman Chair leg raises, frog crunches, v-up med ball twists....all whilst being distracted by a woman on the Elliptical Trainer who had such an odd motion going that it appeared she was 'raving' on the machine.
*big fish little fish* (as the raving dance goes)
Time to shower!!!!!!
After a hospital visit and other faffy bits & bobs to do, Gym Ninja returned home to a sumptuous dinner of steamed veg & cottage cheese drizzled with Udo's Choice Oil....mmm. FAR nicer than you may think!
Then?
MOOD HOOVER!
Uh oh!
Are you aware of what a Mood Hoover is people?
Mood Hoover.
(noun)
A person who sucks up all positivity, happiness, feelings of excitement.
Sometimes they are fairly obvious in what they do. You may be happily making plans about the future, excitedly talking about someone new you've met, maybe even showing them your new car or telling them about a promotion at work?
*wooooooooooooo*
(thats the hoover sound)
"That'll never work."
"He sounds like a player"
"How can you even afford that?"
"I bet you'll never handle the pressure"
And with one sentence your mood comes crashing down. The happiness or excitement you felt vanished! Poof! Into thin air. Then you are left with a vacuum of self doubt, suspicion, worry, stress......
NASTY Mood Hoovers.
But it's bad enough when they are obvious, but when they are more sly? Oooooh, NOT nice.
Sly Mood Hoovers appear to have your best interests at heart. They only tell you that they are saying this 'for your own good' or 'because you are my friend' or even 'I'd want you to tell me if it were the other way around'....
Of course that is just as dangerous as you may change what you are doing as you think it is helpful advice. You feel sad, slightly empty and fed up. But the Mood Hoover knew you would.
So why do they do it?
Maybe you are on a new fitness regime, or have lost some weight? The Mood Hoover may start to feel jealous of you, or threatened by your new shape and outlook on life? In some cases the Mood Hoover may not even be consciously aware of what they are doing? However this does not help you. Even if you are aware...
Anyhow...why is is GN talking about Mood Hoovers? Who rattled GN's cage?
Obviously a MOOD HOOVER that is who! All wrapped up in a pretty bow of 'helpful advice' came the *wooooooooooooooo* and in fact, it did manage to start sucking out the excitement from GN until she realised what was going on.
Uh oh.
Rather than go too much into detail here (as GN thinks it was a Mood Hoover who was *hopefully* unaware of what she was doing), Gym Ninja will just give a sketchy outline.
Advice was 'given' about a project Gym Ninja is working on.
Gym Ninja used to (!) work in sales so is fully aware of how to sell something, market it etc, and in order to do that one needs to find a USP...a 'Unique Selling Point' that makes what you are selling different to every other thing it 'could' technically be compared with. Then, if it is seen differently for whatever reason (due to the USP) then it makes it harder for the customer to compare directly with competitors. If you cannot be compared then you do not usually have to justify why you are 'better' than them.
Follow so far?
So Gym Ninja has her USP in place for the project. It's glamorous. Aesthetically pleasing and inspirational one would hope. This is possibly a unique and rare slant to the usual way such a service is marketed... but that is Gym Ninja's aim. Cater for the gap in the market which is why she is going down the glam route...however the Mood Hoover disagreed. Thought it was a BAD idea. Thus followed a few 'veiled' nice vacuuming comments designed to not only suck away Gym Ninja's positivity and excitement, but also to attack her own sense of character almost.
Yes, GN stepped away from what was happening. Recognised it fairly early (luckily) and after a rant to some friends who assured GN she was doing the 'right' thing & to ignore the Mood Hoover, it was back to trying to block out the comments and focus on the goal. To help this matter, GN delved into some quotes to refocus her mind...you Ninjarettes may also wish to copy these and hold them for times when you too fall prey to a Mood Hoover?
'You cannot control everything that will happen today. Yet you can completely control the person you will be today'
'Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself'
'Haters are just fascinated by your life'
'All your dreams can come true if you continue believing in yourself. Never stop.'
Plus Gym Ninja's favourite for this very situation...
''Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. be what you feel"....
That's your lot today Ninjarettes. Have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend if you are here in the UK and blog shortly (OK, so probably tomorrow!) ...
