Task 4: Gearing Up

Task 4 is all about Gearing Up, or basically getting yourself ready equipment wise for the upcoming round.

I am pretty lucky in the sense that over the last few years I have built up quite a collection of exercise tools, so that I am now at the stage where I don't really need to buy anything major.  

For me, what I look at is basically having everything I can to avoid using my excuses to stop me from working out.  I guess an example of this is if I sleep in; rather than missing an entire workout, I would just go downstairs and do a fitness DVD or Xbox game.

So, for me, these are what I have:

My new workout shirt!

• Heart Rate Monitor - a pink FT4 to be exact!
• A variety of gym clothes
• I now have 4 sports bras (seriously - find the one that works for you and grab a couple!)
• Brand new sports shoes - bought them today at the Athlete's Foot - they cost a little more, but the fitting and service is awesome!
• A gym membership (which allows me to use 2 gyms)
• A treadmill at home (although I do need to remove the clothes that have gathered on it lol)
• Mish's exercise DVD's
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 for the Xbox - seriously - Best. Game. EVER! So much fun!
• Boxing gloves and mitts
• Skipping rope
• Ab roller - I want to use this to really improve my core strength this round
• Swimmers
• Goggles for swimming
• A yoga mat - although I would like a thicker, better quality one
• A fit ball - I do have this, but I am unsure if I will use it
• A gym bag!  I bought one today.  It seems silly, but it's just so nice to have an actual gym bag for all my workout stuff!

My new workout shoes! All nice and purple!!

So, this is it!  Overall, I want to be 'gymming' it, but I think that I will be doing a few outdoors workouts as well as a few xbox ones too.  I am looking forward to trying to plan it all out and really coming up with a workout schedule that will work for me - with what I have, and what I want to achieve.

My super cool gym bag!