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Incentives are funny- the financial ones drive me as much as anything- not wasting money. I should have paid P's and got him to pay mine, then we would have an excuse to nag one another to go!

Mine are:
1. To prove I can do that 10k at the end of May and not make a fool of myself.
2. To feel comfortable in my clothes
3. To fit into and be able to sit down in my brown tweed suit
4. To lose 5 pounds
5. To have a healthy diet
6. To get value out of the membership that I just paid
7. To look amazing and feel great as I turn 30!

4 times this week is great, well done. I have gone twice but once was just to join so not a workout and last night I only did a tiny bit of cardio as it was getting late as the assessment took about an hour. I'll go Saturday and possibly Sunday and hope to do my first spin class on Monday, if I get there on time for the 6.15 one, it might be a push for me, but we'll see how I do.

My gym has a Khai Bo class- have you ever done this? I think it's like kickboxing (Which I haven't tried either and keep meaning to)

P and I are going together so we are going to make one another go too.

Some interesting things my trainer told me last night:

1. To get cardio fit you need to get 45 mins cardio
2. Spin class is the best way (and torture)
3. You are best in the 45 mins cardio not to keep chopping and changing machines, so try to do different machines each time and no more than 2 a night (the machines I use are rower, stepper, cross trainer, bike, treadmill)
4. You need to keep your heartrate about 140 to get a good cardio workout

So they are the new things I am working on, great work Tina, good luck with it. I'll let you know how I get on, so make sure you share too, we can help motivate each other, workout buddy! (I am really competitive too so if I see you went 4 times then I will try to go 4 times too, that's why it works with P and I going to the same one, cos if I goes I will want to go too, and hopefully vice versa.

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