WORKOUT ANYTIME

Yesterday I had my first appointment scheduled for 4:00PM, approximately 400 miles from Chicago in Bowling Green, Kentucky.   There was not enough time to get up early and workout prior to leaving Chicago at 6:00AM in the morning.  As I approached Bowling Green I was disappointed to learn that this was a town without a YMCA.

So, for the first time, I decided to check one of the more commercial fitness clubs.   I found a regional chain called WORKOUT ANYTIME.

The website invites people to try the facility at no charge.  I took them up on the offer.   The girl at the front desk who requested just some quick rudimentary information from me couldn't have been nicer.  The biggest difference between Workout Anytime and any of the YMCA's that I have visited is that one didnt have to master a maze to get from the desk to the locker room and then to the cardio area.   This was a storefront operation.   One walks in.   The locker room is in the back and all the cardio equipment is right up front.  It appears that the fee for membership is only $15/month.   I checked the website for the other locations - and this chain is mostly in the Southeast - so it is not a good match for me.   I do think that I might have to check out another chain location today as my next stop, Evansville, Indiana is also a town without a YMCA.

WORKOUT ANYTIME - LOCATIONS

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 Tuesday MENU

breakfast  Real Foods Corn Thins, Oatmeal w/apples, Apples                945 calories
lunch        Whole Foods bulk foods, cherries, peas, mango, goji, etc     1887 calories
dinner       Red Delicious Apples, KIND bar - almond, coconut               380 calories
SNACK   Kahuna Crunch Trail Mix, Strawberry Vanilla Hemp Granola 1521 calories

(I went a little overboard on my bulk selections at Whole Foods.  The good thing is that I know that I did.  It proves to me so well, why I gained back so much weight so quickly eight years ago after I initially discovered Whole Foods.  Back in those days, I was eating the bulk foods with complete reckless abandon - simply not knowing, or perhaps not wanting to know how calorie packed some of these NATURAL, HEALTHY FOODS are)

total calories consumed 4713 calories

calories burned

Elliptical machine (WORKOUT ANYTIME) INTERVAL LEVEL TWENTY, 130 minutes
CALORIES BURNED   1893 CALORIES

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Monday net calories 2820 calories

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BUSY PEOPLE ALWAYS FIND TIME

What is the excuse that so many people (including me during my eight year 'resting period') use why they can't exercise?  It's not a trick question.  The answer is:

I don't have the time!

Such a lame excuse.   BUSY PEOPLE ALWAYS FIND TIME.  I will use my experience today as an example.  My first appointment was very early today, 8:00AM.  So, clearly no time to exercise in the morning, right?  WRONG! There was plenty of time.   Most YMCA's open at 5:00AM or as 'late' at 5:30AM.  And that's nothing compared to some of the commercial fitness centers that dot the countryside - many are open 24 hours per day!

THERE IS ALWAYS TIME!

Yesterday morning, I really wanted to get my exercise logged before my appointment.  I set my alarm for 5:00AM - but I awoke at 4:00Am and decided to start my day.  I passed through the front door of the YMCA at 5:05AM.  First I went to the locker room in order to drop off my gym bag - when I entered the cardio room at 5:10AM it was amazingly busy!  So all you folks out there who claim you don't have the time to exercise...I have one question for you:

Were you really busy doing something else real important at 5:00AM this morning?

Since I started so early I had a tremendous workout: 65 minutes on PROCOR EFX, 30 minutes ROWING, 33 minutes on a different elliptical machine.  TOTAL WORKOUT: 128 MINUTES!   CALORIES (allegedly) BURNED: 1628!

I was early for my 8:OOAM appointment. I had time to get breakfast and coffee at STARBUCKS FIRST.

BUSY PEOPLE ALWAYS FIND TIME!

THURSDAY MENU

breakfast  STARBUCKS reduced fat ham/cheese                                  230 calories

lunch WHOLE FOODS SALAD, apple, wasabi almonds, granola.     1475 calories

dinner WHOLE FOODS GRANOLA                                                     595 calories

SNACK. WHOLE FOODS MANGO SLICES.                                      120 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED   2420 CALORIES

calories burned

5:10AM  PROCOR EFX elliptical machine   65 MINUTES, 

                MACHINE SET TO MAXIMUM INCLINE, MAXIMUM RESISTANCE    877 calories

6:15AM ROWING MACHINE 30 MINUTES.  334 calories

6:50AM PRO TOUCH 4700 ELLIPTICAL 33 minutes 467 calories

                                                                           

THURSDAY TOTAL calories BURNED 1678  calories 

THURSDAY NET calories 742 CALORIES

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