Nike Training Club

I used to be very active at sports a few years back. I was part of both the swim team and volleyball team in high school, then focused more on swimming in college. I've been a runner my whole life. My dad, siblings, and I would join our school's annual running event; we never missed a year of it. My father also used to bring me running around our area at home back in elementary school, when I weighed about ten tons. I then started to gradually lose weight, and kept it off quite well during my high school days as well as in the earlier parts of college.


Then Med School happened.


School becomes your LIFE. It takes over every second of your day, leaving you with feelings of guilt and regret if you don't read at least a page of your lessons. You spend every bit of your energy shoving tons of information into your brain. You lose sleep, you forget to eat. During breaks, you'd rather space out than do anything else. I may be exaggerating a bit, but I'm pretty sure my fellow Med/Law students get me on this. You become so drained, exercise is the last thing you'd think of doing.


I actually tried swimming during my first year of Med. This gym near our school had a promo, and my friends and I decided to give it a shot. Things were going pretty well. It felt good to be back in my element. However, the fatigue of school got to me eventually, and swimming just seemed to take up more of my time and energy. It takes about 3 hours to get ready, to get a decent work out, to get dressed. The pool wasn't that big either, so I had to share it with a lot of people, even a high school swim team. That didn't leave me with much space to do proper drills, so I had to cut some workouts short.


This year, I didn't even consider enrolling again. I was - and still am - in my second year (a far cry from first year's load), and was later assigned to be part of the Student Council. Basically, time was the enemy since you didn't get enough of it in a day.


But then, I stumbled upon this:

Probably the greatest thing EVER, since sliced bread. Which I'm not a huge fan of, really. I'm more of a corn-on-the-cob eater, so probably since that. Either way, this app is the shiznit. :D

It's called Nike Training Club, and it's a free app you can get from both Android and Apple. It features a series of exercises, ranging from 15 minute core workouts to 45 minute circuits.

image from missdigisport.wordpress.com

The perfect thing about it is that you get an overall workout for less than an hour! Believe me, one session leaves you feeling as if you've been jogging for an hour. It's perfect for people who don't have that much time to exercise yet still need to desperately lose weight. And you don't even need to leave the comforts of your room for this! Awesome, right??

I got started a few weeks back and it's been going well. I can't say I've been religiously doing this everyday since I am probably the worst time manager ever, but I try to put in a session at least every other day. Getting to do actually finish a workout is the best feeling, since it really is no joke. It's 30-45 minutes of pure pain, but it's well worth it. You also have a lot to choose from. Here's an example of how one session looks like:

 image from www.chandeleah.com

For those of you out there looking for ways to get your fats crying and don't have that much time to, here you go! This is probably more doable than the Insanity (which I've tried doing a few times, and I swear it's torture) and the P90X (which I have yet to experience) workouts, in my opinion. You may need a few equipment for this, but you can opt for the exercises that don't use any. I swear, it's awesome. And the best part about it is that it's FREE!


So, watchamawaitingfor?? Go download! Happy Exercising!


Peace!