CoreBag

Have you hear about CoreBag?

My Personal Trainer (PT) is using this for our training session on Saturday morning

It's not a handbag like Couch, LV etc, not a tote bag, not a plastic bag, not environmental bag that you can handle your grocery. So what is Core Bag?

Are you ready for me to review CoreBag... A new bag in the world that you can build your muscle, lost fat and workout your abs. 6 packs? Hmmm.... you may try ;-)

Which one are you going to choose? 25KG or 33LBS?

Now, let me show you a video on how this works eh~

My 6 packs abs GOAL...

I have a GOAL to get 6 packs... Can i achieve it?

One of my close friend said "Aiya~ Don't think you can achieve it with your age"
Another close friend of mine said "What for?"

So what would be your said?

After being trained with my current Personal Trainer for nearly 2 years, I wanted to give my current training a change to boost the transformation of my body to achieve my Goal. I have decided to sign up Boxing / Muay Thai... so now my training will be Boxing and weights. Hope to get 6 packs and nice shoulder eh~

Last Saturday was my first Boxing Training and we will have the training once a week. :)

March 2nd 2014 - My first Boxing Training

I asked my Personal Trainer to snapshot this picture for me to see what will be the change after few months later. Will let you know how the result eh~

500 reps exercise

Friend : Hey TZ, why are you working out so hard? Are you insane?
Me: Nope~ Why you say I insane?
Friend : You do hundreds reps of each exercise... Chin up, Push Up, Dip, Shoulder pull, Bicep curl etc...
Me : Hehehe... that's one of the training my PT ask me to do in order to get nice upper body.
Friend : Oh Really?
Me : Yes~
Friend : I will try...
Me : Don't try... Just do it?

That's was Friend A chatting with me via Phone...

Ex-colleagues: Hey TZ, long time didn;t see you in gym... thought you quit
Me: Hahaha... i quit? *inside me --> You quit also i will not quit; LoL
Ex-colleagues: You work out very hard recently. Your upper body getting nicer.
Me: Thank you. Yup~ I kind of work out hard recently. Workout 500 reps program designed by my PT.
Ex-colleagues: what is 500 reps exercise?
Me: It's you do 100 reps for 5 different exercises within 1~1.5hrs.
Ex-colleagues: Interesting, so what you do?
Me: I do chin up, push up, dip... blah blah blah
Ex-colleagues: Wow~ *Jaws dropped*

This was me bumped into Ex-colleague @ Fitness First - Paradigm Mall

Colleague in US: TZ how many push up can you do in 1 mins?
Me: Maybe 40-50... Not sure cause i didn't really count. What's about?
Colleague in US: I challenged the team over in US to start with how many push up can they do in 1 min. And will track the improvement every month.
Me: Oh~ Sound interesting, Can i join in?
Colleague in US: Certainly you can... 
Me: Will let you know the number eh~.
** Next Day
Colleague in US: TZ, what is your baseline number?
Me: 53.
Colleagues in US: Wow~
Me: Not really a good one.. Can be improved... hehehe...

That's my Colleague in US challenged me on how many push up i could do in ONE MINUTE.  How many you can do?

Me: Hey Dude~ Gym today?
Gym Dude: Nope~ Got stuck in the pile of work @ office. Still having meeting in a short while.
Me: Oh no~ poor you.
Gym Dude: Yup... a bit emo now cause cannot go to gym. Body slowly out of shape jor
Me: You must be kidding. Dude like you with a nice body... out of shape a bit it's okay. 
Gym Dude: You haven't seen me for months. My body has out a shape a bit.
Me: Don't belief... you are so conscious yet you say body out of shape, don't think so... 
Gym Dude: How you know my body still in shape since we haven't met for months
Me: Anyway, dude we will gym together when you are free eh~
Gym Dude: Okay~.

That's my once a while gym buddy via whatsapp... 

bubble butt

There was one night as i was whatapps-ing with one of my lady friend. We were discussing on gym thingy. She has signed up 50 sessions with one of the PT in her gym. At that time, i was just planning to sign up my first 30 sessions. I was asking her opinion which part should i plan to improve with my  PT the moment i signed up the sessions. So, i told her my improvement plan

1. Get rid of the fat surrounding the waist
2. Tone up the whole body
3. Get a six packs abs
4. Get a nice cut arms
5. Get a firm and bubble butt

Guess what? my friend told me i don't need to work on item #5... she said my butt is nice already... luckily it's not a face to face conversation, otherwise i will definitely *blush blush* 

Anyway, i didn't know my butt attracts attention too... 

