Workout of the Day: Back and Bi's (10/27)

Aloha!

Today was my first day back at the gym after a couple weeks off due to the chaotic amount of work that had to be done during midterm weeks D= 

It was a hard workout to get through today because of my mentality, as it felt like half the time I wasn't really there :( On top of that, my heart rate monitor was acting up, and refused to tell me that I do have a heart beat. It either needs a good proper cleaning and battery change, or maybe it's just time for a new one! 

But tomorrow, tomorrow is a new day. And tomorrow, it will be better :) 

Not to mention that I got my LED Better socks to keep me warm AND show off during my squats :D 

Today's workout was very close to what my basic back and bicep workouts look like, but I also threw in those "should wing raisers". I wrote that when I was half asleep, so excuse the silly name. It's the exercise where you have your arms on your side in an L shape, and you lift the weights with upper delts and shoulder muscles. Ohhh I'm going to feel the burn tomorrow! 

This seemed appropriate since 1: I don't like the treadmill, and 2: the machines were all full for the next 2 hours when I got to the gym, so today was no cardio/elliptical day for me :P 

Legs and abs tomorrow! And maybe a little it of shoulder work, depending on how they feel! 

Until then! 

Cheers! 

xoxo

Update on My Life

Aloha readers! 

It has been a little while since I have given you guys an update, so this entry is going to be short but a little bit more personal. 

I was swamped with midterms, and I am so happy to say that the first round is over! The struggle is real! The past few weeks has taken a huge toll on my mentality, and I my mental health hasn't been great. I haven't been working out as much, I've been really stressed, AND there are some days where I cried way too much over things, in retrospect, that aren't worth it. 

I've also been questioning a lot more about my program and field of study, so that has been quite troublesome as well. 

Basically, if you don't hear from me, I am probably trying to figure something out in my life :P Rest assured, workouts will still be posted when I get the chance to! 

Cheers! 

And stay happy :) 

xoxo

Workout of the Day: Back, Biceps, & Shoulders (10/17)

Aloha readers! 

Hopefully everyone's Friday has been awesome so far! 

Some of you may have had a rough start after a long weekend like myself, but there's nothing like waking up, getting a little dressed up, and putting in a great workout to make your Friday awesome :) 

And that's exactly what I did today! 

When I woke up yesterday morning, I was exhausted, sore, and my mentality was just negative. I used that as my excuse to skip my AM class. However, after sleeping in for a couple more hours, I got up and realized something: If I'm going to let this kind of negative thinking slip into my life everyday, and complain about how I have to study so much and can't train as many clients, write as many blog entires, and spend as much time as I'd like with my boyfriend, friends, and family, then I'm probably going to hate/dislike every day of my life until that day arrives. So why am I doing it!? It makes NO sense at all to 'hate every day because it's not the ideal life'. Because it's not going to get me closer to 'the ideal life'! 

I should be living my life in the moment, enjoying what's in front of me right now, cherish every day, and most importantly work hard every day for a better tomorrow! And I encourage you to do the same. Whether you are in a similar position like me with school, work, your relationships, or perhaps you're looking for a jump start in your fitness journey, whichever it may be. 

With that, I'd like to celebrate today with an awesome back, biceps, and shoulders workout :) I also did 15 minutes of HIIT on the elliptical and I was sweating bullets! Gotta love finishing off a good workout with some hot, sweaty cardio!  

The heart rate detector on the machine isn't very accurate; 

my HR monitor calculated 200 calories burned on the elliptical, 

when the elliptical only detected 102 ! 

This workout is part of my 12 week customized program that I designed for myself. If you are interested in a customized workout, or would like more info, feel free to email me @ selinachan.business@gmail.com for more details!

Have a super awesome Friday!

Cheers! 

xoxo

Workout of the Day: LEG DAY (10/05)

Aloha readers! 

To all my Canadian readers, I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! 

Mine was pretty standard - lots of studying, some food indulgences, hehe. 

Fall season is here, but so is midterm season for all my fellow college and university students out there. Times like this can be stressful and anxious, and like many others, I had to put aside a couple workouts in order to make time for my family and studying. 

