{"id":15883,"date":"2012-09-18T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=15883"},"modified":"2012-09-18T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:38:18","slug":"training-tuesday-gym-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/09\/training-tuesday-gym-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Tuesday: Gym Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mizunos_wave_riders2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15732\" title=\"Mizuno Wave Riders\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mizunos_wave_riders2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mizunos_wave_riders2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mizunos_wave_riders2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Scott and I joined a gym for the first time in years. \u00a0Previously our workouts consisted of running (for me) and martial arts training (both of us).<\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;re in a new spot martial arts training is getting put on hold while we get a feel for <a title=\"Hello From Fort Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/08\/hello-from-fort-collins\/\" target=\"_blank\">our new area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But we needed to add activity back into our lives. \u00a0I love running but I also need to do more. \u00a0I also really enjoy 2 A-Days, meaning working out twice a day. \u00a0I want to run plus do something else.<\/p>\n<p>I did a Google search to find gyms around us. \u00a0I found a couple but the first gym we went to see ended up being the one we picked. We never made it to the other gyms for a visit. \u00a0This gym fit exactly what we were looking for and it also reminded us of a gym we used to belong to back in Westerville, OH that we adored.<\/p>\n<p>Two bonuses to our new gym:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not even a five minute drive from our rental. \u00a0Once we get bikes, we&#8217;ll be able to bike there and back.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbelgium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fat Tire<\/a> on tap. \u00a0(Thank you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownfortcollins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">craft beer centric town<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Love. \u00a0I was looking for a place to take classes and this spot has a ton of classes along with lots of class times.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying out different classes to see what I like and what I want to add to my routine. \u00a0I just did Body Pump this week for the first time in ages. \u00a0I&#8217;m going to try a spinning class and a Pure Barre class also this week.<\/p>\n<p>I do have to put the pushup and plank challenge on hold. \u00a0Adding in all these new activities is leaving me pooped and no strength to put towards pushups and planks.<\/p>\n<p>Once I get settled and get a routine down then I&#8217;m going to consider adding them back in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How&#8217;s your training going? Do you do any of those classes? Any tips for a\u00a0beginner\u00a0(especially with spinning!) just starting them?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott and I joined a gym for the first time in years. \u00a0Previously our workouts consisted of running (for me) and martial arts training (both of us). Since we&#8217;re in a new spot martial arts training is getting put on hold while we get a feel for our new area. But we needed to add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52,51],"tags":[53],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-48b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}