30 PT Session completed

Yesterday marked the completion of my 30 Personal Training (PT) session. Do i got the body as what i wanted? 

Picture adapted from http://www.dramainkorea.com

Unfortunately i still don't have the body like RAIN, the korean celebrity... whom almost everyone admire his nice and defined body... imagine TZ has this body... wow~ *Slap slap TZ*

I'm asking myself on how long more should i have to go on diet, extensive exercise with PT... In the first place, can i get there or not?... 

One of my friend teased me that i will NOT be able to get this body. He asked me to forget on working hard to achieve it... why? According to him, due to my age, it's not easy or impossible to get what RAIN has... Sad right?  

Anyway, i wanted to proof my friend wrong and started to work hard to reach my goal i.e. gain 6 pack @ the abs. I have renew another 30 PT session until end of this year. 

Do you think i could do it?

PT's Advice - No FAST FOOD

This weekend will be a breakaway from PT session weekend. Yup! I'm heading to Malacca for my weekend breakaway... Breakaway from my work, my boss, my parent and of cause my PT.

To tell you the truth... I missed my PT session now. Next PT session is scheduled on Monday early morning.

Let's rollback to Wednesday evening, I have a chat with my PT after my work out session. I was asking him on what he eats everyday... he told me he could eat anything and he will not worry about putting weight as his metabolism is high... I guess he might have Metabolic age = 18 years old :p Not like me 33... Sad sad.

Anyway, one of the food that he prohibited me to eat is FAST FOOD (McD, KFC - Hmmm i also not going to eat KFC, scare of being beaten and become famous in Youtube, Popeye etc.). Errrrr... maybe i was eating too much of FAST FOOD for the past few weeks... Basically we have McD twice a week... Now i regretted... Sigh~ Sigh~ and Sigh~  "I'm loving it... " TZ will sing "I hating it"... Tsk~ Tsk~  i think i have gained so much fat because of all those trans-fat from FAST FOOD... So now i say "Tak NAK" to FAST FOOD...

McD lunch set - Value for Money and FAT :p

Anyway, how many fast food meals you have per week?

On having the PT session

What is PT session? Personal Torturing session? or Personal Training session?

I was given a free trial on the PT session recommended by Twilight Man. The moment has come on Friday night. I have all the preparation to undergoing the PT moment except....

Friend: you are going to be tortured tonight
Me: Huh? Don't think so...
Friend: You will know how i felt while being tortured.
Me: Are you sure? Is that so bad?
Friend: Later you will know...

The torturing training started on 8pm sharp...

Bosu Ball
picture from stayhealthystayhappy

1. Squat jump on TRX - 15 reps 3 sets interchangeable with 1 mins on Vipr side way squart. The first and 2nd sets were okay for me but when came to the 3rd sets i was a bit struggling cause i couldn't feel my leg anymore.
2. Lunges with a twist (holding the ball) for 2 sets. This is not tough but again it hit my legs. i finished all the sets with any struggling. Hey i'm strong eh~
3. Pulling yourself up with TRX and interchangeable with the rowing machine. This exercise actually hit my back and i could feel it after the 20 reps of TRX pulling myself up. Followed by the rowing which need to finish 500m within 3 mins. But guess what? I finish in 2mins 20sec :p I felt tired after the two sets of workout. But still okay. 
4. Push up on Bosu with hand holding two edge of the Bosu for 15 reps, followed by 15 reps legs on the Bosu and another 21 reps on two Bosu, the hand and the legs for 15 reps. Last but not least, one leg up so i only using 2 hands and a leg to support my body for the last 6 reps (each leg three reps). I completed all the exercise without missed. But i was way way struggling on getting oxygen after this exercise. Suddenly i felt my sugar level was low... 
5. Abs exercises are not very difficult. plank pose on the Bosu for 1 mins followed by the plank pose on the Bosu with moving leg side to side for 1 mins. Last exercise of the day is the side plank pose with a twist for 10 reps.
6. Stretching time... this is the moment i enjoy most. A hard workout ended with a nice stretch :)

It was super tired after the training as i was not fully prepared as i forgot to take something slightly heavier before the workout. So i have come across low sugar after exercise #4. The PT passed me a glass of COKE to rejuvenate. 