Today, I survived what was not anticipated to be a very nerve wrecking exam. The good part is, I made it to the gym alive and smashed my leg workout. The most intense part was having my heart rate go up to 170 just from squatting - thanks to Mr. Hyde preworkout from ProSupps! 

I wanted to work my legs extra hard today (which, I am currently regretting, as I sit here typing this), so I modified my workout a bit and added some exercises from 21 DayFix to target my core and inner thighs 

I'm also working on planning some blog entries out, so it's not always just my workout routine and selfies - it would most likely be a small series of different topics. So I'd like to ask for your help, so please comment below or email me and tell me what more of you'd like to learn about!! 

Weight loss training routines? Muscle toning routines? When should cardio be done? What are macros, and how do they work? Leave me your feedback! :) 

Happy Hump day and keep squatting ladies! 

Cheers! 

xoxo

Good Morning, Beautiful (10/11)

Aloha and Good morning, my lovely readers! 

It has been a while since I've posted, and like usual, it's because the school work has caught up to me. 

I kid you not when I say I spend my entire day, in this order: wake up, eat breakfast and drink coffee, commute to school, class, fit in a workout when I can, lunch, another cup of coffee, class, study for a few hours, maybe have another cup of coffee, study some more, head home for dinner, then study so more and go to bed. 

It's a pretty boring and mind-intense kind of lifestyle these days. My attempt to get everything done is always defeated by the realization that there is much more to do afterwards. However, I do have good things like checking in with clients and reading their responses to the programs I wrote for them. 

Here's one I got yesterday! 

It truly puts a smile on my face when I see that I am able to do what I love and help people make healthy choices and live a healthier life. For a moment I forget about all the workload that is on my plate! 

If you're interested in getting a customized workout and nutrition program, I will be taking on new clients around December. You can email me @ selinachan.buisiness@gmail.com , or leave a comment below! 

I hope you lovely's all have an amazing Thanksgiving weekend, as now I must go back to my books and slave away :P 

Cheers! 

xoxo

People Cray Cray for Cardio + Chest, Tricep, and Shoulder Workout (10/01)

Aloha readers! 

As promised, I am going to share my chest, tricep, and shoulder workout from today. 

If it seems familiar, that is because I am backtracking a little bit and doing my week 1 workouts again :) 

One thing I did change up was incorporating supersets with one compound and one isolating movement, and doing drop sets (KILLER!) 

Something happened today that was quite frustrating and irritating, and I would like to share it with my readers. My school gym is always bombarded with people. During slower times (6-8 am, 10-11am, and later in the evening), the crowd dies down, but there can still be a lot of traffic going around. We also have the gym protocol of signing up for cardio machines. 

However, like most gyms, this is done with an erasable marker on a laminated sheet of paper. That being said, people tend to cross off / erase off names so they can put there name down. That happened to me today. 

Or in this case "yea, no... don't erase my name of the signup sheet" 

The part that irritates me the most is: the girl refused to admit and apologize for erasing my name to begin with, and was subtly accusing me of being the one who erased her name in the first place.  She also claimed that she had booked it at 10 AM (this happened at 3 PM), when in fact the slot was empty when I signed up, and refused to share the machine with me since it was now "double booked". 

I felt so frustrated that I refused to speak to her any further and walked away. People be crazy and want to get their cardio in! What ever happened to gym etiquette? What ever happened to being kind and sharing? I was only going to use it for 10 minutes anyways!

*Thank the lord for the wonderful young lady who allowed me to use her booked elliptical for 10 minutes as she went and did otherwise. *

This was my second time doing cardio this week, and so far I'm quite enjoying it! 

It gives me a great sweat at the end of my session, and since I'm just re-starting I'm keeping them nice and short! 

(It's quite hard to take a photo while going 12+ mph on an elliptical xD) 

I'm looking forward to creating a kick-butt playlist for my cardio sessions the upcoming weeks! Stayed tuned as I plan on sharing that with all of you too! :) 

Cheers! 

xoxo