Gym Ninja x
After NO gym yesterday (Wednesday by the time Gym Ninja posts this) GN wanted to fit in a cardio and abs session today, ideally in the daytime when she has more energy for cardio. However for some reason (OK, so the fact she is now in the habit of going to bed in the early hours) she found herself running late AGAIN! Pah! Then she realised she also needed to fit in a visit to see her grandfather who'd just been admitted to hospital. Naturally, visiting him was the main priority, so the cardio session would have to be shorter than planned.
So by midday GN had made it to the gym, walked through the turnstile and then..
*wedge*
That familiar 'jammed' sensation that GN had the other day. The old 'your bag is now stuck in the turnstile which in turn now means YOU are stuck in the turnstile' moment. Gym Ninja is always having bag/door jamming issues. Once when working at a Stockbrokers (yeh, get Gym Ninja!) she managed to hold up about 25 people because she'd managed to get her handbag trapped in a revolving door as she tried to pass through...
Once Gym Ninja's naughty bag was stuffed into a locker, the workout could commence. Some LSD today (Long Slow Duration remember, not any dodgy stuff).
Gym Ninja selected a treadmill that was sandwiched between two pensioners on treadmills too. Both were strolling along fairly briskly, which did kind of make it tough for GN to try and launch herself into a run. It can feel easier to run if the 'neighbours' are running. However Gym Ninja loves to see pensioners at the gym. They are bionic pensioners who will lead a very long healthy life (even if they do make GNs run a tad harder).
Opposite the treadmills were two TV sets.
NOOOOOO!
Is someone up there determined to make this a tough session?
LOOSE WOMEN was on.
OMG. Gym Ninja is all for fluffy TV but really? This? At least that Carol 'I have a toyboy and was married to Chris Evans for all of 5 minutes yet still bleat on about it' wasn't on it!
Gym Ninja ran faster to make the session speed up...then remembered she was basing this session on 'time' and not distance.
Duh! Bimbo Ninja.
Once the run had finished it was over to oooh, let's see, maybe the X Trainer today. Not been on the faffy old X Trainer for a while. Again followed more torturous cardio thanks to the continuation of LOOSE WOMEN...s'pose it makes a change from the cookery shows that usually distract GN on a Saturday Slaughter Session?
Once all cardio was complete, Gym Ninja went back into the changing rooms and passed a lady sitting on one of the benches in a towel. GN then headed to the far side of the changing area (yeh it's fairly big) ......only to then see the SAME lady in her towel, now sitting in the shower area.
WHAT?
Teleportation?
Tooooooo freaky for Gym Ninja today!
To finish off the brief yet (fingers crossed) effective workout, Gym Ninja headed back into the gym to work on her abs. Russian Twists with a med ball, Roman Chair leg raises, frog crunches, v-up med ball twists....all whilst being distracted by a woman on the Elliptical Trainer who had such an odd motion going that it appeared she was 'raving' on the machine.
*big fish little fish* (as the raving dance goes)
Time to shower!!!!!!
After a hospital visit and other faffy bits & bobs to do, Gym Ninja returned home to a sumptuous dinner of steamed veg & cottage cheese drizzled with Udo's Choice Oil....mmm. FAR nicer than you may think!
Then?
MOOD HOOVER!
Uh oh!
Are you aware of what a Mood Hoover is people?
Mood Hoover.
(noun)
A person who sucks up all positivity, happiness, feelings of excitement.
Sometimes they are fairly obvious in what they do. You may be happily making plans about the future, excitedly talking about someone new you've met, maybe even showing them your new car or telling them about a promotion at work?
*wooooooooooooo*
(thats the hoover sound)
"That'll never work."
"He sounds like a player"
"How can you even afford that?"
"I bet you'll never handle the pressure"
And with one sentence your mood comes crashing down. The happiness or excitement you felt vanished! Poof! Into thin air. Then you are left with a vacuum of self doubt, suspicion, worry, stress......
NASTY Mood Hoovers.
But it's bad enough when they are obvious, but when they are more sly? Oooooh, NOT nice.
Sly Mood Hoovers appear to have your best interests at heart. They only tell you that they are saying this 'for your own good' or 'because you are my friend' or even 'I'd want you to tell me if it were the other way around'....
Of course that is just as dangerous as you may change what you are doing as you think it is helpful advice. You feel sad, slightly empty and fed up. But the Mood Hoover knew you would.
So why do they do it?
