New workout and Fun Stuff

I was getting a little sick of my modified Action Hero Body workout so I switched to something new – a circuit program consisting of 3 mini circuits and an ab circuit. I don’t remember where I got it from, but I know I modified it quite a bit from the original. Here it is:

I added in some triceps work in the 3rd circuit. If you have the time you should do 3 sets of each circuit, but my lunchtime workouts leave me time only for 2.

Today I used 2 new favorite workout tools: Bluetooth headphones and Perfect Push-up.

First, the headphones. I have actually had these for awhile, but forgot about them. I bought them to use with my Palm Treo Smartphone after reading online about how the Treo if often overlooked as a mp3 player. These are the Motorola Bluetooth Active Headphones S9, I really like them, but I also have never used any other Bluetooth headphones. The “battery pack”, it a little heavy and bounces when I run, but it isn’t too bad. There are controls on each ear – you can change song, adjust volume, pause/play, and answer calls. Range is good, I have been able to walk all around the open area of the gym without interruption, but walls will cause the Bluetooth to cut out some.

Second, the “Perfect Push up” – I really don’t like doing pushups, I never have. But they are really great for you, so I have been working on them. Then, a few months ago I break my wrist. Turns out broken wrists take a long time to heal to the point of being about to do a pushup. But I discovered these at my new gym – I can do pushups using them because they keep your wrists straight, which I can do. And the swivel feature allows you to easily do pushups with different hand positions, but I really haven’t played with that much.