My New Gym

Although I always challenge myself in the gym, sometimes I do feel that on 'down' when your head just isn't in the zone, I do tend to dial back the weight or my performance is effected.  However the great thing about training with Andy is irrespective of how shit his day is, his performance in the gym is never effected - he just takes it out on the weights or the people around him.

I have joined the same gym as Andy and our programmes are more or less running parallel.  Our Leg, back and Rest Days land on the same days, so really I will only ever be training Shoulders/ Chest & Triceps on different days.  Top Gym in Austria has a similar set up as Warehouse gym in Aberdeen (its in a warehouse)... yeh and thats pretty much the only similarity.  Thankfully this gym doesn't have signs saying the equipment is out of order.  Its also a lot different to David Lloyds in Aberdeen were I also train which is probably the most pristine clean gym in Aberdeen, with the highest number of members and one squat rack (yup I like to moan about this a lot!).  Top Gym so far I counted 6 squat racks.

I am on Micro Cycle 3 at the end of my 1st week on my new 12 week training programme.   We made afew alterations to my training programme given the fact there is more specialised equipment here compared to the gyms I was training at in Aberdeen.

Since arriving here I have also been living off the Austrian equivalent of Fage, Oats, Vegetables and Turkey, and 5 days in I am already noticing a difference in the mirror.  I feel and look leaner.  I decided I would only take a tape measure with me when I am over here, rather than stepping on the scales.  As some of you will all know for years I was so hung up on scale readings, but as I started to understand anatomy and the whole nutrition process I now understand that scales are just a number - especially when it comes to a female!  the mirror and the tape measure are what dictate the results.

This morning I did my first Morning Cardio session, although it wasn't at the pace I would normally do it (I would be slightly faster), the purpose of the session this morning was to get my bearings round the local area, so that I can do Morning Cardio when I dictate as oppose to relying on Andy.  I understand that his training is different to me and he doesn't rely on as much cardio as I do.