Maybe you are on a new fitness regime, or have lost some weight? The Mood Hoover may start to feel jealous of you, or threatened by your new shape and outlook on life? In some cases the Mood Hoover may not even be consciously aware of what they are doing? However this does not help you. Even if you are aware...
Anyhow...why is is GN talking about Mood Hoovers? Who rattled GN's cage?
Obviously a MOOD HOOVER that is who! All wrapped up in a pretty bow of 'helpful advice' came the *wooooooooooooooo* and in fact, it did manage to start sucking out the excitement from GN until she realised what was going on.
Uh oh.
Rather than go too much into detail here (as GN thinks it was a Mood Hoover who was *hopefully* unaware of what she was doing), Gym Ninja will just give a sketchy outline.
Advice was 'given' about a project Gym Ninja is working on.
Gym Ninja used to (!) work in sales so is fully aware of how to sell something, market it etc, and in order to do that one needs to find a USP...a 'Unique Selling Point' that makes what you are selling different to every other thing it 'could' technically be compared with. Then, if it is seen differently for whatever reason (due to the USP) then it makes it harder for the customer to compare directly with competitors. If you cannot be compared then you do not usually have to justify why you are 'better' than them.
Follow so far?
So Gym Ninja has her USP in place for the project. It's glamorous. Aesthetically pleasing and inspirational one would hope. This is possibly a unique and rare slant to the usual way such a service is marketed... but that is Gym Ninja's aim. Cater for the gap in the market which is why she is going down the glam route...however the Mood Hoover disagreed. Thought it was a BAD idea. Thus followed a few 'veiled' nice vacuuming comments designed to not only suck away Gym Ninja's positivity and excitement, but also to attack her own sense of character almost.
Yes, GN stepped away from what was happening. Recognised it fairly early (luckily) and after a rant to some friends who assured GN she was doing the 'right' thing & to ignore the Mood Hoover, it was back to trying to block out the comments and focus on the goal. To help this matter, GN delved into some quotes to refocus her mind...you Ninjarettes may also wish to copy these and hold them for times when you too fall prey to a Mood Hoover?
'You cannot control everything that will happen today. Yet you can completely control the person you will be today'
'Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself'
'Haters are just fascinated by your life'
'All your dreams can come true if you continue believing in yourself. Never stop.'
Plus Gym Ninja's favourite for this very situation...
''Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. be what you feel"....
That's your lot today Ninjarettes. Have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend if you are here in the UK and blog shortly (OK, so probably tomorrow!) ...
Gym Ninja x
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Busy Bee Ninja
How can Gym Ninja BE this busy?
Gym Ninja has no job. Yet is busier than ever? Go figure.
Today GN realised she'd forgotten to blog yesterday, but to be fair had again had a run in with 2 spiders of gigantic proportions that day and so was a tad flustered. One spider the size of a dinner plate was spied hanging around on the bathroom wall near the sink (now drowned in a crumpled tissue down the u-bend). The second spider which was approximately the size of Switzerland, was seen galloping at speed towards the sofa Gym Ninja was sat on, only to magically fold up, origami style, to get underneath it!!!!!! That spider is still alive somewhere, multiplying into billions of babies that will attack GN as she sleeps........
Then yesterday Gym Ninja had to pootle off to get her hair cut. Yeh GN has no job/income but she sure as hell cannot have hair that grows outwards like a mushroom! As Gym Ninja meandered to the hairdressers, she was snapped out of her daydream by a man walking past who'd stared at GN, growled, winked and barked like a dog at her.
Hmmm,
What IS the actual protocol in such a situation? It was definitely supposed to be a 'compliment' as opposed to barking and insinuating Gym Ninja WAS a dog (she hopes), but all the same? Should Gym Ninja
A) 'Pat' the man?
B) Throw the man a dog biscuit?
C) Mess up the mans ears and throw him a ball to chase?
D) Grab a plastic bag, grit her teeth and 'clean up' after the man?
(please do not let it be D)
Luckily...he walked off......PHEW! THAT could have been awkward eh?
Once at the hairdressers, Gym Ninja and Hair Girl (the hairdresser) exchanged freaky 'It could only happen to me' stories. Apparently, last week Hair Girl ended up inadvertently changing a mans appearance for him before half way through his extreme colour change, having him admit that he was on fact on the run from a mental prison facility because he stabbed his dad with a knife by accident.
"I tried to say sorry but he'd already died" Explained the Fugitive.
