I love to sweat and it's a good thing because my body is extremely efficient! In other words, I sweat easily and I sweat a lot! :-) Being a lifelong athlete, I broke a sweat nearly everyday throughout middle school, high school, and my freshman year at college.
Since becoming a personal trainer 4 years ago who practices what she preaches , I have probably sweat nearly everyday for the past 4 years and I love it! Sweating is not only the body's way of regulating internal temperature, it is also the body's way of cleansing built up toxins. Or so I like to think!
For instance, last night I had 2 glasses of wine. Empty, worthless calories I know, but in today's world, I could do a lot worse. I remember my anatomy and physiology teacher telling us that the best way to cure a hangover was to prevent it. If you are going to indulge, the way to prevent a hang over is to drink at least 2 glasses of water per alcoholic beverage BEFORE going to bed.
So this morning it's time to sweat out the toxins that built up in my liver overnight. I wanted to do some HIIT but someone was on the treadmill so instead, I threw some Turbulence into the mix! I jumped on the little universal apparatus we have in the apartment gym and did some squat/1-arm cable rows with lat pulls. Then I did cable squats with the chest flye/incline press combo. By now, I'm sweating.
Finished up with a triple drop set on the shoulder press then some tricep extensions and cable curls. Oh, I threw in some incline reverse crunches and the bird-dog/horsestance combo that is awesome for hip and pelvic stability. Sweating and feeling good, I didn't have time to do my HIIT because I had to go get my nails done!
Hey, no one said it had to be pretty! But it sure feels good when it's done! SWEAT.
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