Weight Room Adventures

And no it was not a fun adventure because I have barely any upper body strength or balance, and no I could not lift the bar today like a normal human being. To add insult to injury, Kal ran the workout because Brit is still home with family this weekend, and whilst I love him dearly, let's consider:

    - he made us do bicycles
    - he doesn't look anything like Jake Gyllenhaal
    - he isn't Brit

Sorry dude, you're riding lesson chill but not workout lesson chill (I'm kidding, he was awesome, major thanks).

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Full workout schedule:

    - 20mins +/- cardio
    - 1 bench w/ bar
    - 20 bicep curls, 10 triceps x2
    - 10 weighted squats (machine), 90 total heel lifts x4
    - 10 weird thingies on a weird machine, 10 fliers x4
    - 50 crunches, 50 side crunches (per side), 50 bicycle crunches x3
    - 40 swimmers, 40 Russian twists x2
    - 60sec plank
    - like maybe 90 seconds of me laying on the ground at the end of it all

Ya know, I don't have a single ab to show for any of this work. Guess I gotta keep it up till they magically appear.
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  1. Gabriela M.March 28, 2016 at 4:32 PM

    YAY! you finally made it to the weight room!

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    1. T. A. Eyo ¥March 29, 2016 at 1:24 PM

      It has been days, and I am still in pain tho. All this for abs.

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  2. KateRoseMarch 29, 2016 at 12:28 AM

    Intense work out routine! I would die... :S

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    1. T. A. Eyo ¥March 29, 2016 at 1:26 PM

      Surprisingly didn't seem like that much when we were doing it, but as I was typing it up I was like wow o_0 didn't know I could do this, like, ever

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