Hair Girl nodded and eyed up the scissors sitting far too close to the man...
OBVIOUSLY Hair Girl won this months 'It could only happen to me' Game although GNs sudden sacking (Fondant Fancy) from her job did come close.
So... today Gym Ninja found herself spending the ENTIRE Day trying to create a flyer to be placed on Facebook and mailed to friends advertising her Personal Training Services. Sounds like it should be a short job eh? Annoyingly, Gym Ninja is a perfectionist when it comes to such things which meant lots of layout changes, faffing on Fotolia ( a website quality photos can be purchased from) and so on until about 5 hours had passed.
OK...so maybe Gym Ninja had been multi-tasking too? Yes the flyer was time consuming, however it hadn't helped that GN was sat by her Mac, Facebook & Twitter open, emails flying all over the place, texts, phone calls.....oh and let us not forget the general browsing of the internet for bargains.
Gym Ninja had forgotten that Maximuscle were running a special offer a day! YEP! No more waiting around for weeks for something you use to come up on offer as it changes DAILY!
There are THREE offers in fact.
1. The daily specials so all you have to do is click on the link above or one of the banners on this site and see what they have today.
2. £20 off if you place an order over £65.. to get this you enter the special code fof20 at checkout
3. THEN, still being greedy as you are, you can then refer friends. The friends you refer get £15 off if they order over £50 and YOU get £5 per referral if they do that.
Imagine the stash of stuff you can stock up on with all of that eh? So you can see why Gym Ninja got distracted ALL day long...? See? Gym Ninja wants us all to buy the good stuff!!!! Any of the links on the blog will take you to their site so click away and enjoy the shopping. Feel free to buy extra for Gym Ninja and post it over...GN is on a minus-budget donchaknow!
UDO UPDATE
Recall a few blog posts back, that Gym Ninja has bought some Udo's Choice EFA oil? Gym Ninja has been taking the oil since Sunday. 15mls per 25kgs of bodyweight is the recommended dose...so that is what? 4 days?
Within 4 days Gym Ninja now has the most amaaaaaaaaaazinly soft skin! Like silk! All stroke-able and velvety! Not that Gym Ninja was like a cactus before...but the difference already is remarkable. Gym Ninja also feels she looks a bit more defined too.
Can the oil really work so fast? Maybe yes, maybe it's all in the mind? But if the mind thinks it is working and reacts accordingly then who cares???
EEEK!
Look at the time! An entire day LOST to the computery world........
Report back tomorrow people!
Gym Ninja (super soft) x
Gym Ninja has no job. Yet is busier than ever? Go figure.
Today GN realised she'd forgotten to blog yesterday, but to be fair had again had a run in with 2 spiders of gigantic proportions that day and so was a tad flustered. One spider the size of a dinner plate was spied hanging around on the bathroom wall near the sink (now drowned in a crumpled tissue down the u-bend). The second spider which was approximately the size of Switzerland, was seen galloping at speed towards the sofa Gym Ninja was sat on, only to magically fold up, origami style, to get underneath it!!!!!! That spider is still alive somewhere, multiplying into billions of babies that will attack GN as she sleeps........
Then yesterday Gym Ninja had to pootle off to get her hair cut. Yeh GN has no job/income but she sure as hell cannot have hair that grows outwards like a mushroom! As Gym Ninja meandered to the hairdressers, she was snapped out of her daydream by a man walking past who'd stared at GN, growled, winked and barked like a dog at her.
Hmmm,
What IS the actual protocol in such a situation? It was definitely supposed to be a 'compliment' as opposed to barking and insinuating Gym Ninja WAS a dog (she hopes), but all the same? Should Gym Ninja
A) 'Pat' the man?
B) Throw the man a dog biscuit?
C) Mess up the mans ears and throw him a ball to chase?
D) Grab a plastic bag, grit her teeth and 'clean up' after the man?
(please do not let it be D)
Luckily...he walked off......PHEW! THAT could have been awkward eh?
Once at the hairdressers, Gym Ninja and Hair Girl (the hairdresser) exchanged freaky 'It could only happen to me' stories. Apparently, last week Hair Girl ended up inadvertently changing a mans appearance for him before half way through his extreme colour change, having him admit that he was on fact on the run from a mental prison facility because he stabbed his dad with a knife by accident.
