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My gym is now offering a quick but allegedly-complete weight-lifting workout, with trainer, and I gave it a try today.
I got to the gym around 11:30, and did my half hour of cardio (actually 33 minutes, per usual: top heart rate 148, but mostly around 135, and feeling overwarm). Then I decided to try their "Xpress Line" quick-workout setup. The claim is that you get a full-body workout in "22 minutes or less" (but they don't play WINS for the full New York 22-minute experience). What you get is a trainer to help you get set up on each of eight machines--positioning and weights, and some advice as you go--that claim to work all major muscle groups. I did lateral raises (two sets of15, back to five-pound weights) while waiting for a trainer to be available. I'd say it was okay for a change, but not a substitute for my usual workout: one set of 8-12 reps on each of eight machines, when I usually try for three sets of 12-15. Still. handy for a day when I was running late and didn't want to have lunch at 2:00. They now have a card with the numbers for the machine settings I used (weights and positions, I hope), so if I want to do this again, or use those machines outside the hours they run this thing, I can just look up the values. Seated leg press, leg extension, leg curl, shoulder press (for which they got weight numbers from bench press), lateral raise, triceps, biceps, I can't remember the other.
I finished by going over to the calf machine, raising the weight to 25 pounds, and doing two sets of 10.
If I had an office job and wanted to do a little cardio and weights on my lunch hour or before work, this would be very tempting. If they're still doing it when I'm employed again, I'll keep it in mind for days I don't want to get home at 8 or 8:30 (since my full workout is now two hours).
I got to the gym around 11:30, and did my half hour of cardio (actually 33 minutes, per usual: top heart rate 148, but mostly around 135, and feeling overwarm). Then I decided to try their "Xpress Line" quick-workout setup. The claim is that you get a full-body workout in "22 minutes or less" (but they don't play WINS for the full New York 22-minute experience). What you get is a trainer to help you get set up on each of eight machines--positioning and weights, and some advice as you go--that claim to work all major muscle groups. I did lateral raises (two sets of15, back to five-pound weights) while waiting for a trainer to be available. I'd say it was okay for a change, but not a substitute for my usual workout: one set of 8-12 reps on each of eight machines, when I usually try for three sets of 12-15. Still. handy for a day when I was running late and didn't want to have lunch at 2:00. They now have a card with the numbers for the machine settings I used (weights and positions, I hope), so if I want to do this again, or use those machines outside the hours they run this thing, I can just look up the values. Seated leg press, leg extension, leg curl, shoulder press (for which they got weight numbers from bench press), lateral raise, triceps, biceps, I can't remember the other.
I finished by going over to the calf machine, raising the weight to 25 pounds, and doing two sets of 10.
If I had an office job and wanted to do a little cardio and weights on my lunch hour or before work, this would be very tempting. If they're still doing it when I'm employed again, I'll keep it in mind for days I don't want to get home at 8 or 8:30 (since my full workout is now two hours).