Not refering to a woman’s best friend.
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Meant the premier club membership at our fitness center. Considering that we’ve been regularly hitting a mininum of 3-5 visits per week, Sweetheart and I have decided to upgrade to their premier package : The Diamond Membership. Paying just an additional RM 200+ (bringing it to a total of RM 300+) per month for the next 18 months *only*, we have just signed up for life membership @ CF. With passport membership thrown in as well. Meaning if we find ourselves in Kay-El or Jakarta or anywhere there’s a CF outlet, we will get to use any of their facilities. Very similarly like a club membership except that this is more fitness-centric.
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Some consider us nuts. Some call it a risky investment. We just call it a commitment. To ourselves and to our fitness. What’s the point of busting ourselves at work and not having the health to enjoy the fruits of our labor, huh?
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So, we are pledging to maintain our commitment to our fitness and health. For this X’mas and for 2009. Yup, that’s resolution #1 for the coming new year.
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Now, if only all the clubs in Penang are able to learn from others and ban indoor lighting of death-sticks. That would make our #1 dream come true. 
Yes, I seriously believe that one day, our ultimate dream will come true. I believe in all of you. Really I do.
One word to describe it : AWESOMENESS!!!
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Since I missed its launch @ the gym last week on Halloween Day due to another event that was waaayyy on the other side of the island, I was really looking forward to checking out release # 16 this week.
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Here’s an idea on how much fun we had with the new release.
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with Les Mills or Body Systems‘ programs, there’s a new release every 3 months or so. New choreography, new music/tracklist, new moves - basically something new and fresh for us to look forward to. See what I mean about how one cannot get bored of working out with these programs?
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There’s mixed review about this release. For those who are not into clubbing, they complained that the music is too noisy. Heh. For folks like me, well….let’s just say that I was enjoying the music sooo much that I totally forgot about how tired my legs were and how hard I was gasping for breath. Never mind all that. The music had taken over my body, mind and soul!!!!
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Don’t believe me? Check out the track list here.
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In the site shared above, you can view the music video of each track and there’s lyrics too. Love that gem of a site! Thanks baby, for discovering it. Happy, happy me. Tired too. But more happy than tired. So all’s good. 
It screams out in protest,
It cries out in pain,
It begs to be left alone.
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Relentlessly, I pushed on,
Unabashedly, I turned it up,
Confidently, I knew my reasons are sound.
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Never mind the aches,
Ignore the sting,
Know that as we push harder,
It’ll all go away.
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And what is left behind…
…is a sexy, proud image thru the mirror.
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ABT, you have not conquered me.
It is I who have conquered YOU.
BRING IT ON!!!
On a groggy Tuesday morning, sitting amongst the bunch of unread emails in my Inbox was this from my man. It’s actually a pretty good article on how to eat and live towards every workout addict’s dream - Ribbed Abs.
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Basically, the 10 nutrition strategies outlined in the article are as below :
- Whey less
- Bone up on dairy
- Eat large quantites of food
- Eat often
- Drink green tea
- Ban trans
- Eat fatty fish
- Be wary of sugar-free products
- Don’t be so sweet
- Quit Boozing
*To understand more about these 10 strategies, read up on the article as shared at the very beginning of this post*
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He : “Looks like I must eat more often as per strategy # 4.”
Me : “It’s not #4 that is a problem. Read # 10. Our weekend lifestyle ain’t exactly in-line with that.”
He : “Ok wat…at least not daily…”
Me : “Read #10 again, baby. Especially the ones highlighted in red.”
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Here is what it says :
“If you are going to drink alcohol, at least drink wine and get a few antioxidants. But seriously, cut the alcohol.
Do you know anyone who has ripped abs and still drinks on a regular basis (and yes, weekly counts as regularly!)? No, you don’t, unless they are a genetic freak of nature. And, if you were a genetic freak of nature with naturally rock-hard abs, you probably wouldn’t be reading this article.”
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So, our options are clear. Have fun on weekends with not-so-ribbed abs OR have boring weekends with super-ribbed abs.
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Sigh. Life is so filled with tough decisions, eh?
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