Seeing that the recent sharing session that I had with photography enthusiasts was such a success (more than 20 enthusiasts wrote in, thank youuuu!), I thought, why not have a workout sharing session?
I always get asked questions about what workouts I do, why do I like having big muscles, don’t I get tired working out so much, am I man or a woman, aren’t the workouts tough, etc. That’s why I’ve got this ‘fitness section‘ to my blogsite. Well, I should actually call it my workout journal but whatever.
Anywaaaaaayyyss, I would love it if you would join me for a workout, just to experience what Crossfit is all about. Especially fellow photographers. Certain *cough*you know who you are :p*cough* fellow photographers who are always saying, “Anna, aren’t you tired working out so much?!!?”. Well, shooting a full day wedding is actually 5 times MORE tiring than doing a Crossfit workout (which lasts anything between as little as 5 minutes to as much as 1 hour, depending on the workouts). So I reckon if you can shoot a full day wedding, you CAN workout!
For photographers who are not shooting this Saturday (November 21), please come join me for a workout at Pushmore this Saturday morning 930am. Its free for first timers and I am serious when I say that it is NOT as hardcore as it looks.
Most first timers would go through a warm up session (this might take a while as the instructors will explain the warm up moves to you, etc) and then do the mini Cindy workout, where you complete as many rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups and 15 squats in 10 minutes, YES THE WORKOUT IS ONLY 10 MINUTES! Fo’ real!
If you can’t do a pull up, there’ll be bands provided which will make it easier. If you can’t do a full push up, you can do knee push ups which are way easier. If you can’t squat, then the only thing I can say is, “Errr….how do you take a dump at a squatting toilet??”.
Gist of it is, the workouts are scalable and anyone, and I mean anyone, can do it. One great example would be Ben, who’s a new Pushmore member. He joined Pushmore recently weighing an astounding 129kgs and within 1 month, lost 5kgs with regular exercise and (somewhat) decent diet. You can read about his journey on Hans’ blogpost here. Inspirational, no?
Huey Yee and Mun Keat will be joining me this Saturday for a workout and after the workouts’ done, we’re planning on giving ourselves a treat at a local banana leaf joint :D There’s shower facilities at the gym (bring your own towel!) and we can all head out to nom nom straight after!
So, come by Pushmore (map to the gym can be found on the main site) at 930am and we’ll start working out at 1000am and finish within an hour plus. Another half an hour for everyone to shower (there’s only 1 shower >.<) then lunch of banana leaf rice at 12noon where we can talk shop about photography! Cool no?
DISCLAIMER: I have no share in Pushmore Fitness Centre. Just wanna share my love of workouts and I seriously think that we photographers need to take some time away from our cameras and workstations and get some exercise :D There’s nothing to lose, so come come come!
In the meantime, here’s a reminder to ourselves to eat healthy, rest well (I need MORE of that!) and take some time out to breathe.
Much love :)