"I tried to say sorry but he'd already died" Explained the Fugitive.
Hair Girl nodded and eyed up the scissors sitting far too close to the man...
OBVIOUSLY Hair Girl won this months 'It could only happen to me' Game although GNs sudden sacking (Fondant Fancy) from her job did come close.
So... today Gym Ninja found herself spending the ENTIRE Day trying to create a flyer to be placed on Facebook and mailed to friends advertising her Personal Training Services. Sounds like it should be a short job eh? Annoyingly, Gym Ninja is a perfectionist when it comes to such things which meant lots of layout changes, faffing on Fotolia ( a website quality photos can be purchased from) and so on until about 5 hours had passed.
OK...so maybe Gym Ninja had been multi-tasking too? Yes the flyer was time consuming, however it hadn't helped that GN was sat by her Mac, Facebook & Twitter open, emails flying all over the place, texts, phone calls.....oh and let us not forget the general browsing of the internet for bargains.
Gym Ninja had forgotten that Maximuscle were running a special offer a day! YEP! No more waiting around for weeks for something you use to come up on offer as it changes DAILY!
There are THREE offers in fact.
1. The daily specials so all you have to do is click on the link above or one of the banners on this site and see what they have today.
2. £20 off if you place an order over £65.. to get this you enter the special code fof20 at checkout
3. THEN, still being greedy as you are, you can then refer friends. The friends you refer get £15 off if they order over £50 and YOU get £5 per referral if they do that.
Imagine the stash of stuff you can stock up on with all of that eh? So you can see why Gym Ninja got distracted ALL day long...? See? Gym Ninja wants us all to buy the good stuff!!!! Any of the links on the blog will take you to their site so click away and enjoy the shopping. Feel free to buy extra for Gym Ninja and post it over...GN is on a minus-budget donchaknow!
UDO UPDATE
Recall a few blog posts back, that Gym Ninja has bought some Udo's Choice EFA oil? Gym Ninja has been taking the oil since Sunday. 15mls per 25kgs of bodyweight is the recommended dose...so that is what? 4 days?
Within 4 days Gym Ninja now has the most amaaaaaaaaaazinly soft skin! Like silk! All stroke-able and velvety! Not that Gym Ninja was like a cactus before...but the difference already is remarkable. Gym Ninja also feels she looks a bit more defined too.
Can the oil really work so fast? Maybe yes, maybe it's all in the mind? But if the mind thinks it is working and reacts accordingly then who cares???
EEEK!
Look at the time! An entire day LOST to the computery world........
Report back tomorrow people!
Gym Ninja (super soft) x
Monday, 24 May 2010
Gym Ninja!!!!
YAY!
It's still sunny........ Marvelous news eh?
Anyone out there having a 'small to medium sized panic' at the thought of having to reveal their body in skimpy summer clothing yet? Huh? Are you sure? It's usually the case when the sun comes out that the gym suddenly gets inundated with people who've not been since the January crush! Lots of last-minute 'Holy schmoly, I need to burn off some of this fat and get into a half-decent shape/size before someone harpoons me in the street and sells me to the Japanese..'
Saying that, the Gym wasn't too busy today. Maybe the thought of sweating like a Ninja pig in the heat was a tad worse than being harpooned in the street?
Anyhow, a bit of heat never stopped Gym Ninja, nosireebob! GN hasn't trained since Friday and after the BodyPower Expo was all fired up and raring to go!
LEG DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
After a day of being 'busy' (an hour-long telephone job interview, job hunting online, some programme prescription etc) Gym Ninja got changed into her gym gear, packed up her Maximuscle shaker and Promax Choc Mint for post workout (nom nom) and set out to the gym....
It was a different start to Friday's session to be fair. GN had forgotten to regale you all with what happened on Friday! GN had grabbed her gym bag and dumped it by the Ninjamobile before nipping back in to the house for something she'd forgotten. Once in the car Gym Ninja hit the reverse and headed backwards...
*crunch*
Bugger!
What was that?????
Gym Ninja got out of the car and suddenly went cold...she HAD put the gym bag IN the boot surely?
Gym Ninja ran (Ok so it's a Mini Cooper, so maybe GN just took 2 steps but that doesn't sound as dramatic now does it?) to the boot and opened it. No bag. There ws no bag behind the car either. Gym Ninja 'strode' (is that better?) to the front of the car to se if the bag HAD been run over and was now at the front? Nope. No bag.
