Quick workouts work for me

‘WHY do you work out so quickly? If not for your built, I would think you didn’t have a quality workout at all!”
“Huh, tapos ka na, kakarating mo lang at aalis ka na, parang di ka nag gym a…”
Ever heard this comments from well-meaning gym friends?

I do, and I have always had the honor of being, “the speedy one”, the “always hurrying gym guy”.

I have always kept my gym time to an hour or less. It just seems enough for me to cycle through the weights, the warm ups with exercises already mapped in my head .

In another article, I wrote I would keep a journal of what I did, the reps and weights would be recorded and I would know my progress. Well, the advantage again of having this routine, is sometimes, the track of what to do in the gym is already programmed, and anytime I wish to change the sets, the form of my exercise, from say, machine lat pulldown to body weight pull-ups, or from treadmill cardio to rowing machine cardio, or leg press by machines to squats becomes natural.

I make sure, even if there is a risk of ego busters of being unable to lift weights beyond my minimal 6 reps. I still go for it.

For example, I had rested around a week before hitting the gym the day before and the other day. It was swallowing my pride moment to realize, I cannot be like the 25 year old lad who can pump out heavy reps without feeling pain in my joints a day after. So here was my routine at FF ABS last night:
Incline LEG press (kg, both plates): 80-80-160 –- 10-10--6
Calf press using incline L.P. mach. : 80-80-160-160 – 10-10-4-6
BODY Wt. pull ups- 0 handicap 2-2 - 10 reps
BODY Wt. wide pull ups- 0 handicap- 10 reps
ABS- swiss ball crunch- 15-15
Leg raises – 15-15
AT FF Moa the other day: daytime
Bike warm-up-5 minutes
LEG press-isolation- both plates : 40-40-40 10-10-10
Flat Chest press (Olympic bar) both plates- 20-30
incline Chest press (Olympic bar) both plates- 20
biceps curl conc.-lbs.- 10,10 – 10-10

Yes the first day of gym this week was a challenge, earlymorning, plus the stress of rushing to the workplace at the nearby hotel, and the next day, after work and driving through rush hour traffic.

I had severe shortness of breath and panting which made me feel like throwing up , I did not feel energized AT ALL and healthy . The second night was better.

It is good still to be back at the gym, notwithstanding my grumbling about lack of discipline to hit the gym early morning before work. Sometimes, thinking too much about tasks to do, can mess up my set routine to work out.