Week #3

Gym: 30 minute hit 

https://www.30minutehit.com/locations/gym/lasalle-kickboxing-boxing-fitness.html 

This gym is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 8-12, Monday to Thursday evenings from 3:30-8, Friday evening from 3:30-7:30, and Saturdays from 8:30-12:30.  The first time you visit the gym for the free trial that’s is offered, you need to choose a time slot so that a trainer can help you with the circuit for the first time, after that you can go whenever you please during opening hours. 

There are no prices displayed on their website but when you visit, they given you a break down of the 3 subscription options that they offer. The first one is 69 dollars every month(plus 100 dollars registration fee); this subscription is a month to month subscription meaning that you can cancel or pause the subscription whenever you please. The second supervision option offered is is also 69 dollars per month (plus tax)however it is a 12 month commitment. This means that, essentially, you have a year long subscription. Finally, the last option is also a 12 month subscription. It costs 729 dollars and is payable in 2 payments. If you know really like the gym and know that this is the one you want to commit to, this last subscription works out to be cheaper seeing as with the tax from paying every month for the previously mentioned subscription adds up to be more than 729 dollars. Also, you are free to go to any location around Montreal!

This gym is basically a kick boxing gym so during the 30 minute circuit, you are doing just that. There are 15 stations at which you perform different kickboxing techniques and muscle conditioning exercises such as such as upper cuts, roundhouse kicks, and sit ups with a medicine ball. You workout at each station for 2 minutes and change the pace of the exercise you are doing every 15 seconds. I went the the class with a friend of mine who was also interested in trying out this gym.

I felt a bit more energetic than usual before the workout, allowing me to work pretty hard during the actual workout circuit. After every few stations, i found myself out of breath, not because I found it too hard but because I was going as hard as I could. After the workout. I felt more awake and felt like I had a lot of energy compared to how much energy I normally have after working out.

I learned the basic boxing stance as well as how to properly perform and upper cut. I really liked the intensity  and effectiveness of the workout. Despite only working out for 30 minutes, every muscle group was targeted, therefore allowing me to get a full body workout. What I didn’t like about this gym was that there weren’t a lot of modified exercise options available. For example,the roundhouse kicks station, for me that was an waders exercise yet the trainer didn’t have a more difficult way for me to do the exercise the increase the intensity for me. 

Overall, I am happy I went and got to see what this gym was like. I would recommend it to a friend who is interested in kickboxing. It is a really fun a and convenient way to stay fit.

Week #3 Questions

After trying out different things over the last few weeks, I realize that I like working out at the gym the most. I like being able to control my workouts allowing me to work on and improve exactly what I want to. As mentioned last week, I want to improve my endurance by being able to run for a longer period of time without getting so tired I need to stop. Therefore I would need to work on the treadmill, stationary bike, and elliptical, machines that will help me reach my goal as well as machines I enjoy working on. That is what I see myself doing for the remaining weeks of this semester. I’m not sure if I can see myself doing only cardio the rest of my life but as of right now, I can see myself doing it well into the future.