OK....so if it's not in the boot and it's not at the front OR back, where IS it?
Gym Ninja crouched down.
Tadaaaaaaaaa!
The gym bag was now wedged under the car. This meant GN had to drive forwards over the bag AGAIN in order to release it...
*cruuuuunch*
Gym Ninja ran out of the car to inspect the damage. There, lying on the driveway was a dead carcass of a gym bag. Inside GN's gym bag were 7 small bottles of Lucozade shots she'd bought on promotion for 59p each, an expensive Polar heart Rate Monitor plus a can of Diet Emerge energy drink & her Maximuscle shaker-you can only imagine what GN was expecting to find after running over the bag twice??
*ziiiiiiiiiiiiip*
Oooh....everything was OK! Remarkable! T'was a miracle!
Anyway, back to today. On route to the gym, GN stopped for fuel for the Ninjamobile. One of those 'Pay At The Pump' garages. GN was busy tapping away her pin code into the petrol pump before filling the car up, when a white van (*sigh*, typical) drove past and a deep voice shouted out at GN...
"Phwoah, you're in FANTASTIC shape!!"
Gym Ninja pretended not to hear, yet gave herself away as in her flustered state (GN is a bit 'shy' you see) she went to refuel the car without actually picking up the nozzle and was stood at the petrol cap for a good 3 seconds before realising the car won't refuel itself! DUH!
GN arrived at the gym, slung her bag over her shoulder, swiped the membership card and immediately wedged herself into the turnstile. Damned gym bag will be the death of Gym Ninja!
Once in the changing rooms, she put her bag down and began to sort through her stuff.
"Those showers nearly BURNED me!" Said a voice out of nowhere.....
Gym Ninja turned round and there was an older lady stood next to GN, wrapped in a bath towel and with skin the colour of tomato ketchup.
"They just don't have the right temperature! I nearly burned my scalp!" She continued, showing Gym Ninja a red scalp.
Okaaaaaay!
Gym Ninja made a few sympathetic 'sorry you got boiled in the showers' noises in reply to the random lady who'd decided to talk to GN whilst continuing to rummage through her bag looking for her headphones.
"You're NOT going to work out in THIS heat are you?" Enquired the Boiled Lady.
Gym Ninja stopped rummaging through her bag and looked down at her gym clothing.....some people DO ask the most obvious of questions....
Once the workout was underway, Gym Ninja pushed herself to do a 20 minute HIIT run using 1: rest/recovery ratios to blast away her build-up of caffeine she'd ingested earlier. then after sweating all over herself, it was time to begin LEGS!!!!!!
But first GN went to the locker to get her jump rope so she could do intervals between exercises...
WHAT?????
Gym Ninja's jump rope was not in her gym bag.
PAH! GN had LOST her jump rope. Buggeroony!
Gym Ninja headed back into the gym and into the womens section for a bit of space.
YAY!!!!!!!
Another miracle!
See? They DO happen!
There, curled up in the corner of the room like a very thin sleepy snake, was Gym Ninja's jump rope! She'd last used it 3 days ago and there it was, where she'd accidentally left it behind. This meant that GN could intersperse her exercises with some cardio to further add to the burn...
Just as GN was nearly finished having done a fair few exercises, she decided to finish off what was left of any energy her legs had by loading up the Hammer Strength Leg Press...
It's still sunny........ Marvelous news eh?
Anyone out there having a 'small to medium sized panic' at the thought of having to reveal their body in skimpy summer clothing yet? Huh? Are you sure? It's usually the case when the sun comes out that the gym suddenly gets inundated with people who've not been since the January crush! Lots of last-minute 'Holy schmoly, I need to burn off some of this fat and get into a half-decent shape/size before someone harpoons me in the street and sells me to the Japanese..'
Saying that, the Gym wasn't too busy today. Maybe the thought of sweating like a Ninja pig in the heat was a tad worse than being harpooned in the street?
Anyhow, a bit of heat never stopped Gym Ninja, nosireebob! GN hasn't trained since Friday and after the BodyPower Expo was all fired up and raring to go!
LEG DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
After a day of being 'busy' (an hour-long telephone job interview, job hunting online, some programme prescription etc) Gym Ninja got changed into her gym gear, packed up her Maximuscle shaker and Promax Choc Mint for post workout (nom nom) and set out to the gym....
