GTS

Two-a-days seemed like such a good idea, but my legs say otherwise. Today I went to Judy's "Gravity Interval" class. This class uses the Gravity Training System, or GTS, which is basically a sliding bench on an inclined platform with various attachments. To work your legs, you can lay back on the bench and do squats up the incline. You can also do these crazy lunge exercises, but those just stress me out. You can work your abs, obliques chest, back, biceps, triceps, and shoulders by attaching pulleys or adjusting some bars, and you literally pull the platform (with you on it) up the incline. It's a fantastic full-body toning session, especially if you set the incline higher to challenge yourself.

Judy upped the ante by having us hop off our machines for cardio intervals. For example, we'd do 30 seconds of jumping jacks and 30 seconds of burpees, followed by 20 seconds of each, and then 10. Then...back to the GTS.
Needless to say, it was a tough workout. However, it was a nice change of pace from the normal weights routine! If your gym offers a GTS class, I recommend you give it a try!




Here's how the week has gone so far:
Monday:
✓ 5:30pm - Kickboxing class
✓ 6:30pm - Indoor Cycling class

Tuesday:
✓ 12:00pm - Gravity strength training class
✓ 10:00pm - Yoga video