A smashing time at Planet Fitness

I'm lying here, on my bed, tucking into a bowl of grapes and honeydew melon chunks, having not long got in from Planet Fitness and am just logging my activity onto my Sparkpeople site. It's the place where I keep track of all my "trying to keep healthy and get healthier" stuff on. I log everything I eat and drink, and all the activities I do to either burn calories or build muscle.

I love my Planet Fitness because I can not only work out, but pamper myself, too. I intersperse the two, I exercise for 30-40 minutes and then relax for 10 minutes on the hydromassage bed, then repeat, usually. Monday, though, my friend, Kwacha, had me try out the massage chair. Unlike the one I'd tried at the Verdae location back when I joined a couple of years ago, this one didn't squeeze my legs too hard ... and I fell in love. Where the hydromassage bed is really a relaxing experience, the chair pummels and squeezes to really iron out those kinks in your muscles. It's no gentle touch, that's for sure. It's manhandling to the nth degree.

My favourite machine now is the Intellistrider, which is a seated stepper and works your whole body. I'll often sit and read for half of my 20 minutes and then do the arm component for the rest of the time. Sadly, the Berea location is the only one in our area to have an Intellistrider. They are also the only one not to have flat massage beds, theirs is more like a recliner position, much more comfortable (and - for someone like me - easier to get on and off of).

I chatted with another lady for awhile. She pops in to use the Intellistrider on her lunchbreak, and is trying to lose weight, so we talk about all things getting healthy and weight loss. Today we were discussing how she could tweak her soul food loves to make them less fat, sodium and calorie laden without losing the flavours that she loves. Last time, I'd turned her onto Sparkpeople and logging everything on there. She says she loves the site! 

I got a decent exercise session in, 

I did two 20 minute sessions on the Intellistrider, and also did triceps and back extensions. At home, before leaving, I'd pedalled 35 minutes on my elliptical and I plan on one or two more sessions before bed. It's another place I read while pedalling, and burying my head in a good book, escaping into another world, makes the time go by so quickly. 

It's all good. Now I'm just "resting" and catching up with online stuff. Enjoy your day my friends.