Back at The Gym

I didn't actually slack off from pilates or the gym during the festive season. Since I'm in town, and if the instructors are working, then I'll turn up for classes. I only skipped a few days because the husband passed me his very vicious flu bug. Thankfully, mine wasn't that bad whereas he had full blown cough that almost turned into bronchitis and made two trips to the GP clinic to get the effective cough and flu meds.

I don't have an issue with food either. I have a very healthy relationship with food — I eat what I want to eat; I eat what my stomach can bear. (I count the macros for the floofs' diet more than I count mine.) Having IBS is the best deterrent to over-eating. I generally don't fancy festive food anyway. I also don't go to that many gatherings and I never over-eat to the point where I actually put on weight or become flabby in a matter of two weeks. My issue is always alcohol. The sugar. I need to drink less whenever I want sculpted abs and I want those abs to show. LOL. 

I'm not ambitious at these group classes at the gym. I carry the weights that I can do. And when I do them enough, I know when to go heavy, and when to go lighter. I'll never do kettlebell swings. Even though my form looks perfect, that's a slight rotation of the pelvis and the spine. The mild scoliosis is enough to induce the most debilitating back ache in my left lower back. So NOPE. No kettlebell swings ever.

In a Les Mills BodyPump class, I simply load up the bar (that's only 3kg) to 20kg, and use that weight all the way through. I don't bother adding on or decreasing the weights. The fast paced reps would kill me already. If I'm looking to squat or lift heavy, I do that on my own outside of this class. 

Pilates and Gyrotonic classes continue this year too! Sometimes I wonder if it's an overkill, but I know what I want out of both principles of movement. And they achieve different objectives alongside what I'm looking for in terms of body balance and mobility work. 

It's back to PT at the gym too. But PT is a thing that I dread. If I'm not feeling 90-100%, I don't bother seeing the coach that week. It'll just an utter waste. PT is still a good way for me to isolate weak points and work on them. I'm not very disciplined, so it's an incentive for me to be consistent with regular PT sessions.