The benefits of having a personal gym coach and getting familiar with all the weights and machines — I can adjust them on my own without looking like an idiot. I was never very interested in these gym machines. But nowadays, I will just do them for the resistance and weights.
I'm totally justified choosing this hotel. I'm utilizing the hotel gym daily. I'm not going to mess up my training plan and end goals just because I'm on a holiday. The gym is fully equipped and has fancy things. Lat pull-downs, squats and dumbbells, kettlebells, and finally the rower or treadmill for cardio. (And there're that two lovely corners for Pilates and Gyrotonic!) Like I said, 30-40 minutes would be preferable, but if I am pressed for time, I only need 20 minutes. I don't have an excuse to NOT pop down to the gym from the hotel room.
My New Balance trainers gave way on the first day of this trip. I had meant to use it at the gym and out walking. After one use here, it kinda split. So I couldn't use it to walk outside. But it held up okay for all the gym sessions since I didn't do mad cardio and such. I also didn't bother to buy a new pair here since I brought along two other pairs of walking shoes (Doc Marts and an Onitsuka), and we won't be hiking. I already have NOBULLS at home. I did buy a new pair of gloves! None of that silicone non-slip bullshit inside. Just easy gloves for weights.
I was pleased to find proper squat racks at the hotel gym. I didn't have anyone to spot me. So I wasn't going to be dumb. I did all my cleans and presses, and front squats with 25-kg. For my back squats, I racked it up to only 40-kg. Did the usual 10 reps X 3 sets for everything. My butt actually ached a fair bit the next day.
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