It was a different start to Friday's session to be fair. GN had forgotten to regale you all with what happened on Friday! GN had grabbed her gym bag and dumped it by the Ninjamobile before nipping back in to the house for something she'd forgotten. Once in the car Gym Ninja hit the reverse and headed backwards...
*crunch*
Bugger!
What was that?????
Gym Ninja got out of the car and suddenly went cold...she HAD put the gym bag IN the boot surely?
Gym Ninja ran (Ok so it's a Mini Cooper, so maybe GN just took 2 steps but that doesn't sound as dramatic now does it?) to the boot and opened it. No bag. There ws no bag behind the car either. Gym Ninja 'strode' (is that better?) to the front of the car to se if the bag HAD been run over and was now at the front? Nope. No bag.
OK....so if it's not in the boot and it's not at the front OR back, where IS it?
Gym Ninja crouched down.
Tadaaaaaaaaa!
The gym bag was now wedged under the car. This meant GN had to drive forwards over the bag AGAIN in order to release it...
*cruuuuunch*
Gym Ninja ran out of the car to inspect the damage. There, lying on the driveway was a dead carcass of a gym bag. Inside GN's gym bag were 7 small bottles of Lucozade shots she'd bought on promotion for 59p each, an expensive Polar heart Rate Monitor plus a can of Diet Emerge energy drink & her Maximuscle shaker-you can only imagine what GN was expecting to find after running over the bag twice??
*ziiiiiiiiiiiiip*
Oooh....everything was OK! Remarkable! T'was a miracle!
Anyway, back to today. On route to the gym, GN stopped for fuel for the Ninjamobile. One of those 'Pay At The Pump' garages. GN was busy tapping away her pin code into the petrol pump before filling the car up, when a white van (*sigh*, typical) drove past and a deep voice shouted out at GN...
"Phwoah, you're in FANTASTIC shape!!"
Gym Ninja pretended not to hear, yet gave herself away as in her flustered state (GN is a bit 'shy' you see) she went to refuel the car without actually picking up the nozzle and was stood at the petrol cap for a good 3 seconds before realising the car won't refuel itself! DUH!
GN arrived at the gym, slung her bag over her shoulder, swiped the membership card and immediately wedged herself into the turnstile. Damned gym bag will be the death of Gym Ninja!
Once in the changing rooms, she put her bag down and began to sort through her stuff.
"Those showers nearly BURNED me!" Said a voice out of nowhere.....
Gym Ninja turned round and there was an older lady stood next to GN, wrapped in a bath towel and with skin the colour of tomato ketchup.
"They just don't have the right temperature! I nearly burned my scalp!" She continued, showing Gym Ninja a red scalp.
Okaaaaaay!
Gym Ninja made a few sympathetic 'sorry you got boiled in the showers' noises in reply to the random lady who'd decided to talk to GN whilst continuing to rummage through her bag looking for her headphones.
"You're NOT going to work out in THIS heat are you?" Enquired the Boiled Lady.
Gym Ninja stopped rummaging through her bag and looked down at her gym clothing.....some people DO ask the most obvious of questions....
Once the workout was underway, Gym Ninja pushed herself to do a 20 minute HIIT run using 1: rest/recovery ratios to blast away her build-up of caffeine she'd ingested earlier. then after sweating all over herself, it was time to begin LEGS!!!!!!
But first GN went to the locker to get her jump rope so she could do intervals between exercises...
WHAT?????
Gym Ninja's jump rope was not in her gym bag.
PAH! GN had LOST her jump rope. Buggeroony!
Gym Ninja headed back into the gym and into the womens section for a bit of space.
YAY!!!!!!!
Another miracle!
See? They DO happen!
There, curled up in the corner of the room like a very thin sleepy snake, was Gym Ninja's jump rope! She'd last used it 3 days ago and there it was, where she'd accidentally left it behind. This meant that GN could intersperse her exercises with some cardio to further add to the burn...
Just as GN was nearly finished having done a fair few exercises, she decided to finish off what was left of any energy her legs had by loading up the Hammer Strength Leg Press...
Yep! 150 kgs! NO, not 150 lbs. Kilograms! Ickle Gym Ninja did over twice her body weight...in fact nearly 3 times her body weight. YAY for leg day...............
So...
what did YOU all do today eh?
Gym Ninja x
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