Anyway, the workout is superb and i'm considering whether should i go ahead of signing up for 30 torturing session training sessions. Or i should give myself sometime to try to build my 6 packs myself.

What do you think?

Free PT session

I was walking into the gym yesterday night. Bump into Twilight Man and his Personal Trainer (PT). So his PT was asking when i would like to sign up for PT session... "hmmm....errrrr.... " said me.

Then all of sudden, the PT offered me a free trial session. He quickly drag me over to the PT counter and pull his scheduler out and try to fit me into his session.

PT: How about Wednesday 8pm?
Me: I could not make it, i have a meeting.
PT: How about Thursday 7pm?
Me: I have training this two weeks and the training ended on 6pm. Might not be able to reach 1MK on time for training. 
Me: How about next Monday? 
PT: Monday too late... what about Friday?
Me: Friday i'm okay, how about 8pm? 
PT: Okay see you @ 8pm.

So, now i gotten a free trial PT session but of cause no obligation... Now, i'm thinking if i decided to sign up for PT session, I just don't know what is my target... request him to train me to have a 8 packs abs? and to have a nice arm? and nice back and chest? and ....

Anyway, I had PT few years back if you read my post about my PT sessions. Now really not sure whether should i get a PT?

Fitness Challenge

I'm not sure how many of you noticed i have changed my profile picture since last night? I was preparing myself to participate another Fitness Challenge which organized by my Personal Trainer (PT) Isaiah on August 25th 2008 (Monday) 6pm @ Fitness First Menara Summit.

Not sure what will be the challenge that my PT has planned for tonight. Anyway, I'm looking forward for this challenge.

Ironmen Challenge @ Fitness First Summit...

My Personal Trainer (PT) Isaiah has signed me up for Ironmen Challenge on last Friday. I'll be going to participate the Ironmen challenge @ 6pm Fitness First Summit. The program that i'll be going through are

10 mins of 3 different cardio each (x-Trainer, Treadmill, Stepper etc)

3 different exercise in between each cardio.

This is the first time i participate in the Ironmen challenge, don't know whether i would be able to get over all the challenges that set by my Personal Trainer... will let all of you know how's the challenge goes... anyway, i'm not hoping to win just participate for fun and test myself on how much is my stamina...

Pilate tonight @ Axis - FF

I wasn't attending pilate class @ Axis-FF for quite some time. I always have PT session @ Summit - FF Monday evening... I'm go for Pilate this evening 5:45pm, my Personal Trainer will be in a medicine training session until 5pm so we will not be having any PT session this evening. Great! Pilate here i come...

Tiring Monday!

As usual, I have an appointment with my PT Isaiah for an hour PT session. My PT has planned a thorough workout on hitting my Chest, Bicep and Tricep. 

We began with a treadmill run for about 10mins for warming up. Then, we started with the chest fly on fitball 10 lbs, 20 lbs and 25 lbs, chest fly on cable via Freemotion with 30KG, 40KG and 50KG. It was a nice workout on the chest, over my usual weight. The remaining workout was on Tricep and bicep... same goest to the tricep, started with 20KG, 30KG, 35KG. Meanwhile, for bicep we used 35KG, 30KG and lastly 20KG. Now i still feeling my soreness tricep, bicep and chest. The purpose of this workout plan was to shock my muscle. LoL... mission accomplished... muscle got shocked.

After the PT session, I decided to attend my Isaiah's RPM (cycling) class. The class was fun and he led us to workout with the Release 38. As usual we started with the warm up track (light and easy) followed by a few tracks to build up the heart rate and warm the muscle. The class ended with the Mountain track i.e. the high resistant track. 45 mins later, finally that's the end of the class with two final tracks of cool down. After the cool down, i decided to stay on for the next RPM class taught by Sharon, Fitness First Summit GXC. 

I haven't been doing back to back RPM classes for quite some time. After the 2nd class, my leg muscle was so sore... and the energy level was low too. 

As i have worked out thoroughly... i decided to pamper myself with KFC... yummy! I bought a dinner plate and enjoyed my KFC with a bottle of 100+. Please don't tell my PT Isaiah Kee eh!... otherwise i will suffer on Wednesday as he will plan another tougher workout session to burn what i have eaten on this Wednesday ... muhahaha :-p